New Redmond McDonald’s celebrates Veterans Day grand opening with free meals for veterans, first responders
KTVZ – News Team
(Update: Comments from restaurant owner, more on features)
REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The new McDonald’s in Redmond, located at 625 NW Oak Tree Lane, held a grand opening celebration on Veterans Day with free meals for all veterans, active-duty service members and first responders.
From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., everyone was able to enjoy raffles and giveaways, $1 ice cream cones and $3 Happy Meals.
As part of the opening, the restaurant donated two checks totaling $2,500 to the Central Oregon Veterans Ranch and the Family Access Network.
Plenty of customers filled the restaurant for its grand opening. Mason Rodby, owner of the McDonald’s restaurants in Redmond, Madras and Prineville showed KTVZ News around the new building.
“It’s been an awesome day – really busy day,” Rodby said. “And no school today, so it brings it in. A lot of customers are coming in and enjoying our new lobby and enjoying our new drive-thru. It’s been great! We have a great, great team in there that’s serving our customers and making sure that they get what they ordered.”
This new McDonald’s takes a more modern approach. The restaurant is geared toward drive-thru, take-out and orders through the app.
The lobby has one person who can assist customers, but mainly relies on self-serve kiosks. There’s a new cash machine connected to the kiosks, as well.
The building includes three drive-thru windows, separate pick-up shelves for DoorDash and the McDonalds app, as well as a special late-light window just for Dashers.