If we talk about fast-food, some people are fixed on the fast-food restaurant McDonald's. The restaurant was founded by two family Dick and Mac McDonald in 1940, but afterwards bought Ray Kroc and expanded worldwide with a franchise or franchise. This is the beginning of a success story as the founder Ray Kroc of McDonald's franchise.
Ray Kroc was born on 5 October 1902 in Oak Park, Chicago, Illinois, United States, with the original name of Raymond Albert Kroc. His father and mother is an emigrant from the Czech Republic. Kroc's life at the same time with Henry Ford, William Durant, and Walt Disney.
World War II became one of the vital moment in the journey of life Kroc. He sacrificed his school to join in World War II (1941–1045). When she was 15 years old, he was still listed as an ambulance driver for the Red Cross.
Afterworld War II, He returned to work at a company as a paper Cup salesperson is still the new stuff.
His contribution to the advance of companies making Kroc was elected to be employees.
When selling the paper Cup, he met Earl Prince, inventor of the mixer tool that can make milk shakes.
One time, his company suffered losses. A salary cut of 10% because Kroc turnover bracelets paper plummeted. He could not accept it because he's worked harder than other employees.
The company parties do not want the best employees out of work, so not so Kroc salary cut. But after that, the company again cut the salaries of some servants of Kroc, though his salary itself remained intact.
Knowing this, Kroc beavers. She already felt uncomfortable working there. The results could guessed: Kroc outed of a paper bracelet company.
Being a sales agent products milk shake
To shore up his life, He tried to think of other businesses that could be suffered. He remembered on artificial milk shake Earl Prince. Milk shake is a drink made from milk, ice cream, sweeteners, and fruit or chocolate.
Without a long thought, she came to the home of Earl, and States interested in becoming a milk shake product salesperson. Earl approves that ask. Within 15 years, the product of artificial milk shake Earl ruled the market in domestic United States.
Yes, He is qualified sales agent or salesperson. When selling milk shakes, Kroc realized that his biggest customers come from a restaurant based in California, owned by the McDonald associates.
Kroc pun flew to California to see that its customers business. There, he saw a restaurant belonging to the McDonald familyadopted the of assembly line to make burgers and sandwiches. But Dick and Mac McDonald did not have the want to develop it further.
Ray Kroc of McDonald's suggested that developing a franchise or franchise. There are two terms used in the, the franchisor (franchise giver) or the official owner of the intellectual property, or other typical findings such as recipes, type, and form of McDonald's products.
The second term is the franchisees (franchise receiver). This is where Ray Kroc volunteered to become for McDonald. This proposal was adopted Dick and Mac McDonald's.
Be the first franchisee of McDonald's
In 1954, Kroc opened the first McDonald's in Des Plains, Illinois. His business is experiencing rapid development. Even seven years later, in 1961, He bought the shares of McDonald's Corporation for $2.7 million dollars from the McDonald family.
Despite her age then it was 59 years, Ray Kroc remained nimble runs his business. He's still studying and learning about how to manage a restaurant so unique and successful.
To increase the profit of the company, Kroc founded Franchise Reality Corporation which have a specific task: buy land and sell it to McDonald's franchisees through a credit. This is one reason in a short time can McDonald's franchise bigger business in the US.
The end of 1961, Ray Kroc recruiting franchisees in a big way. The company's profit increased. The high value of McDonald's earned income resulted in the company's stock price soared the stock exchange.
McDonald's in a short time could scoop up large quantities of fresh funds. This capital is used for fund massive promotional products as well introduce the mascot: Ronald McDonald's.
Since then McDonald's keeps expanding, including to various countries are no exception in Indonesia. Time magazine to enter the name in the list of 100 people Kroc the founder of giant industries most influential in the world.
In the old, Kroc baseball fans who are also trying to enjoy his life in his own way. In 1974, or when he was 72 years, Ray founded the San Diego Padres baseball club.
Ray Kroc died on January 14, 1984 at the age of 81 years, or just 10 months before McDonald's record of selling hamburgers to-50 billion, which is designed at once to celebrate its 125th anniversary-82 on October 5, 1984.
Two decades after his death, or in 2004, McDonald's already has 30,000 restaurants across the world, with the average number of visitors 50 million people each, or 1,700 people each.
McDonald's has now been transformed into the largest fast-food restaurant in the world. These are not the result of hard work, sweat and crystallization through intelligent thought Ray Kroc.
The success story of this inspiring Ray Kroc, where someone who is old still can succeed, as long as he's willing to learn and continue to create innovations.
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