McDonald's opened its second digital office Wednesday, a penthouse space in Chicago that the restaurant giant will use to help it attract highly sought-after tech talent.
The opening of the digital office, on the top floor of 414 N. Orleans St., comes after the world's largest restaurant company opened up a similar, digitally focused outpost in San Francisco in 2014. McDonald's is trying to do more to appeal to tech-savvy diners with everything from free Wi-Fi in its restaurants to rolling out mobile payment options such as Apple Pay.
CEO Steve Easterbrook and Chief Digital Officer Atif Rafiq are among those expected to celebrate the opening on Wednesday afternoon.
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