U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for April 15: Gastronomic Milestone

WASHINGTON, April 15, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:

GASTRONOMIC MILESTONE

Profile America — Saturday, April 15th. Today marks the 62nd anniversary of the opening of a small hamburger restaurant in Des Plaines, Illinois. It was the first of what would become one of the world's best-recognized brand names — McDonald's. The franchise shop belonged to Ray Kroc, whose main interest at the time was selling the machines that mixed milkshakes. The name came from two McDonald brothers who ran a hamburger shop in California. The first day's revenue at the Illinois outlet was $366.12. That shop is now a museum housing artifacts from the growth of the chain. In the U.S. today, there are nearly a quarter-million fast-food outlets serving hamburgers and other comestibles, with earnings of over $185 billion per year. You can find more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau online at www.census.gov.

Sources:

Kane's Famous First Facts, 2464
Kroc biography/accessed 1/27/2017:  www.mcdonalds.com/us/en/our_story/our_history/the_ray_kroc_story.html
Franchise story/accessed 1/27/2017: www.famousdaily.com/history/mcdonalds-restaurants-founded.html 
Fast food establishments and revenue/NAICS 722211: https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ECN/2012_US/72A2//naics~722211

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