Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc. is a company that owns the master franchise of the fast food restaurant chain McDonald's in 20 countries within Latin America and the Caribbean. As of December 31, 2010, it represented 6.7% of McDonald's franchised restaurants globally. It has more than 81,250 employees. It is the largest quick-service restaurant chain in Latin America and the Caribbean serving over 4.3 million customers daily. The company operates the McDonald's-branded restaurants as company-operated restaurants and franchised restaurants. Company revenues depend on sales made by company-operated restaurants and rental income from franchised restaurants. The rental income depends on which is greater, a flat fee or a percentage of sales. Wikipedia