McDonald's Franchises in Hawaii

In 1967 a businessman walked into George kohans office with a desire to tap into McDonald's potential growth. This man wanted to acquire the licensing rights to open and own McDonald's franchises in Hawaii. Normally to open a McDonald's franchise in the contiguous United States an interested party had to pay a fee of $12,000 over a hundred thousand in today's money. But opening and operating franchises outside the lower 48 was a different story. Anyone hoping to gain licensing rights and bring McDonald's to a new territory had to go through McDonald's CEO Ray Crock. To win him over George would have to muster every ounce of his legal and persuasive skills. He dug into the fast food chain's