kroc in A Sentence

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    Raymond Albert‘Ray' Kroc was born in 1902.

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    In the early 1950s, Kroc was employed selling milkshake machines.

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    From here, Kroc was finally able to implement his rapid expansion plan.

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    Ray Kroc Was 53 when he bought McDonalds and took it to unprecedented levels.

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    Ray Kroc Was 53 when he bought the McDonalds franchise and took it to unprecedented levels.

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    Kroc later purchased the McDonald brothers' equity in the company and begun the company's worldwide reach.

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    Kroc was recorded as being an aggressive business partner, driving the McDonald brothers out of the industry.

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    Subsequently, in 1967, Ray Kroc of McDonald's contracted the Simplot company to supply them with frozen fries, replacing fresh-cut potatoes.

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    In 1917, Ray Kroc was a brash 15-year-old who lied about his age to join the Red Cross as an ambulance driver.

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    Richard and Maurice McDonald were the founders and opened several franchises before Kroc bought the chain and made it into a worldwide brand.

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    At the age of 15, Ray Kroc lied about his age so he could join the Red Cross as an ambulance driver in 1917.

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    The Kroc School is a resource for international peacebuilding and changemakers, students, faculty, community members and all who are dedicated to peace and justice.

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    When Ray Kroc franchised the first McDonald's restaurant in Des Plaines, Ill., on April 15, 1955, it wasn't just the opening of a restaurant;

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    Ray Kroc joined the chain in 1954 and built it into a global franchise, making it the most successful fast food corporation in the world.

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    Ray Kroc joined the chain in 1954 and built it into an eventually global franchise, making it the most successful fast food corporation in the world.

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    In 1961, the brothers were perfectly happy with their chain of restaurants and had little interest in the much more rapid expansion that Kroc heavily advocated.

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    Kroc later purchased the McDonald brothers' equity in the company and led its worldwide expansion and the company became listed on the public stock markets in 1965.

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    According to Mitt Romney(yes, that Mitt Romney), his father was given such a coupon from Kroc after they worked together briefly in the restaurant chain's early days.

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    Kroc also later noted, of those few who did buy it, their almost universal response to seeing it was something to the effect of“I like the pineapple, but where's the burger?”?

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    Kroc then went about gathering investors and bought the business from the McDonald brothers for $2.7 million dollars(about $21 million today), which was enough to give them each about $1 million after taxes.

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    However, they were also supposed to receive continual royalties from the deal, but had kept that part out of the paperwork on Kroc's insistence, as he felt it wouldn't go over well with the investors.

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    With a deal in hand, Kroc founded the McDonald's corporation and opened his first franchise in Des Plaines, Illinois, on April 15, 1955, with the brothers slated to receive half a percent of gross sales.

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    With his restaurant about to go under and his ability to provide for his children at stake, Groen persisted, eventually convincing Kroc to let him trial the fish burger for a single day, but Kroc had a few stipulations.

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    Exactly how many of these coupons Kroc gave away and how many are still floating around today isn't clear, as even McDonald's archivists have admitted that they only know that Kroc would give them away as gifts to“various people over the years”.

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    The Hula Burger, which was also envisioned by Kroc as a way of luring those who otherwise didn't want to eat certain meats to the restaurant, literally consisted of a piece of grilled pineapple on a cold bun with a single slice of cheese as garnish.

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    Students from all over the world are prepared by outstanding faculty and gain experience in the field through our Internship Program and the Kroc School institutes- the Institute for Peace and Justice, the Trans-Border Institute, and the Center for Peace and Commerce(the latter in partnership with the School of Business Administration).

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    At this point in his life, Kroc had served in the army in the same regiment as Walt Disney(with Kroc lying about his age to get in- he was 15 at the time) and, later, he worked as a jazz musician, paper cup salesmen, radio DJ, restaurant employee, and ultimately a salesman of milkshake machines, which unfortunately were at this point getting harder and harder to sell.

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