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5 days ago · In 1954, Ray Kroc, a distributor for a special milkshake mixing machine, was intrigued by the McDonald brothers’ need for eight mixers. Realizing there was great promise in their restaurant concept, Kroc became a franchise agent for the brothers.
1 day ago · We dig deep into Ray Kroc and how he and the Mcdonald brothers created the fast food revolutionWhat was Ray Kroc really like? Was he a shyster, a lucky sales...
5 days ago · Impressed by what he saw and recognizing the system's potential, Ray Kroc became the McDonald brothers' franchise agent in 1954. He opened the first McDonald's franchise in 1955 and, seeing even...
1 day ago · Ray Kroc, impressed by their efficiency and vision, proposed a partnership to take the brand national. He eventually acquired control, leading to the extensive growth of McDonald’s. This documentary explores Kroc's aggressive business tactics and the eventual fallout between him and the McDonald brothers.
2 days ago · It was early 1955 when Ray Kroc, an ambitious milkshake equipment salesman who had bought the right to expand McDonald’s throughout the country, was opening his first restaurant, in Des Plaines, Ill.
2 days ago · In the 1950s, middle-aged salesman Ray Kroc is drowning in debt when he's inspired by a roadside burger stand he wants to spread nationwide--McDonald's. To buy out the business, he creates the modern model of franchising and ignites a fast-food gold rush.
3 days ago · That was the vision of Joan Kroc, billionaire philanthropist and heiress to the McDonald’s fortune of her husband, Ray. When she died in 2003, Joan Kroc stunned the Salvation Army when she left what amounted to $1.8 billion with instructions to carry out her wish for the centers.
