The restaurant was such a hit ... Kroc subsequently purchased the rights to franchise the brothers' restaurants nationwide and inaugurated his first McDonald's outlet in Des Plaines, Illinois ...

In 1961, Ray Kroc bought out the McDonald brothers and began to transform the chain into a global franchise. The first McDonald's restaurant, before it became the chain it is today, wasn't ...

The McDonald brothers, Richard and Maurice "Mac ... This is what the very first McDonald's franchise restaurant looked like. The restaurant's famous red-and-white design was designed by architect ...

The restaurant’s success led the brothers to begin franchising ... perception of marketing to children. In 1967, McDonald’s opened its first franchise outside the U.S. in Richmond, British ...

Kroc bought the brothers out, then developed its current model of owning the real estate that McDonald’s franchise locations are on. The first McDonald's restaurant opened in the Soviet Union in ...