Remodeling McDonalds

A globally recognizable restaurant will undergo a few major changes in Iberia Parish thanks to an effort by the company to rejuvenate the brand.

A McDonalds restaurant, located on the corner of Center Street and Admiral Doyle Drive, will have LED lighting, double drive-through option and an enhanced play area, a McDonalds spokesman said.

Larry Miller, owner and operator at McDonalds, said the overall cost of the project will be more than $1 million. The project started four weeks ago with a couple of weeks left in construction.

According to permit valuations for the month of September, the remolding process on 1501 Center St. is valued at $682,000.

We actually were thinking of doing that one (McDonalds on Center Street) first, but the remodel was so complex. Its actually the biggest scope of remodels that weve done out of all of them, Miller said. The major issue is we wanted to make sure we could get everything.

Miller said the company attempts to remodel at least one McDonalds in the Teche Area per year.

In 2011 the franchise completed a remodel of a McDonalds in Abbeville, in 2012 a St. Martinville restaurant received an upgrade and in 2013 Franklin was next on the list for a revitalization of a McDonalds.

Miller said McDonalds Center Street location should increase in its production with the double drive-through and an increase in storage space. The restaurant also will add fryers.

Were going to have 50 percent more cooler and freezer capacity and were going to have more fryers. We will go from five fryers to seven, and were also going to have the first digital menu board in the area, Miller said.

Its going to be full-motion high-HD digital. The difference is instead of seeing a static graphic picture theres more motion. Its more with 2014.

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Remodeling McDonalds