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The Founder features the true story of how Ray Kroc (played by Michael Keaton), a struggling salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Kroc was impressed by the brothers' speedy system of making the food and saw franchise potential. The movie details how Kroc maneuvered himself into a position to be able to pull the company from the brothers and create a billion-dollar empire.

Directions: Obtain a copy or stream the 2016 move "The Founder" starring Michael Keaton. Answer the following questions as you view the movie. Type your responses in the lines indicated in bold blue. Upload this Word document to the "The Founder" assignment section in iLearn. Grading will be on the basis of 70% correctness of responses and 30% quality of English and communication.

Question 1) After the initial kitchen tour, Kroc wants to take the McDonalds brothers out to dinner because he says he is impressed with how the restaurant runs and that it is so remarkable. Wanting to hear their story/the history of McDonald's, he takes them out to dinner. Answer the following questions:

a) When the restaurant first opened, they were selling multiple items and sales were down. They also realized a drive-in restaurant had a host of problems like attracting teenagers, slow service, etc. They also realized that most of their profits came from hamburgers, fries, and milkshakes. With this realization, what did they decide to do?

b) What was the purpose of the drawings out on the tennis court?

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