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Donald N. Smith (restaurateur)
Donald Nickerson Smith (born 1940) is a restaurant executive for McDonald's, Burger King and other fast food franchise restaurants in the latter half of the 20th century. Smith was Senior Executive Vice President and COO of McDonald's Corporation, before leaving to become CEO of Burger King Corporation between 1977 and 1980, then Diversifoods the largest franchisee of Burger King, later leaving for PepsiCo, Pepsico to improve sales in Pizza Hut and Taco Bell. Smith led the unsuccessful buyout of Diversifoods before resigning as CEO in 1985, to start a partnership with Holiday Inn, Holiday Inns Inc. and Investment Limited Partnership to form the Tennessee Restaurant Company. Smith's business practices helped shape the modern operational procedures and advertising models for the industry. References American food industry business executives Living people 1940 births McDonald's people Burger King people 20th-century American businesspeople {{restaurateur-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McDonald's
McDonald's Corporation is an American Multinational corporation, multinational fast food chain store, chain, founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California, United States. They rechristened their business as a hamburger stand, and later turned the company into a Franchising, franchise, with the Golden Arches logo being introduced in 1953 at a location in Phoenix, Arizona. In 1955, Ray Kroc, a businessman, joined the company as a franchise agent and proceeded to purchase the chain from the McDonald brothers. McDonald's had its previous headquarters in Oak Brook, Illinois, but moved its global headquarters to Chicago in June 2018. McDonald's is the world's largest restaurant chain by revenue, serving over 69 million customers daily in over 100 countries in more than 40,000 outlets as of 2021. McDonald's is best known for its hamburgers, cheeseburgers and french fries, although their menus include other items like ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
