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The early working years of the MacDonald brothers
In 1926, brothers Maurice and Dick MacDonald hoped to find fame in the industry of moving pictures. At first, they hauled sets and worked the lights during back-breaking shifts on silent film sets. But they were unable to move up in the behind-the-scene ranks of the business.
In 1930, after scrimping and saving, they purchased a theatre. To dissuade patrons from taking their own food to the movies, they installed a snack bar in the lobby.
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The beginning of popular McDonalds
- A fleet of attractive young women outfitted in usherette uniforms delivered McDonald's Barbeque food directly to the customers' car.
- After the war, drive-inns became increasingly popular and a minefield of unsavoury behaviour. Despite this, sales continued to incre...
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McDonald's as a franchise
Instead of just paying a visit and stealing the idea, the more honest plunked down a $950 franchise fee for the formula. The first in line wanted to use McDonald's name of the stand he intended to build, saying he thought their name "lucky." He got an operating manual for his mon...
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Automation in food preparation
Following the enterprising family of Levitt that applied Ford's Model T-like assembly-line logic to building homes on New York's Long Island, the McDonald brothers decided to mimic this mentality in the preparation and serving of food.
- They identified their best sellers and slashed t...
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Would-be imitators
Four months in, a turnaround occurred for no particular reason. Profits soon soared to $100,000 a year. The quality of food was not the main draw except, perhaps, for the crispy fresh potatoes.
Copycats arrived to study the operation in action. The details the imitators couldn't see, Dick ...
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A reincarnated establishment
The The McDonald brothers entertained a dream of a new establishment they'd call the Dimer but rejected the idea as too Depression-era. They were certain the future involved appealing to drivers.
After many rejections, the entrepreneurs secured a loan of $5,000, this time putting t...
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Moving from entertainment to food service
The McDonald brothers' theatre faltered during the lean years of the Depression, leaving the brothers always behind on their bills. In 1937, they sold the theatre and moved from entertainment to food service.
They made an open-air food stand and served fresh orange...
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