Courtesy of: Aruba Daily
Arcos Dorados, McDonald’s franchisee and operator of the largest quick service restaurant chain in Latin America and the Caribbean, announced the company has opened its first McDonald’s Dessert Center segment in Aruba. This new segment will offer an all dessert menu located in Paseo Herencia Shopping & Entertainment Center at Palm Beach. The dessert center will be open seven days a week from 12:00 pm to 11:00 pm.
The Dessert Center will offer McDonald’s popular McFlurry, Sundaes, Cones and Shakes. With this new segment, Arcos Dorados contributes to the economy of Aruba by creating new employment opportunities with new positions as Crew and Hostess. Aruba will have the seventh McDonald’s Dessert Center in the Caribbean region.
Arcos Dorados recently opened its third McDonald’s in Aruba, at Seroe Blanco which has the second McCafé in Aruba, a coffee-house-style food and drink chain owned by McDonald’s. The first McCafé in Aruba was last year at the High Rise, Palm Beach store. The other McDonald’s restaurant in Aruba is located at Santa Cruz. For more than two decades, Aruba has been a very important community for McDonald’s and Arcos Dorados provides a major force in the economic development of the island.
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About Arcos Dorados
Arcos Dorados is the world’s largest McDonald’s franchisee in terms of system wide sales and number of restaurants, operating the largest quick service restaurant (“QSR”) chain in Latin America and the Caribbean. It has the exclusive right to own, operate and grant franchises of McDonald’s restaurants in 20 countries and territories, including Argentina, Aruba, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Curacao, Ecuador, French Guyana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Thomas, Trinidad & Tobago, Uruguay and Venezuela. Arcos Dorados operates or franchises 1,948 McDonald’s-branded restaurants with over 90,000 employees serving approximately 4.3 million customers a day (as of December 31st, 2012). Recognized as one of the best companies to work for in Latin America, Arcos Dorados is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: ARCO). To learn more about the company please visit our website: www.arcosdorados.com
