McDonald’s staff brought cheer to MINDS as we painted McHappy Walls as part of our launch of McDonald’s Cares, a long-term programme which will see about 3,000 volunteers give back to the Singapore community over the next three years in various activities to benefit children.

Launch of McDonald’s first green restaurant at Jurong Central Park which received the inaugural Green Mark Award for Restaurants from Singapore’s Building Construction Authority.

Three energetic teens became McDonald’s Young Journalists reporting at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games that took place in Singapore.

McDonald’s and Hasbro came together to introduce the super popular McDonald’s Monopoly Game with over 2 million prizes up for grabs.

McDonald’s introduced Open Doors to Singapore where for the first time in 30 years, members of the public in Singapore walked into McDonald’s kitchens to see for themselves, through an organised tour, the stringent procedures and high standards adopted in its restaurants.

Launch of first regional flagship restaurant at Springleaf Tower, which also features the first drive-thru restaurant in the Central Business District.

McDonald’s was bestowed with the national Service Excellence Award by the Singapore Quality Authority governing council.

Participated in the excitement of the Beijing Olympic Games through the Singapore Olympic Team represented by three ‘McDonald’s Champion Kids’ (‘young journalists’) and five ‘Olympic Champion Crew’.

McDonald’s won the Hewitt Top 10 Best Employer Award, a testament to its reputation as a people company.

For the first time, McDonald’s sent 3 children as ‘player escorts’ to the FIFA World Cup in Germany.

McDelivery 24/7 was launched to serve customers anytime, anywhere – with no minimum order required.

Inaugural launch of the annual "Helping Hands" charity fundraiser in support of the Ronald McDonald Children’s Charity (RMCC).

First industry player to offer free Wi-Fi at all McDonald’s islandwide.

First McCafé opened at Great World City. McCafé Latte emerged tops with a 4-star ranking in The Sunday Times coffee review.

McDonald’s 100th restaurant opened at Nanyang Polytechnic.

First company in Singapore and the first McDonald's worldwide to pioneer the replacement of CFC refrigerants with environment-friendly alternatives in its walk-in chillers.

First company to include and highlight nutritional information on its menu available to its customers.

Developed first local TV commercial, "A Day in Singapore", which featured all four official languages in one advertisement. Was second runner-up in the then Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) Viewers' Choice contest and won the 1993 Max Lewis Award.

Celebrated 10th anniversary with the launch of Ronald McDonald Children’s Charity (RMCC) to help seriously ill children from needy families in Singapore.

Pioneered the recruitment of retirees, senior citizens and housewives, or "uncles" and "aunties" to cover the duties of younger crew during school examinations. Facilitated work integration with new Human Resource policy, training programmes and adapted work environment to suit this new group of recruit (with increased automation, greater use of graphics and word translations).

Launch of McDonald’s breakfast menu.

Opened first McDonald’s drive-thru restaurant at East Coast Parkway.

Opening Day Record: On 20 October 1979, McDonald’s opened its first restaurant in Singapore, and served up the highest worldwide volume of Hamburgers sold in a single day.