Sports-loving spectators at the London 2012 Olympics could have a battle of will power on their hands - as McDonald's has announced it will open its biggest ever branch close to the park.
The 3,000 square-metre restaurant stretches over two floors and is equivalent to half the length of an American football field. It has 1,500 seats and will be one of four stores opening including one in the athletes' village in Stratford, east London.
The restaurant will employ 470 staff to serve around 50,000 Big Macs, 100,000 portions of fries and 30,000 milkshakes during the Games.
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It has been claimed that one in five meals purchased during the Olympics will be a McDonald's.
'In our main restaurant at Olympic Park, every hour will be three times as busy as our current busiest outlet in the UK,' said UK vice-president Steve Easterbrook.
'Around 14 million meals will be sold, of which a McDonald's meal will be one in five.'
The fast food outlet's UK chief executive Jill McDonald has called the announcement 'hugely exciting.'
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