Global fast food giant McDonald\u2019s has joined the One New Zealand Warriors in a three-year deal as the club\u2019s official restaurant partner.<\/p>\n
The agreement will see the iconic golden arches featuring on the left back position on the shorts of all six of the club\u2019s teams competing in the NRL, NRLW, New South Wales Cup, Jersey Flegg Cup, SG Ball Cup and Harold Matthews Cup.<\/p>\n
As New Zealand\u2019s largest quick-service restaurant chain, McDonald\u2019s boasts almost 180 outlets across the country serving more than 1.5 million Kiwis every week.<\/p>\n
The announcement coincides with the 50th anniversary of McDonald\u2019s opening its first New Zealand restaurant in Porirua in 1976.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re so excited to welcome a company of the calibre of McDonald\u2019s to our family of partners,\u201d said One New Zealand Warriors CEO Cameron George.<\/p>\n
\u201cMcDonald\u2019s is a brand that connects people, and their commitment to supporting sport from the grassroots level to the professional stage aligns perfectly with our club values.\u201d<\/p>\n
More than 90 percent of McDonald\u2019s restaurants in New Zealand are operated by 53 franchisees, employing more than 10,000 people. Globally McDonald\u2019s employs more than two million people operating more than 40,000 restaurants.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re stoked to be joining the One New Zealand Warriors\u2019 wh\u0101nau,\u201d said Luke Rive, director of marketing, McDonald\u2019s NZ.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve been long-time admirers of the club and jumped at the opportunity to get involved. Our franchisees around the country are looking forward to celebrating our connection with the Wahs in the communities in which they operate.<\/p>\n
“We\u2019ve got some great plans underway and are confident the fans will be lovin\u2019 it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
In announcing the new partnership with McDonald\u2019s, George paid tribute to outgoing partner Wendy\u2019s, which started its relationship with the One New Zealand Warriors in 2008.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re so grateful to Wendy\u2019s for the way they have supported us for almost 20 years,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe thank them for the passion and energy they brought to their partnership with us and wish them all the best for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Global fast food giant McDonald\u2019s has joined the One New Zealand Warriors in a three-year deal as the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":647246,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-647245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=647245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/647245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/647246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=647245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=647245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=647245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}