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First Fast Food Chain
The first fast food burger chain to open up was White Castle founded in Wichita, Kansas. White Castle changed public's opinion on fast food, since it was usually seen for the poor and served low quality foods. -
First Drive Thru Created
Drive-throughs were created to speed up customer service. Many fast food chains or drive in restaurants created a drive-up window. In the 1950s speakers were common for drive throughs. -
McDonalds
The first McDonald's was opened in San Bernardino, California. The original owners of McDonald's were Mac and Dick McDonald, they opened the restaurant as a BBQ joint then decided to specialize in their best selling item, the hamburger eight years later. -
Speedee Service System
The Speedee System was created from McDonald's, which is an assembly line in the kitchen to create burgers and other foods to be made quickly. The system began to spread and became very popular. -
Dunkin' Donuts
The first Dunkin' Donuts shopped opened in Quincy, Massachusetts. Bill Rosenberg created his own recipe and sold it to factories and construction sites when coffee and donuts became a popular food item. -
KFC
KFC was founded by Colonel Harland Sanders, he started his business selling chicken on the roadside during the Great Depression. His chicken business became a huge hit because of the use of pressure fryers which decreased the production time. -
Burger King
Founded in Jacksonville, Florida from Keith J. Kramer and Matthew Burns. Following year later James McLamor and David Edgerton who opened the first franchise of Burger King, then replaced the insta-broilers with the flame-broiler which is what Burger King is famous for now. -
McDonalds start to franchise
in 1954 Ray Kroc came to McDonald's and was intrigued by the system of efficiency that the brothers had created. He then started to franchise the brand and bought McDonald's in 1955. -
First Fast Food Chain Open Abroad
The first fast food chain opened internationally was in British Colombia then later that year another opened in Costa Rica. Around 1996 McDonald's expanded to their 100th nation. Claimed to open a new restaurant every three hours. -
Wendy's
Opened by former KFC franchise owner Dave Thomas, opened Wendy's in Columbus, Ohio. Known for their square burgers and milkshakes. -
Popeyes
Al Copeland originally opened a restaurant called Chicken on the Run outside of New Orleans. Business was not doing so well so he changed his recipe to an award winning one by making his chicken a little spicier. Then changed the restaurants name to Popeye's and franchised in 1976. -
Regulations
The Food and Drug Administration created the first regulation that required foods to have nutrition label. -
Obesity Spreads
One out of five Americans is diagnosed with obesity. Due to more fats and higher calorie diets that are consumed a result of large fast food ingestion. -
McDonald's lower the fat in their food
McDonald's decide to agree with the public and tries to benefit the public by changing the oil they cook with. Though they changed the oil by reducing the fat it was still unhealthy to eat and obesity continued. -
Food Revolution
Many people start to question what is being consumed in their bodies. More organic and nutritious foods are being bought for health reasons. Many people start to give up eating fast food for their dream lifestyle and body.
