what was the first fast food chain ever made?

Answer 1

The first hamburger fast-food chain was White Castle, founded in 1916 by J. Walter Anderson of Wichita, Kansas. He sold five cent hamburgers along with french fries and colas. White Castle thrived along with other fast-food operations. However, fast-food did not become a significant part of the American landscape until after World War II.
Richard and Maurice McDonald chalked out a design for a new type of hamburger restaurant on a tennis court in 1948. Their goal was to make the operation as efficient as possible. Compared with previous fast-food chains they planned to reduce their expenses, thereby permitting them to sell hamburgers at a lower price. They hoped that the lower price would increase the number of customers, the greater volume sold leading to higher profits. They also decided to concentrate on selling a few items. To test their ideas, they opened an octagonal-shaped hamburger stand in San Bernardino, California. Their operation eliminated waitresses and so greatly reduced operating expenses. They sped up the process of making hamburgers through a series of innovations permitting them to service more customers faster. They purchased eight Multimixers (machines that mixed six shakes simultaneously). The McDonald operation did not include indoor tables, and thus encouraged customers to order their food at a window and eat in their cars. At first they sold only hamburgers, cheeseburgers, french fries and beverages. These efforts to streamline and mass produce hamburgers paid off. In 1951, they grossed $275,000.

Answer 2

There are differing opinions on the matter. McDonald's was the first to use an assembly-line method for preparing food in 1948, but some people think White Castle was really the first fast-food restaurant, which started up in 1921.

Answer 3

The White Castle restaurant in Wichita, Kansas is credited with being the first fast food restaurant, even though the term "fast food" was not used when the restaurant opened in 1921.

Hamburgers themselves were not even commonly eaten as they were considered poor quality and even unsafe.

Billy Ingram and J. Walter Anderson, the founders of White Castle, created a market demand for burgers and started many of the concepts and conventions still used in the fast food industry today.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

The Automat in NYC was not truly a fast food vendor as we are commonly familiar with, it was more like a cafateria style restaurant. Prepared food was available through small windows for which you paid per item. Mc Donalds was the first fast food franchise nationally and eventually world wide.

Answer 6

White Castle -wikipedia encyclopedia - it's the oldest fast food chain

Answer 7

A&W started in 1919, white castle in 1921

Answer 8

Howard Johnsons, then Sambo's Then Denny's then McDonalds then Waffle HOUSE LIKE TIME THEY JUST KEEP COMIN....

Answer 9

Wal-Mart.

Answer 10

just looked it up ... first one in USA was AutoMat in NY ... McDonalds is the largest