March 2017 | Business View Magazine

90 91 Montpelier,VERMONT Montpelier, Vermont A different sort of happy meal By Alex Wynne-Jones T here are currently 14,000+ McDonald’s in America. Arguably the most notable logo in the world has locations from Angle, Minnesota to the tip of the Florida Keys; from Honolulu to Anchorage. Anywhere you can find an American flag, typically, you are within skipping distance to a Big Mac. Unless you’re in Montpelier,Ver- mont. The idea that a capital city–let alone any city–that doesn’t host a single McDonald’s is hard to wrap your head around. Does Montpelier only have a handful of residents? Did the Director of North East Franchise Development at McDonald’s simply forget about a city?