Walking into a McDonald’s or Starbucks feels predictable now. The logos, the menu layouts, even the way employees greet customers — everything follows a familiar script that’s been refined across thousands of locations. But these massive chains didn’t emerge from boardrooms with perfectly planned strategies. They started as wild experiments, desperate pivots, or accidents that happened to work. The stories behind how they became what they are …
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