What would a world without Mickey D's look like? What would happen if McDonald's never existed?
What would a world without Mickey D's look like? What would happen if McDonald's never existed?
There Burger Chef and Carl Jr...maybe one take the Golden Arch place? no mcdonals means Kroc never got rich...the San Diego Padres might have moved...Fast food is still prevalent in US culture, but perhaps that much less so. I expect that without McDonalds, Wendy's and BK would fill in most of whatever vacuum is created by a lack of Mickey D's. Overall, little would actually change.
There Burger Chef and Carl Jr...maybe one take the Golden Arch place? no mcdonals means Kroc never got rich...the San Diego Padres might have moved...
Fast food is still prevalent in US culture, but perhaps that much less so. I expect that without McDonalds, Wendy's and BK would fill in most of whatever vacuum is created by a lack of Mickey D's. Overall, little would actually change.
There would still be fast food chain restaurants such as the number 2 fast food chain in the 1970s: Burger Chef. There was a discussion on saving Burger Chef here.What would a world without Mickey D's look like? What would happen if McDonald's never existed?
So basically you're saying taking out one chain would just be a drop in an ocean?
White Castle, Steak and Shake, and A&W date to the 1920s. Coney Island and Nathan's (as interstate chains) date to the 1930s. Dairy Queen dates to the 1940s. Hardee's, Culver's, Jack in the Box and Carl's Jr. to the 1950s. The only innovations McDonald's added were burgers in multiple sizes and the folding box kid's meal with prepackaged toy.
Why didn't that get a mention in the AHC: Save Burger Chef thread?Actually, that was first done by Burger Chef with the Funmeal in 1973 five years before McDonalds. Burger Chef sued McDonalds when they introduced Happy Meals, but they lost the lawsuit.
It was mentioned in final paragraph of the OP of that thread:Why didn't that get a mention in the AHC: Save Burger Chef thread?
Another way might be to somehow (don't ask me how) have Burger Chef win the Happy Meal lawsuit. Burger Chef was the first major fast food chain to include toys with their kid's meal (dubbed the Fun Meal), and sued McDonald's when they came out with the Happy Meal. Burger Chef lost; perhaps if they had won they might be in a more advantageous position.
McDonald's added were burgers in multiple sizes and the folding box kid's meal with prepackaged toy.
you're harold or kumar?If this allows more White Castles out west, then McDonalds can go hang. I have to drive six hours to Vegas for my sliders. C'mon!