Sarah Snell Cooke

Think about McDonald's. It sells highly standardized food, with a few geographic exceptions, and provides the customer a consistent experience. It's huge; today it has more than 35,000 restaurants serving 70 million people a day in more than 100 countries.

Its branding is phenomenal and worldwide and incredibly expensive. McDonald's earned $5.59 billion in net income.

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