Ray Kroc, a Multimixer salesman, saw the restaurant's potential and became McDonald's first franchise agent. In 1955, Kroc founded McDonald's System, Inc., which would later become the McDonald's ...

Authenticity notwithstanding, the museum attempts to immerse curious burger fans in the history of the iconic fast-food chain. Out front of the First Original McDonald’s Museum — which is open ...

Still, Kroc worked out the kinks. Ray Kroc, the founder of the McDonald's chain, is seen with his book "Grinding it out: The making of McDonald's" in May 1977. (James Mayo/Chicago Tribune ...

In 1956, McDonald's founder, Ray Croc, acquired Taylor Company ice cream machines for the chain's locations, making the fast food soft serve we now enjoy under the golden arches possible.

First, he would have to go up against McDonald's founder and legendary businessman, Ray Kroc. In the early 1960s, Lou Groen went to the McDonald's corporate headquarters in Chicago, where he ...