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McDonald's had grown into an increasingly popular fast-food establishment. The first drive-thru was introduced in 1975.
No one except for its Oak Park-raised owner Ray Kroc may have believed the tiny to-go place that offered hamburgers for 15 cents ($1.80 in today’s dollars), fries for 10 cents ($1.20 ...
McDonald's debuted a new restaurant concept in Hong Kong to celebrate 50 years in the city, and the revolutionary new layout ...
Some historic car names are just begging to be brought back as new-age electric vehicles, but the best one has always been ...
At the age of 52, Ray Kroc discovered a small but effective hamburger stand owned by the McDonald brothers in 1954. At the time, Kroc was selling milkshake machines. However, he was impressed by ...
What came next was traveling Multimixer salesman Ray Kroc and his limitless ambition. America’s genius is its dynamism, its mobility, its appetite. No one knew that better than Kroc. In 1954 he ...
Michael Keaton headlines the movie as Ray Kroc, the man who was instrumental in making that happen. But regardless of how Kroc presented himself, he wasn't the founder of the chain. His story is ...
The story of Ray Kroc, a salesman who turned two brothers' innovative fast food eatery, McDonald's, into the biggest restaurant business in the world, with a combination of ambition, persistence ...
Ray Kroc opened the first McDonald's franchise location in Des Plaines, Illinois, on April 15, 1955. That year, he also founded McDonald's System, Inc., which would become the McDonald's ...