McDonald's no, but I have a personal 40% stake each of my our family's 2 A&W locations. A&W requires a minimum $1,000,000 liquid assets to be considered for a franchise location. McDonalds if I recall was significantly more. One of the reasons we opted for A&W, however our decision to go with A&W rather than McD was based on McD languishing profit margins at the time before they rebranded themselves with their new enhanced gourmet style sandwich menu.
Once you get one location, then it's very addictive to add more locations. A&W corporate are great and they are like family, very helpful in cultivating a very profitable business model. We do quite well and the franchise has served us well
