McDonalds To Add 175 Outlets In China Next Year

The 2009 plan will create 10,000 restaurant jobs and 1,200 manager positions, it added. McDonald’s joins other foreign consumer companies such as Pepsico Inc., Best Buy Co. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in focusing on emerging markets such as China, which saw retail sales rise 22 percent in October, close to the fastest pace in nine years.