CXS| McLovin' Being a Lady Boss: KC's Female McDonald's Owner/Operators Share Leadership Insights

McDonald’s is one of the most iconic and globally recognizable brands in the world.. When most people think of McDonald’s, it’s golden arches, Big Macs, and All Day Breakfast – not necessarily the local faces that power the restaurants  at the community level.

Who are the individuals running your neighborhood McDonald’s? In many cases, it’s a woman. In the McDonald’s Heart of America Co-Op, which is comprised of approximately 150  McDonald’s restaurants spread throughout eastern Kansas and northwest Missouri, approximately one-third of restaurants are owned and operated by women. What’s more, the average sales of female-owned McDonald’s are more than $110,000 higher per restaurant than within the entire Franchisee population in Kansas City .

On Wednesday, December 14, attendees will have the opportunity to hear from a panel of four local women entrepreneurs who collectively own and operate 20 McDonald’s restaurants around the greater Kansas City region. Each day, these female business leaders balance the duties of personal life with managing multiple successful restaurants that must adhere to McDonald’s standards of excellence.  The panel will share their career histories, experience as and insights for female small business owners, what it’s like to be part of a global brand and responsive to consumer feedback, and accept questions from audience members during a Q&A session.

McDonald’s All Day Breakfast menu items and coffee will be provided to attendees. 

About the Speaker

• Anne Alon owns and operates more than ten McDonald’s restaurants in Overland Park and Olathe.
• Jill Hill is a second-generation McDonald’s owner/operator. She grew up working in her father’s McDonald’s restaurant, and she and her sister, Jodi Ward, became owner/operators on the same day a couple years ago.
• Jodi Ward is a second-generation McDonald’s owner/operator. She grew up working in her father’s McDonald’s restaurant, and she and her sister, Jill Hill, became owner/operators on the same day a couple years ago.
• Teresa Salinas owns and operates two  McDonald’s restaurants in the Kansas City metro area.