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First Hamburger
The first hamburger was created by Charlie Nagreen. He was.selling meatballs but he realized people does not enought time to eat. Then Charlie realized that if he squashed the meatballs and put them between two slices of bread, people would walk and eat them. -
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Poisoned hamburgers
The invention of Charlie was popular, but not famous enough. Hamburgers were considered foods of poor and in 1910 became a danger. Several cases of killings were caused by poisoned hamburgers. Thus creating more rejection to the invention of the hamburgers. -
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Drive-in Age
In 1920 the brothers Richard and Maurice (mac) McDonald realized the economic expansion of the california southern. This led them to a new restaurant concept, in which food was made to be served and eaten in cars. Those restaurants were called Drive-in an the waitresses carhops. -
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Fast Food Nations
The system of Mc Donalds got successful. Other owners of drivers-in and fast food restaurants adapted them to the self service system. It was the beggining of
of restaurants such as burger king, Domino's, Subway, KFC, and Dunkin' Donuts. -
McDonald's Self Service System
Mc Donals brothers got tired of the drive-in restaurant and starting to think about other kind of restaurant. It was the time when an futuristic idea came out. One new restaurant where people had to go and order call Speedee Service System. Where, the way of cooking would be different, every worker would repeat the same task all the day, as a assamly line, a hamburger with ketchp, onions, mustard, and two pickles. -
Ray Kroc
Ray Kroc a sales man after seeing the Speedee Service System of Mc Donalds had an iniciative, putting McDonald's at busy streets acroos the states. Ray Kroc told with the two brothers and got the approvaland they pacted that profits would be divided. As Ray Kroc did not have money, he travelled around the states convincing big bussines people so they could open they own restaurant, only with one condition, all the restaurant would have to be a copy of the original McDonald's. -
Changing positions.
In 1961, Ray Kroc got tired of going aroung the states while the two brothers where relaxed. Reason why Ray borrowed money to buy McDonald's, as a part of the deal he obligated the brothers to change the name of the original restaurant, which with the time ran out of busines. Kroc payed $1 million and by 1990 his income reached $180 million a year.
