McDonald’s today announced plans to flood Britain’s high streets with 200 new restaurants in the next four years.
In its biggest expansion since 2002, the fast food chain has announced a £1billion investment with a view to ‘supporting successful high streets’.
The rollout will test new restaurant formats, including smaller branches, and is set to create some 24,000 jobs.
It follows a grim few years for once bustling shopping hubs with recognisable names vanishing nationwide. Yesterday, Ted Baker became the most recent addition to the scrap heap after the closure of its last 31 stores.
However, the move will spark concerns amid Britain’s obesity crisis, which costs the country £100billlion per year, according to a recent analysis.
Experts have long blamed the nation’s ever-expanding waistline on the rise of processed, calorie-laden food served in restaurants such as the 200 new ones which will be opened by 2028.
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