Is it
FOUNDER or FOUNDERS? I suppose it is who
you ask.
The movie is
about the rapid growth of the McDonalds' franchise. (mistakenly I typed "rabid" growth
of McDonalds' franchise - that could be
considered correct too".
The McDonald
Brothers Mack an Dick were born in New England.
They wanted to run their own business jointly. They tried numerous ventures, from movie
theaters and some minor restaurants.
They ended
up in California with a hamburger joint.
The hamburger joint was planned carefully. Space cost money, preparing foods took space, so logically they figured the
less items on the menu the less space.
They sold hamburgers, French fries, soft drinks, and milkshakes and no
sitting area. It was all ordered
"to go."
The lines
were out to the street. Mac and Dick
McDonald kept a close watch on how the food was cooked and made changes as they
went. It was a small business the
community could be proud of.
Back to the
milkshake machine. With lines all the
way to the street they needed a more productive milk-shake spinner. They ordered six milkshake spinners from
sales representative Ray Kroc. He called
the McDonald brothers to verify they wanted six. They said they changed their mind, mike it 8.
Ray was
intrigued. He dropped everything and
drove down Rout 66 to see this restaurant that ordered 8 milkshake
spinners.
When he
drove up the little restaurant with no seating had long lines. He was impressed and wanted to get in on it.
But the
McDonald brothers wanted none of it.
They did not want to expand their business or menu items.
If you want
to know Ray Kroc build a huge McDonald franchise worth billions and leaving the
MDonald brothers with their one store with no royalties rights, and no legal
right to use their real name McDonald's rent the movie, I am not going to ruin
it for you.
"If you
sue me, you might win, but again, paying for legal fees might break you first." I am paraphrasing a line in the movie. I heard almost that same line when a disgruntle contractor was alleging quoting
Trump when it was reported he did not pay the full price to a contractor that
was agreed on. Strange.
If Trump
really did refused to pay the agreed amount
knowing the short- paid person or company could not afford legal fees to
get their money he possibly could sue Ray Kroc, for using his method without written permission.
It was
directed by John Lee Hancock and starred Michael Keaton as Ray Krog, Nick Offerman
as Dick McDonald (Parks and Recreation), John Carroll Lynch as Mac McDonald,
and Laura Dern as Ethel Kroc, Kroc's wife)
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