Mr. Ray Kroc was the man who made McDonalds what it is today
– a mega-giant in the fast food industry with thousands of
outlets worldwide. Ray Kroc was born on October 5, 1902 in
Illinois.
When he was 15 years old, he told a little white lie so that he
can become qualified as an Ambulance driver in the war. The war,
however, ended on the last day of his training, so he had to find
some other employment.
He worked in various jobs and by 1922 he was selling paper cups.
It was during these 'menial' jobs he learned the vital skill of
selling. He ended up selling milk shake mixers for Prince
Multimixers and this occupied the rest of his 17 years of life
before McDonalds.
It was on one of his outings selling milkshake mixers in San
Bernardino that he came across a small takeaway shop selling
hamburgers - the forerunner to the now famous McDonald's
Hamburgers.
Through his experience criss-crossing the country to sell his
mixers, he saw that the small burger shop had an unusual operation
- especially since they wanted 8 of his mixers (the model that
could mix 5 milkshakes at a time).
Their mass-production of food (they could deliver a mea
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