How Does Ray Kroc's Influence In Our Society?

The movie The Founder was directed by John Lee Hancock and written by Robert D. Siegel. It is set in Illinois during the 1950s. It gives an interesting look into the way a man named Ray Kroc helped make a small hamburger restaurant owned by Dick and Mac McDonald become the largest leading firm in the food industry. It took brilliance, ambition, and ruthlessness from Kroc and the McDonalds brothers to get where they ended up. It is a tale of the successful American dream and is now embedded into our society today. Brilliance is something shown throughout The Founder. For Ray Kroc, it was evident he was very inspired. He had been a down out of luck salesman his entire life. His job at the time was selling milkshake makers for the company he worked for. When he found out the McDonald brothers wanted to buy eight of them, he drove to their establishment and was very impressed with the way it was being run and the quick service. He then saw potential in a place like McDonalds and wanted to be a part of it. He had many ideas for it and ended up franchising the business. As for the McDonald brothers, it was evident they had bright ideas as well. Dick and Mac had owned many different establishments based off brilliant ideas before McDonald’s. Although some may not have been successful, they still never gave up. Not only

Every cent of capital was used by Kroc to build more franchises nationwide. He is someone who had been faced with rejection time after time. That is the reason why he was always coming up with ideas and making sacrifices to keep business booming for McDonald’s. It is something he has been triumphant at. On the other hand, the McDonald brothers did not approve of a lot of the things Kroc had been doing for the business. They had high moral and ethical standards set for themselves. Despite the high morals they had set, there is a lot of ruthless to be shown as