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The Burger Place That Fed The World - McDonald's

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Here was the question posed: Was the only reason that McDonald's became the biggest fast food company in the world because of Ray Kroc's persistence? Now, as you can imagine,  to become the biggest fast food company in the world, it takes a lot of elements that have to come together in the right way and the right time. That's what happened with McDonald's. But the persistence of Ray Kroc was important. Here is a simplified answer to the question: Ray Kroc gets a lot of the credit but it was really a matter of being at the right place at the right time. White Castle had already produced similar methods of making products but McDonald’s took it and, almost quite literally, ran with it. At the time America was changing and becoming more mobile. Cars were playing a bigger part of everyday life and the idea of a “quick in quick out simple meal” was introduced at the just right time. Dinner that can be purchased, eaten and cleaned up after in a matter of