A WESTON fast food store celebrated a raft of refurbishments and an expansion.

Weston Mercury: Staff with manager Katherine Elliott.Staff with manager Katherine Elliott. (Image: Archant)

McDonald’s, off Winterstoke Road and Herluin Way, has increased its seating capacity, expanded the drive-through service and made a host of revamps to the store as well as the staff areas and kitchen.

Weston Mercury: Mayor Cllr Keith Morris cuts the ribbon to open the refurbished Mc Donalds with owner Tim Lamb and the under 12s girls hutton team.Mayor Cllr Keith Morris cuts the ribbon to open the refurbished Mc Donalds with owner Tim Lamb and the under 12s girls hutton team. (Image: Archant)

Weston Mayor Keith Morris cut the ribbon while McDonald’s-sponsored Hutton FC girls under-12s team joined the celebrations at the official relaunch.

Owner Tim Lamb, who now runs every chain of the American food outlet in North Somerset, said: “With nearly 350 employees, with a 90 or so based at this restaurant, we are one of the biggest employers in the county.

“The restaurant already does over half a million transactions a year, so well in excess of a million customers.

“We hope the changes we have made will equip us for what I know will be great growth in Weston in the years ahead.”