McDonalds is a corporation that expands by selling the right to open a store with the McDonalds' branding, products, etc. Someone who wants to open a McDonalds' restaurant purchases a franchise from the corporation to have the right to do so. That store's employees will be trained according to the company training curriculum, and some will even go to what is called Hamburger University and be trained by the company itself.
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