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Wednesday 28 January 2015 9:09 pm

Brit upsizes to chief exec job at Mcdonald’s

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FAST FOOD giant McDonald’s yesterday announced chief executive Don Thompson would retire at the end of February after two and a half years and be succeeded by Watford-born Steve Easterbrook, the company’s branding chief and former boss of McDonald’s UK.

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