2007-01-29 07:29:14 · 14 answers · asked by XUE YU Y 1 in Dining Out ➔ Fast Food
Here s the quick history of it...
Ray Kroc mortgaged his home and invested his entire life savings to become the exclusive distributor of a five-spindled milk shake maker called the Multimixer. Hearing about the McDonald's hamburger stand in California running eight Multimixers at a time, he packed up his car and headed West. It was 1954. He was 52 years old.
Dick and Mac McDonald's Restaurant, San Bernardino, California
Ray Kroc had never seen so many people served so quickly when he pulled up to take a look. Seizing the day, he pitched the idea of opening up several restaurants to the brothers Dick and Mac McDonald, convinced that he could sell eight of his Multimixers to each and every one. "Who could we get to open them for us?" Dick McDonald said.
"Well," Kroc answered, "what about me?
Ray Kroc opened the Des Plaines restaurant in 1955. First day's revenues-$366.12! No longer a functioning restaurant, the Des Plaines building is now a museum containing McDonald's memorabilia and artifacts, including the Multimixer!
2007-01-29 07:36:10 · answer #1 · answered by SALMON 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sorry folks, it was actually in Illinois. Been there a few times. Near Desplains. The McDonald's borthers bought a restaurant out in the desert of California and took it back east, only to find that the desert air was the "secret" to the great french fries.
2007-01-29 15:39:17 · answer #2 · answered by Doc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ray Kroc opened the Des Plaines, Illinois restaurant in 1955. First day's revenues-$366.12!
2007-01-29 15:37:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Illinois.
Their Corporate Headquarters is in Oak Brook, IL.
2007-01-29 16:36:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Des Plains, Illinois. Evidently, Ray Kroc was a strange fellow according to wikpedia. Check it out. According to what it says, he sure achieved his goal.
2007-02-01 03:10:24 · answer #5 · answered by starflower 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can tell you the first Franchised McDonnald's is on Blackstone near Shield in Fresno, CA.
2007-01-29 16:58:41 · answer #6 · answered by khanofali 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe it was in Illinois - Elk Grove (?). That's where they currently have their corporate training center. I remember stopping there over 40 years ago. It was not far from O'hare Airport.
2007-01-29 15:39:17 · answer #7 · answered by Xeod 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Arcadia, California is the original concept
2007-01-29 15:38:42 · answer #8 · answered by woulddug 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
california and the guy with the idea to frachise them bought them from the originator for a cash amount
2007-01-29 15:38:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No doubt...Des Plaines, IL.
2007-01-30 22:09:46 · answer #10 · answered by iraq51 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋