For many of us, a trip to McDonald’s is an occasional treat, but  for Jeanette Roe, the fast food chain has been a big  part of her life for decades.

She first began working for the company in 1981  as a graduate trainee manager, after  getting a degree in economics at Lancaster University.

Before long Jeanette had worked her  way up to head of training, customer  services and operations development  within the company before acquiring  her first restaurant.

Including the recent addition of the  McDonald’s restaurant at Broughton  Retail Park to her impressive repertoire,  Jeanette can now officially say  that she owns all the McDonald’s restaurants in Chester – operating a sizeable team of more than 360 local employees.

It’s an impressive feat for the girl  who grew up in the small town of  Houghton-le-Spring, between Durham and  Sunderland, and moved to the North  West in 1989.

But Jeanette is keen to expand her  success in the Chester area  and has revealed that  McDonald’s will be creating more than  20 new jobs in the area later this year, offering career progression opportunities to existing staff.

“Working alongside my staff and  managers is what I enjoy most about  my job,” says Jeanette.

“And I also love seeing young people,  many of whom who join us for their  first time job, develop into professional  and succesful business managers running multi million pound operations.

“I am so proud of the way that so  many of them willingly give of their  own time to participate in, and indeed  organise, the many community projects that we’re involved in. 

“McDonald’s is a company that continually innovates - whether it’s introducing a new promotional product,  a new piece of equipment or technology, new uniforms or new decor  packages to allow us to keep our restaurants contemporary and relevant  to our customers,” added Jeanette.

“There’s always something new on  the horizon so every day is different.  

“Although that’s certainly a challenge,  it’s also what makes the company so  successful and it’s exciting to be a part  of that.

“I’m incredibly proud to have been a  part of such a successful brand for  over 30 years.”