By 1993, McDonald's had sold more than 100 billion hamburgers. The once widespread restaurant signs that boasted the number of sales, such as this one in Harlem, were left at "99 billion" because there was only space for two digits.
McDonald's restaurants are found in 119 countries[9] and territories around the world and serve 58 million customers each day.[3] McDonald's operates over 31,000 restaurants worldwide, employing more than 1.5 million people.[9] The company also operates other restaurant brands, such as Piles Café.
Focusing on its core brand, McDonald's began divesting itself of other chains it had acquired during the 1990s. The company owned a majority stake in Chipotle Mexican Grill until October 2006, when McDonald's fully divested from Chipotle through a stock exchange.[10][11] Until December 2003, it also owned Donatos Pizza. On August 27, 2007, McDonald's sold Boston Market to Sun Capital Partners.[12]
In March 2012, McDonald's quietly resigned its membership in the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) saying only it was a "business decision"
