The Food That Built America: Cashing in on the Fast Food CRAZE (S2, E3)

In the 1950s, Ray Kroc franchises McDonald's nationwide, but right behind Kroc a wave of other entrepreneurs try to cash in on the fast food restaurant craze. See more in Season 2, Episode 3, "The Kings of Burgers." For generations of Americans, food titans like Henry Heinz, Milton Hershey, John...

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