I will come back to my initial question-can you believe there are 72 of them in Norway? \u00a0Norway and Minnesota are roughly the same size as far as physical space and number of statsborger<\/strong> (citizens). \u00a0Norway has more than half of the number of McDonald’s restaurants that Minnesota has. \u00a0I find this surprising for several reasons. \u00a0The majority of the Norwegian population is very healthy and as a result take their lunches to school or work and then cook dinner at home (or go out, but not often to McDonald’s). \u00a0Clearly a lot of people are going to McDonald’s if 72 of them can survive.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I have identified several forskjeller<\/strong> (differences) between McDonald’s in the U.S. and McDonald’s in Norway. \u00a0The first major difference \u00a0can be seen in the above picture. \u00a0This is a picture of a McDonald’s in Norway. \u00a0As you can see, it is much nicer than any McDonald’s in the U.S. \u00a0In 2011, McDonald’s was rated the 7th best arbeidsplass<\/strong> (place to work) among store<\/strong> bedrifter<\/strong> (large companies) in Norway. \u00a0There are about 2,000 medarbeidere<\/strong> (employees) the work for McDonald’s in Norway. \u00a0McDonald’s locations in Norway are staffed by mostly unge mennesker<\/strong> (young people) who represent over 70 cultures! \u00a0Again, for the size of country Norway is, I find this very impressive.<\/p>\n In Norway, over 80% of McDonald’s restaurants are franchises, like the one shown in the above picture. \u00a0The franchise owner can\u00a0p\u00e5virke\u00a0<\/strong>(influence) a great deal about the atmosphere.<\/p>\n Another great thing that sets Norwegian McDonald\u00b4s apart from other McDonald\u00b4s is that 75% of the products on the meny<\/strong> come from Norway. \u00a0The kj\u00f8tt<\/strong> (meat), kylling<\/strong> (chicken), fisk<\/strong> (fish), br\u00f8d<\/strong> (bread), poteter<\/strong> (potatoes), and salat<\/strong> (salad) of h\u00f8y kvalietet<\/strong> (high quality)!<\/p>\n McDonald\u00b4s in Norway is also tries to be as green as possible regarding energy used in transport and operational costs, as well as in how they manage waste.<\/p>\n I have to say it is much more appealing for me to go to McDonald\u00b4s in Norway than here at home!<\/p>\n Maybe I\u00b4ll have my next bursdagsfest<\/strong> (birthday party) there….see here<\/a> for details.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Would you believe that there are 72 McDonald’s restaurants in Norway? \u00a0I’m not sure why I was thinking about the presence of fast food kjeder (chains) in Norway. \u00a0I rarely eat fast food in the U.S. and when I do, I stick to Subway, Chipotle, Potbelly’s, Panera-mostly sandwich style kjeder. \u00a0I can’t remember the…<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2011\/08\/happymeal.RightNavigation-00012-ImageLocal.RightNavigationEverything.jpg\")