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...cleanliness-what McDonald's calls "QSC. In short, they contend Dayan's stores, particularly his highly visible outlets on the Champs Elysee, are "a blight on the system." "At stake here is the good McDonald's name that it took more than a quarter of a century for Ray Kroc (McDonald's founder) and the company to establish," Schultz told the Court...
...former interior decorator, Dayan became involved with McDonald's while decorating Ray Kroc's Des Plaines home. Kroc soon granted Dayan rights to franchise a huge area on Chicago's North side, where the Frenchman successfully peddled burgers and fries until the early 1970s. Kroc then persuaded Dayan to swap his Chicago empire for the French market. It is here where our story starts...
...company. Some franchises now pay as much as 12 per cent. But unlike McDonald's other franchise owners, Dayan wasn't given access to McDonald's advice and support systems under the agreement. He was to develop the French market on his own. In effect, "He was the Ray Kroc of France," Fred Turner, president and chief executive officer of McDonald's, testified...
Even welcome-back-baseball gimmicks didn't help. In Cleveland, 72,086 attended the All-Star game the night before the season resumed; on the first day of regular play, 4,773 showed up. Padres Owner Ray Kroc made admission free on reopening day, and 52,608 San Diegans thronged to the stadium. The next day, only 5,360 were willing to pay to watch the Padres play. The season had become a bit of a farce and the fans knew it. When the Atlanta Braves began a home stand in an unaccustomed position -first place-only...
...contributions to the 1976 campaign--his first--included a total of $299,834 from business interests: $46,580 of that from Ray Kroc, chairman of the board of McDonald's Corporation; $48,981 from medical groups, and $47,250 from construction contractors. Hartley covers the issues of possible political influence resulting from these contributions by quoting Thompson: "I've not made a single promise. Besides, what could I do for Ray Kroc...