That does not seem to be the consensus. Rather, McDonald's is its own
possessive. See
http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/2933/possessive-of-a-word-thats-already-possessive

On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 5:56 AM, Elizabeth Dodd <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Fri, 04 Mar 2011 23:14:53 +0000
> "Dave F." <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > The name of the company is McDonalds, so anything belonging to them
> > should be McDonalds's.
>
> The correct grammar for that would be McDonalds'
>
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