Who Was Ray Kroc?

Ray Kroc was an American businessman who purchased the fast food company McDonald's in 1961 from the McDonald brothers and was its CEO from 1967 to 1973. Kroc is credited with the global expansion of McDonald's, turning it into the most successful fast food corporation in the world by revenue.In this episode, Alex and Kelly explore Kroc and McDonald's, from the early days of standardization, to the menu, to the focus on marketing to kids, to how McDonald's stacks up in today's world. If you've ever stopped at the "Golden Arches", you probably wondered how McDonald's became synonymous with American fast food. In this "super sized" episode, we explore McDonald's and it's enigmatic founder, Raymond Albert Kroc.If you like the content we are creating and would like to support it financially, check our Patreon page here: https://www.patreon.com/DirtNapCityPodcastOr, if you prefer to support us in another way, recommend an episode to one of your friends. We appreciate everyone who listens every month and look forward to making this podcast even better with your support. Drop us a quick text and we’ll reply in the next episode!Support the showDirt Nap City is the podcast about the most interesting dead people in history.Subscribe and listen to learn about people you've heard of, but don't know much about.Someday we'll all live in Dirt Nap City, so you should probably go ahead and meet the neighbors!