McDonalds v.s. Burger King

It is no secret that almost everyone likes fast food restaurants. As there are many different kinds of fast food restaurants, of coarse there are going to be rivalries. One of the rivalries are as you might have guessed are McDonalds & Burger King! Lets take a trip down the greasy french fry lane, shall we.

McDonolds is on our top of our list today. The first McDonald's was built in 1940 by the McDonald brothers (Dick and Mac). Ray Kroc became the first franchisee appointed by Mac and Dick McDonald in San Bernardino, California.Dick and Mac McDonald were brothers who opened their first restaurant. It was named McDonald's Bar-B-Q, and it was a drive-in with car hop service. After several years in business, the McDonald brothers decided it was time for a change. They shut down the restaurant for renovations, reopened as simply McDonald's without the Bar-B-Q, and served hamburgers and cheeseburgers instead. After a year of serving their new menu, the brothers added a couple of items. Instead of potato chips they served French fries, and they also added milkshakes.

The brothers continued happily for a few years, but their vision evolved into a wish for their restaurant to grow. They met a salesman named Ray Kroc, who would help them grow the business. After only a few months Ray Kroc opened the first new location for the McDonald brothers. It featured the now-famous golden arches. McDonald's popularity skyrocketed. In just a few years running they had sold their one hundred millionth burger, and before long they would have over 700 stores. In 1962, the first store with indoor seating was opened. Also in 1966 Ronald McDonald the clown made his television debut in McDonald's very first TV commercial. He was an instant hit, and even walked in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. After the popularity in America, McDonald's opened its first international stores. Stores were opened in Canada and Puerto Rico.

Now we are gonna get our royal on. Well not really. Our second story for today is on Burger King. Every day, more than 11 million guests visit BURGER KING® restaurants around the world. And they do so because our restaurants are known for serving high-quality, great-tasting, and affordable food, says BK. It was founded in 1954, BURGER KING® is the second largest fast food hamburger chain in the world and the original HOME OF THE WHOPPER®.Miami entrepreneurs James McLamore and David Edgerton founded Burger King Corporation in 1954. Five years later, they were ready to expand their five Florida Burger Kings into a nationwide chain.

By the time they sold their company to Pillsbury in 1967, Burger King had become the third largest fast-food chain in the country and was on its way to second place, after industry leader McDonald's.The company franchises more than 10,400 restaurants and owns about 1,000 for a chainwide total exceeding 11,455, with locations in all 50 states and 56 countries. The company serves 15.7 million customers each day and over 2.4 billion Burger King hamburgers are sold each year across the globe. 

So which history story did you find the most interesting? This is my last blog and i have really enjoyed writing all of these blogs even though i know people really don't read them. Anyways here are some little extra facts about these two franchises. 

- More than 1.3 billion WHOPPER® sandwiches are sold each year worldwide!
- 221,184 ways to mix and match ingredients means countless ways to love the WHOPPER® sandwich.
- Emmy award-winning host, Ellen DeGeneres in her first stand-up act, ate a WHOPPER®, fries and a shake on stage.
- Over 11 million guests walk through the doors of a BURGER KING® restaurant worldwide each day.
- Hungry New Year! What day of the year holds the record for most WHOPPER® sandwiches sold? Dec.31.
- In the 10 seconds it takes you to read this fact, more than 400 Whopper® sandwiches have been enjoyed.
In fact, 41 Whopper® sandwiches are eaten around the world every second. - 1957 was the year the Whopper® was born
- In 1957, the cost of the Whopper® was only 37¢

-McDonald’s originally sold hot dogs, not hamburgers.
-1 in 8 Americans has been employed by a McDonald’s
-87,000 people recently petitioned McDonald’s to add a veggie burger to their menu.
-The Egg McMuffin was modeled after eggs benedict.

-McDonald’s in Colombia offers a pineapple Oreo McFlurry
-McDonald’s feeds 68 million people per day.
-The company sells more than 75 hamburgers per second.