The Food That Built America S5E12: Burger Empire: The Ray Kroc Story
- Aired: 2024-07-28
- Time: 21:00:00
- Runtime: 63 minutes
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Overview
In the 1950s, middle-aged salesman Ray Kroc is drowning in debt when he's inspired by a roadside burger stand he wants to spread nationwide--McDonald's. To buy out the business, he creates the modern model of franchising and ignites a fast-food gold rush. Over three decades, Kroc's innovation produces icons like the Big Mac and Chicken McNugget, crushing the competition to make McDonald's the biggest fast-food chain in the world.