Cark N. Karcher was one of the founding fathers of the fast food industry. In 1937 Carl moved to Anaheim, California because his uncle offered him a job out there. So from the farm boy life Carl moved to Anaheim, which was still a small farming community. Carl worked for his uncle, Ben, at his feed store for a few years, then he met his future wife, Margaret Heinz. Carl retured briefly to Ohio but when he came back to California he started working for a bakery delivering bread to restaurants and markets in west Los Angeles. During these deliveries Carl was astonished by the number of hot dog stands there were, and the number of buns they went throught every week.
When Carl heard that a hot dog cart was for sale on Florence Avenue across from the Goodyear factory he decided to purchase it. Carl borrowed $311 from the local bank and $15 from his wife and went into business for himself. Five months after Carl bought his hot dog stand the United States entered WWII, and the......
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