Today is: McDonald's Day
McDonald's Day takes place on the anniversary of the day in 1955 when Ray Kroc opened a McDonald's in Des Plaines, Illinois. It was the first restaurant of his franchise, but the ninth McDonald's restaurant overall. Kroc helped make McDonald's the most known fast food restaurant in the world, but the story doesn't start with him.
Brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald opened a barbecue restaurant in 1940 in San Bernardino, California. In 1948, they changed up their restaurant and introduced the "Speedee Service System." Instead of having waiters bring food to tables, their restaurant had self-service counters. They used an assembly line format in the kitchen. They sold their hamburgers for just 15 cents apiece.
Source: Checkiday.com
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