- Ray Kroc was the ultimate competator
- McDonalds is the most recognized brand around the world
- He made himself a millionaire
- he was born in chicago in 1902
- He had a brother bob and sister loaraine
- He lived in chicago
- he was more ambitious that other kids
- He was 4 and he went to see a finologist
- While in grammer school, he started a lemonade stand
- and worked at a grocery store
- He saw the world as one big place to sell to
- He was always thinking of way to make more money
- he wouldnt take no for an answer, his ideas were always possible
- He spent many years loving baseball
- Ray was looking for an excuse to quit school and when world war 1 came around
- He joined the red cross to help but the war ended before he could join
- He tried school but quit after
- He met a woman ethel flemming and his father didnt aprove
- ray found work within a few days and ray was a natural born salesman
- he was young ambitious and willing to work hard
- He was meticulous about his appearance
- He found the client that would make him a top contender at his company
- He signed a contract with wallgreen
- He sold paper cups for 15 years
- Work was everything to ray
- He learned everything to become the absolute best
- He saw value in a machine that one of his customers had a milkshgake machine
- he became the multimixers main sales man
- As he aproached 50 his business slowed down
- He lost customers by the dozen
- In1954 he met Dick and Mac McDonald
- two brothers from newhampshire
- and they were off to seek their fortune
- For 8 years the drive in was sucsessful
- the created a new way to speed up service and chancged from car hop service they changed to self service
- The cut serving time from 20 min to 13 seconds
- Sales shot uip 40% in 3 years
- McDonalds became famous
- He signed a contract to sell the McDonalds brother method
- before he started business he had to start be buying the competition
- by mid 50's ray kroc open his fist resraunt in chicago
- he was a man who would spend so much time making it spotless
- he sold over 50 million hamburgers
- He sold 18 franchises in the first year
- In 1957 He fell in love witha nother woman
- he was smitten with Joan
- He left his wife but joan wouldnt leave her husband
- Him and joan ended up getting together she left her husband and he left his wife
Friday, May 13, 2011
Ray Kroc - fast food Millionaire
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