2005 Corporate Press Releases
December 2005
12/10/05 First McDonald's Drive-Thru Opens in China
November 2005
11/17/2005 Coinstar and McD's Ventures to Deliver Market- Leading DVD Rental Kiosks
11/03/2005 McDonald’s Launches 100-Days-Out Countdown to 2006 Olympic Games
11/03/2005 Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, Named Global Ambassador to McD's World Children's Day Campaign
October 2005
10/25/2005 McDonald's Announces Industry Leading Customer Initiative
10/20/2005 McDonald's Wins Approval as Ceres Partner
September 2005
09/27/2005 Destiny's Child Releases New Anthem for World Children's Day at McDonald's
09/21/2005 McDonald's Debuts Advertising on the World of Opportunity Under the Golden Arches
09/12/2005 Richard H. Lenny Elected to McDonald's Board of Directors
09/10/2005 McDonald's Announces Additional Support for Disaster Relief
09/05/2005 Update: McDonald's Continues Hurricane Katrina Relief
09/02/2005 McDonald's Hurricane Disaster Relief Update
August 2005
08/31/2005 McDonald's Names Mary Dillon as Global Chief Marketing Officer
July 2005
07/27/2005 McDonald's and Dreamworks Enter into a Worldwide Marketing Relationship
June 2005
06/22/2005 McDonald's CEO Jim Skinner Joins Walgreen Co. Board Of Directors
06/07/2005 Denis Hennequin Named President, McDonald's Europe
April 2005
04/15/2005 McDonald's® Celebrates 50 Years of Limitless Opportunity
March 2005
03/08/2005 “it's what i eat and what i do™ … i'm lovin' it™”
McDonald's® Launches New Worldwide Balanced, Active Lifestyles Public Awareness Campaign
February 2005
02/17/2005 McDonald's® and Destiny's Child Team Up for 2005 Worldwide Concert Tour
02/09/2005 McDonald's TFA Settlement Announcement
January 2005
01/26/2005 McDonald's Corporation Announces Management Changes And Promotions
01/17/2005 McDonald’s Former President and CEO Charlie Bell Dies of Cancer
01/13/2005 Black Enterprise® Magazine Names Two McDonald’s® Executives Among 75 Most Powerful Blacks in Corporate America
01/11/2005 McDonald’s Supports Tsunami Relief Efforts