In 1954, a milkshake machine salesman named Ray Kroc negotiated a deal with the McDonald brothers to take their restaurant concept national. In the first franchise, opened near Kroc's home in Chicago, he and partner Art Jacobs attempted to perfect important aspects of the McDonald brothers' operation. Although the restaurant made money from the start, the new owners encountered a significant problem: they could not duplicate the unique McDonald's french fry.
After extensive trial an
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