McDonald’s at Downtown Disney is closing
Fast-food giant McDonald’s is leaving Downtown Disney.
The McDonald’s restaurant at Walt Disney World’s shopping-and-dining district
will close April 30, Disney said this afternoon. It will be replaced by Pollo
Campero, a Latin chicken fast-food chain. (More on the new restaurant here.)
Pollo Campero says it serves more than 85 million customers a year.
McDonald’s says it serves more than 47 million customers a day.
Representatives for Disney World and McDonald’s said the exit stems from a
2004 decision to end a 10-year exclusive sponsorship agreement between
McDonald’s Corp. and Walt Disney Co. The Downtown Disney restaurant was included
in that agreement.
“Our alliance partners are ever-changing and this shift in our relationship
with McDonald’s reflects the dynamic nature of the sponsorship business,” Disney
spokeswoman Zoraya Suarez said.
McDonald’s said all of its employees at the Downtown Disney were offered
transfers to other McDonald’s locations and that no one would lose their job as
a result of the closure.
McDonald’s will continue to operate its restaurant near the entrance to the
Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park.
“We will continue to work with Disney on mutually beneficial opportunities,”
McDonald’s spokeswoman Danya Proud said.
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