Chapter 1, "The Founding Fathers"

1 What restaurant chain did Carl Karcher start? Carl Karcher started Carl's Jr; Which eventually led to CKE, his big organization. Carl got fired once from CKE, but he soon regained control. CKE also joined with Green Burrito and made tons of money to try and pay off Carl's debt.

3 What was the "Speedee Service System" and how was it different from what other fast food restaurants were doing? In the "Speedee Service System" the workers all had one job. They would do that one job over, and over again. It made an assembly line, just like a factory, and the burgers were fast. They only sold hamburgers and cheeseburgers at the time and you could only have ketchup, mustard, onions and two pickles on your sandwich. No substitutions were allowed.

5 What were some of the other fast food restaurants that were inspired by McDonald's approach to food service? Most of the fast food restaurants were inspired by the McDonald brothers new, revolutionary idea. Some of the restaurants inspired were Carl's Jr, Sandy's, Carol's, Henry's, Winky's, Mr 15, Burger Chefs and Burger Queen. These are only a few examples of the restaurants inspired by the McDonald's revolutionary ideas on the fast food mania.


This chapter was really interesting! I learned a lot about how the fast food industry was created and i learned about Carl's Jr. Maybe I'll pick up a Carl's Jr burger, just to help his debt.