McDonald's Unveils $8.5B Plan To Accelerate Restaurant Improvements

This story was originally published on Bisnow, the newsroom global commercial real estate reads first. To receive daily news and analysis, subscribe to Bisnow's free suite of newsletters. McDonald's released a supersized growth strategy at an investor day in Chicago on Wednesday, with a plan to provide billions in support to franchisees over the next decade.McDonald's Hamburger University in the West Loop - Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Dirk Tussing With the McDonald's > NEXT strategy, the fast food titan plans to provide $8.5B in partnering support through 2036, including about $5B through 2030, it announced in a release. The plan is designed to bolster restaurant modernization, technology deployment and operational improvements.