McDonald's
Fast food restaurant · Mesa
1948 E McKellips Rd, Mesa, AZ 85203
Highlights
Burgers and fries, famous fast-food chain, modern clean layout
Burgers and fries, famous fast-food chain, modern clean layout
"A global fast-food chain highlighted for its operational precision and speed, often able to prepare items faster than drivers can arrive; that tight coordination between rapid prep and pickup produces consistently high-quality deliveries and makes the chain a particularly strong partner for logistics-focused delivery platforms." - Amanda Kludt
"Used as a symbol of abundant American food culture and capitalist triumph, the chain provides the setting for a tense, telling family moment in the series finale: the spy parents and their daughter stop for a drive-through dinner on a dark country road, Paige goes in first, Philip follows, and Elizabeth stays in the car. As U2’s “With or Without You” scores the scene, Philip watches a party of four laughing and eating fries — the ordinary American life he both longs for and has failed to fully inhabit — then catches his reflection in the window, his light-blonde wig and ashen complexion making him look like a ghost. The brief meal stop crystallizes the show’s contrast between Soviet restraint and American abundance and underscores the capitalist way of life the couple spent years opposing." - Hillary Dixler Canavan
"The familiar fast-food chain served as a childhood reference point for menu ideas, inspiring a biscuit sandwich and the texture/flavor profile the chef sought to emulate with a technically refined hash-brown preparation." - Hillary Dixler Canavan
"As the nation's largest food-service employer, the company requires employees to sign arbitration agreements that include class-action waivers, meaning workers bound by those terms cannot pursue class lawsuits and must instead bring individual claims in arbitration. The Supreme Court's Epic Systems decision upholding such waivers — and permitting them to be enforced even when assent is inferred from continued employment or emails — strengthens this practice, making collective enforcement of wage-and-hour laws far more difficult and shifting disputes into costly, private proceedings that critics say favor employers. Advocates warn this will lead to underenforcement of federal and state labor protections and deter claims due to expense, procedural barriers, and fear of retaliation; suggested responses include increased public enforcement by attorneys general, filing many individual arbitrations simultaneously, or new forms of worker organizing. Employers, conversely, may see lower litigation costs and greater contractual certainty, though some lawyers note arbitration can still be expensive and risky for companies if noncompliance produces numerous separate claims." - Andrea Strong
"A redesigned, 'newfangled' restaurant concept located within the chain's large new headquarters, noted in coverage about the company's modernized corporate dining and brand experimentation." - Amanda Kludt
