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YMMV, but when the franchise I worked at was extremely well run, and compared to a corporate store, far better. I used to be able to walk into a McDs and tell within a minute or two if they were franchise or McOpCo. The McOpCo stores were always dirty, understaffed, and had really demoralized employees.

Back in the day the corporate McDonald's had a different uniform that was almost sorta suit like. Today they might be all the same, not sure, but you can probably contact them and ask.

There's usually a sign somewhere inside the restaurant.