Can you imagine a world without the Big Mac, Chicken McNuggets or Happy Meals? Luckily, back in 1954, a man named Ray Kroc discovered a small burger restaurant in California, and wrote the first page of our history. Since 1955, we’ve been proud to serve the world some of its favorite food. From that humble start as a small restaurant, we're proud to have become one of the world's leading food service retailers in more than 100 countries, with more than 36,000 restaurants serving approximately 69 million people every day.