All - Candidates - Councilors | Alberni Valley Chamber of Commerce

This All-Candidates Meeting is for the 20 Council candidates. Put on by the Chamber of Commerce and the District Labour Council. Each candidate will be given a 2 minute introduction speech thus a total of 40 minutes allocated to this. The moderator will select audience questions (no line-ups) - a total of 20 questions. Each candidate will answer one question only - again due to time. The candidates will all be given a 1 minute closing speech. Event is being held at the Italian Hall and events Centre.

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McDonald's Restaurant - Stuart Aldred

McDonald's Restaurant

In 1954, at the age of 52, Ray Kroc invested his life savings to become the exclusive distributor of a milk shake maker called the Multimixer. He discovered the McDonald's® hamburger stand in California, owned by Dick & Mac McDonald, was running eight Multimixers at a time, so he packed up and headed west to investigate.

Ray Kroc had never seen so many people served so quickly, and was impressed with the way the limited menu allowed a focus on quality at every step. Inspired, he pitched the idea of opening several restaurants to the McDonald brothers, convinced he could sell eight of his Multimixers to each and every one. When they asked who would open them, Kroc said, "What about me?"

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