fast food nation
...started to replace the people’s tasks. For example, carhops were rendered obsolete by various remote-control ordering system. At that time, California was the most furious place about the fast food. Many restaurants opened and closed everyday. But Carl survived this survival race. On the other hand, the number of McDonald’s restaurants expanded to 3,000 in the year of 1973. The business started in a small town now became the nation’s largest leading industry. In 1976, Carl was at the peak of his life. His firm became the nation’s largest fast food company and everything was seemed alright. He made many notable Americans to be his friends and also became as a benefactor of Catholic charities. But his life started to decline when he decided to add new items on his restaurant menu. These new items did not go well and hit the company’s stock price. Many things have happened and customers began to drive away. Carl was accused of this case and was deprived of his position from his company, even though he was “the” founder. Anaheim has changed in many ways. There is no more smell of citrus in the air, and no more orange groves in our sight. After Carl was displaced, he engineered a takeover of the company with his friend. It took some while but Carl could return to his original place and began to rebuild the company again. “My whole philosophy is – never give up,” Carl said. He was amazing to what he was achieved in his life. He is not looking at back, but is going for tomorrow. “I believe in Progress,” Carl at the age of eighty, is still undergoing. On the ground floor of McDonald's corporate headquarters, you can see McStore and the Ray A. Kroc Museum. In McStore, you can get any items which have famous McDonald's stamps on them. Ray A. Kroc was the founder of the McDonald's Corporation, and had a philosophy of QSC and V; Quality, Service, Cleanliness, and Value. He made President Nixon to speak that McDonald is probably one of the best food in America. The Ray A. Kroc Museum is small and dimly lit, displaying each object with reverence, has some technological tricks, which made author feels more likely to be in a shrine. There are some simi...