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Over the past five decades McDonald's has expanded and expanded to become a giant of the food industry which serves approximately one per cent of the world's population daily - that's roughly 80 million people every 24 hours.

However, whilst the golden arches in the UK all appear to follow a standard template, positioned as a drive-thru on the outskirts of an industrial estate, or squeezed into a high street corner, across the pond in the company's birthplace they go considerably larger.

Indeed, the world's biggest McDonald's resembles more of a compact hospital or an enormous office building than simply one fast-food outlet.

A massive, white two-storey structure claims the record, comprising more than 19,000 square feet of premium McDonald's space to consume a happy meal

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