McDonald’s is more than just a fast-food chain — it’s a cultural icon, a global business empire, and one of the most recognized brands on the planet. But its path to global dominance wasn’t always a ...

Seventy years ago this week, McDonald’s opened in northwest suburban Des Plaines. No one except for its Oak Park-raised owner Ray Kroc may have believed the tiny place would one day become ...

Multimixer salesman and McDonald's Corporation founder Ray Kroc first met the McDonald brothers in 1954 while attempting to sell them more Multimixers for their restaurants. It was then that Kroc ...

The McDonald's menu has changed a lot since the first restaurant opened in the 1940s - and you won't believe how few items were available to purchase back in the day ...

In 1940, Richard and Maurice McDonald opened their first burger stand in San Bernardino, CA. With the help of Ray Kroc, the brothers took their restaurant across the country over the course of the ...

Premium Lemonade is a refreshing drink that replaces the beloved Minute Maid Lemonade, which was removed from the McDonald's ...

The McDonald brothers bought several of his Kroc's Multimixers and he was so impressed by their burger restaurant that he became their agent and set up franchises around the US, Money reported.

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 ...