I don't like eating from McDonald's but it's so cheap and easy.
I agree. I only recently found out that it's been around since the 40's!
Really? Do you know how long it took for them to become a big franchise?
I believe that was in 1955 when Ray Kroc joined the company as a franchise agent.
Wow. Crazy that it's been a part of our lives for so long. I read the other day that there's only one state capital that has no McDonald's. Montpelier.
Wow. That's surprising for the world's largest restaurant chain not to be in a state capital!
Yeah, I know. It's also the smallest capital though. Do you know how far away you can be from a McDonald's in the US?
McDonald's
McDonald's Corporation is an American fast food company, founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California, United States. They rechristened their business as a hamburger stand, and later turned the company into a franchise, with the Golden Arches logo being introduced in 1953 at a location in Phoenix, Arizona. In 1955, Ray Kroc, a businessman, joined the company as a franchise agent and proceeded to purchase the chain from the McDonald brothers. McDonald's had
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