Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The McDonald brothers were born in Manchester, New Hampshire, to Irish parents Patrick James from Dingle and Margaret Anna Curran McDonald, who came to the United States as children. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Maurice was born in 1902, and Richard was born in 1909. [ 5 ]
Kroc and Joan remained married until Kroc's death in 1984. Kroc's San Bernandino McDonald's drove the McDonald brothers' original restaurant out of business in a few years. Kroc did not honor his handshake deal – the McDonald brothers were never paid their royalties, which would eventually have been over $100 million a year.
He bought out McDonald's from the McDonald Brothers in 1961, after several years as their franchising agent, and served as its CEO from 1967 to 1973. Kroc was born in Oak Park, Illinois , and worked a variety of jobs, including as a paper cup salesman and a musician, before eventually becoming a milkshake mixer salesman.
Ray Kroc transformed a small family-owned burger stand into McDonald's, the world's biggest fast-food empire.
Back in 1940, brothers Mac and Dick McDonald took over their father's 3-year-old Monrovia, Calif. restaurant, which had a 25-item menu, and moved the entire building 40 miles east to San Bernardino.
McDonald's golden arches have come a long way over the years. The now iconic logo had its start in 1952, when the McDonald's brothers were interviewing architects to design the first McDonald's ...
In 1945, Mansfield married Rawland F. "Rollie" Smith, [4] [5] [6] a Navy veteran who would become a McDonald's franchisee, eventually owning three stores in Rapid City, South Dakota. The couple's only child, a daughter named Linda, was born the following year.
The McDonald's brothers opened their first McDonald's restaurant on May 15, 1940 in San Bernardino, California. Originally, a carhop drive-in system was used to serve customers. The initial menu items were centered around barbecue and the first name the brothers used for their business was "McDonald's Famous Barbecue."