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McDonald's Investor Calendar Preview

PRNewswire-FirstCall
OAK BROOK, Ill.
Mar 7, 2002

Today, McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD) announced the following investor activities:

  March 9 & 10:  McDonald's will participate in the Tenth Annual Louis
                 Rukeyser Investment Conference in Las Vegas, NV.

  March 22:      McDonald's will provide an update on first quarter 2002
                 operating results via press release.  In conjunction with
                 this release, McDonald's will hold an investor webcast on
                 March 22 at 10:00 a.m. Central Time.  Interested parties
                 are invited to listen to this webcast by logging on to
                 www.mcdonalds.com/corporate/investor and clicking on
                 "Latest Investor Webcast," which appears below the stock
                 quote.  A replay of this call will be available for a
                 limited time.

  April 8:       McDonald's will present at the Banc of America Securities
                 Consumer Conference in New York, NY.  This presentation
                 will be webcast live and available for replay for a
                 limited time.  This webcast's start time will be posted on
                 www.mcdonalds.com/corporate/investor under "Latest
                 Investor Webcast," which appears below the stock quote, by
                 April 4.

  April 18:      McDonald's will announce first quarter 2002 earnings
                 via press release.  In conjunction with this release,
                 McDonald's will hold an investor webcast.  This
                 webcast's start time will be posted on
                 www.mcdonalds.com/corporate/investor under "Latest
                 Investor Webcast," which appears below the stock quote,
                 by April 15, 2002.  A replay of this webcast will be
                 available for a limited time thereafter.

       McDonald's is the world's leading food service retailer with more
  than 30,000 restaurants in 121 countries serving 46 million customers
  each day.

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SOURCE: McDonald's Corporation

Contact: Investors, Mary Healy, +1-630-623-6429, or Media, Anna
Rozenich, +1-630-623-7316, both of McDonald's Corporation

Website: http://www.mcdonalds.com/