Originally founded in 1940, when it was called McDonald’s Famous Barbecue, the company’s first logo was nothing more than simple plain text. By the time the company started franchising in 1953 ...

Ray Kroc transformed a small family-owned burger stand into McDonald's, the world's biggest fast-food empire.

Some of today's most recognizable logos in the fast-food industry looked remarkably different when they were first introduced. McDonald's first logo, for example, featured a winking cartoon chef ...

The McDonald’s logo has slightly changed over the years before they settled on what it still is today in 2003. Shortly after ...