#216 | The Rise Of Fast Food Part 1: The Early Years

Every day 1% of the world's population will eat at McDonald's, and hundreds of millions more will eat burgers, chips and all sorts of different fast food.

But just how popular is it, how is it so cheap and where did it come from in the first place?

• Ancient "fast food"
• The first modern fast food at White Castle in 1921
• Bringing the automobile assembly line to the kitchen
• Why there was an early emphasis on cleanliness
• The 5 cents "Slider"
• Why White Castle didn't expand all over America
• The arrival of The Great Depression
• Richard & Maurice McDonald & the birth of the modern McDonald's restaurant
• The "Speedee Service System"
• The fast-food boom of the 1950s
• Ray Kroc discovers (and then buys) McDonald's
• Why McDonald's is so successful
• Adapting fast food to fit American culture

Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/fast-food-1

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