Ray Kroc

There are many people in American history, but some of them really stand out from others. Ray Kroc is one of those people, he is known for accomplishing great things and if you opened a history book, he would most likely be in there. By exploring his childhood, the struggles he overcame, and his achievements, it will become evident that Ray Kroc Founded one of the most successful fast food restaurants. Ray Kroc (Raymond Albert Kroc) was born on October 5, 1902 in Oak Park, Illinois to Rose and Louis Kroc. When Ray Kroc was a kid, his dad took him to a phrenologist, and the phrenologist claimed he would have a future in the foodservice industry.He would also work at places that sell and make food as a kid.In 1917, at the end of his sophomore year, Kroc dropped out of Oak Park high school to participate in World War I as a Red Cross ambulance driver, lying about his age to begin serving at 15. During his training, he met Walt Disney, with whom he would maintain a professional relationship for most of his life.…

entrepreneur Ray Kroc. Ray Kroc was known for his talents in expanding the fast food restaurant chain McDonalds. I think Ray demonstrates the ideal American dream, he believed in the product and would risk everything to be successful. I think Ray Kroc was one of the most determined and disciplined entrepreneurs back in the day that changed the game of fast food chains. I will also discuss Ray Kroc’s life events leading up to his success with McDonalds. Ray Kroc – Background History One…

Ray Kroc was the founder of the McDonald's corporation in April, 1955 in Chicago Des Plaines. Kroc created a restaurant business and he became an overnight success, as he once said, “ I was an overnight success alright, but 30 years is a long, long night.” Ray Kroc was an american entrepreneur who had expanded McDonalds and was turned into the world's most profitable restaurant in the franchise business. He had started as young as a teenager selling cups at Lily-Tulip Cup Co. later on Kroc had…

Background Information In 1955, Ray Kroc completely reshaped the restaurant industry with his new restaurant idea, McDonalds. One day in California, Ray was visiting a restaurant who had purchased his multi-mixers, when he decided to stop by a restaurant run by the McDonald brothers. He was astonished by the efficiency of the brother’s restaurant. They provided a small menu, but focused on quick and quality service. He told the two brothers of his great idea, to copy and paste these…

is a true story based on McDonalds and how a salesman who was head of sales in Illinois named Ray Kroc, who was struggling sales businessman who was trying to sell milkshake machines to other drive in restaurants. On one if his many business trips Ray met with the founder of the original McDonalds, Mac and Dick, they brother’s mac and Dick had ordered 8 milkshake machines from Ray so therefore Ray traveled to the McDonalds store owned by the brothers. Ray Kroc was moved by what Mac and Dick had…

It is a nostalgic look back at America in simpler times. It mainly focuses on the economy’s health of the fifties. Ray Kroc does not start his career in a low or entry level. He is a shake machine salesman who can afford a nice house in a nice neighborhood, and able to be part of a country club where he plays golf with other similar white men of the same socioeconomic status. The fifties were a time that was moving away from sit-down diners and people were becoming more concerned with eating…

The free enterprise system was critical in both the early and current stages of Ray Kroc's restaurant-- McDonald's. Free enterprise works on five main ideals: freedom to choose our business, the right to private property, competition, profit motive and consumer sovereignty. These five ideals, or principles, assisted Ray Kroc in creating one of the most well-known restaurant chains in the world. Ray Kroc was not the original founder of McDonald's. He was, though, the one who made the…

Kroc we can say that he was a visionary man that help a little company to became one of the most known in the world. Ray designed and created the “multimixer”, he sold it to many restaurants but once all restaurants have it the sells start to go down. No more restaurants need a “multimixer” at that time, but when he heard that a little restaurant need 8 of his machines, he took a fly direct to San Bernandino to know this company that need all this machines to produce 40 milkshakes at the time.…

Cheryl Krueger: An Entrepreneurial Woman The morning of December 2, 1943 will be a date to change the modern cookie sales world would be forever changed in the near future (Mooseroots.com). Cheryl Krueger has influenced the state of Ohio and the world of baking with her famous “Cheryl’s Cookies” changed to “Cheryl and Co.” She has been baking with her beloved grandmother since age six and has known how to bake a variety of goods since age ten (City Scene Columbus). From the early years of her…

Founder” we learn that when Ray has dinner with the McDonald brothers they explain the history of their business and reveal that they realized that selling a wide range of items was not working for them as they were not making enough sales. They also realized that their drive-in restaurant was targeting teenagers, service was slow, they had too many employees and crockery was either broken or stolen. The business was at risk. After identifying this problem, and after careful analysis, they…