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Landmark McDonald’s re-opens after HUF 1.8 billion upgrade

A high-traffic McDonald's in a landmark building on Budapest's Nyugati Square is re-opening after a 1.8 billion forint (EUR 4.5m) renovation, Progress Etteremhalozat, which operates the fast food restaurants in Hungary, said on Thursday.

The restaurant, which draws several hundred thousand guests a year, was closed for more than six months. It has been expanded to accommodate over 280 guests.

The Hungarian interior designer Geza Sass redid the inside of the restaurant based on a design by Australian studio Landini. The general contractor for the project was Market Epito.

Headcount at the Nyugati Square restaurant has risen from 168 to 218 as a result of the expansion, Progress Etteremhalozat told MTI.

There are 113 McDonald’s restaurants in Hungary.

Progress Etteremhalozat had net sales revenue of 91.0 billion forints in 2023, public records show.

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