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title: "McDonald's Extends Deadline for Remodels In Response to Tension Amongst Franchisees"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/c7ecc5b0-317e-42c5-bd5c-cd882f3f1d54
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/mcdonalds-extends-deadline-for-remodels-in-response-to-tension-amongst-franchisees-2708563
category: "QSR"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "QSR"
topics: ["Finance & M&A"]
published: 2018-11-29T15:10:01.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T04:08:10.061Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/ff2b8648be9ace8a8714c4d354049bcd8091.jpg
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# McDonald's Extends Deadline for Remodels In Response to Tension Amongst Franchisees

**TL;DR:** McDonald's has extended the deadline for restaurant remodels from 2020 to 2022, allowing franchisees to adopt the Experience of the Future model at a more reasonable pace. The company will reward franchisees who complete their remodel by the original deadline with more funding.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-11-29. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/mcdonalds-extends-deadline-for-remodels-in-response-to-tension-amongst-franchisees-2708563).*

## Story

McDonald’s has officially pushed the deadline for restaurant remodels from 2020 to 2022. According to a recent article in Nation's Restaurant News, this follows pushback that the company received from its operators that the original pace for adopting the Experience of the Future model was unreasonably quick.

However, McDonald’s will reward the franchisees who complete their remodel by the first deadline. Those who adopt the model by 2020 will have 55% of the cost covered by the brand, while those who wait will only have 40% of the funding covered. The remodel costs range from $160,000 to about $750,000.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- McDonald's (company)
- Nation's Restaurant News (publication)
- restaurant remodels (topic)
- remodel deadline (topic)
- franchisee tension (topic)
- experience of the future (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/mcdonalds-extends-deadline-for-remodels-in-response-to-tension-amongst-franchisees-2708563). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/c7ecc5b0-317e-42c5-bd5c-cd882f3f1d54).