Munching McDonald’s

The Friday File: 75 years ago today, brothers Dick and Maurice McDonald opened the first McDonald’s in San Bernardino, CA. In 1948 they reduced their menu and sped up service, inventing fast food. In 1949 came fries, and in 1961 the brothers sold out to Ray Kroc for $2.7 million. The Big Mac was introduced in 1968, and in 1974 came the “Twoallbeefpattiesspecialsaucelettucecheesepicklesonionsonasesameseedbun” jingle. Today, McDonald’s is in 120 countries.