In 1940 a restaurant opened serving burgers, fries, and milkshakes. That restaurant, McDonalds, consisted of a small building with a drive-thru stand. This was the beginning of the McDonalds takeover of the food industry.
Dick and Mac McDonald were the founders of this new restaurant. Before McDonalds, they sold hot Dogs out of a stand in Arcadia, California. Looking to increase their revenue, they moved the building to San Bernardino. There, they built the first McDonalds serving barbecue, pork, hamburgers,fries, and malts. It was the #1 teen hangout in the Bernardino area. The restaurant was run by car hops and always had a crowd of teen waiting outside. Ray Kroc was the first franchisee appointed by Mac and Dick. He opened his first restaurant in Illinois. He mortgaged his home and moved to California to sell his multi mixers to McDonalds. He told Mac and Dick that it would be a good idea to create more McDonalds restaurants.
Dick and Mac McDonald were the founders of this new restaurant. Before McDonalds, they sold hot Dogs out of a stand in Arcadia, California. Looking to increase their revenue, they moved the building to San Bernardino. There, they built the first McDonalds serving barbecue, pork, hamburgers,fries, and malts. It was the #1 teen hangout in the Bernardino area. The restaurant was run by car hops and always had a crowd of teen waiting outside. Ray Kroc was the first franchisee appointed by Mac and Dick. He opened his first restaurant in Illinois. He mortgaged his home and moved to California to sell his multi mixers to McDonalds. He told Mac and Dick that it would be a good idea to create more McDonalds restaurants.
From here on Ray Kroc bought McDonalds from Mac and Dick for 2.7 million dollars. Ray Kroc continued to make more and more franchises even when McDonalds had sold 1 billion hamburgers. It became so popular that a new McDonalds was being built every day in 1963. Ray Kroc also extended his restaurant to France and El Salvador, then in the UK. Building were being built everywhere. McDonalds American influence spread across the world reaching China. McDonalds then began pulling in the children and came up with the Ronald McDonald cartoon and friends. This turned out to be a huge success and brought in a lot of money for McDonalds(Welcome to the Historic Site Of The First McDonalds).