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How highway exits helped McDonald's take off

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The iconic golden arches did not conquer the globe entirely through the quality of their cheap burgers. Their explosive financial success was heavily subsidized by a massive federal highway project, allowing the savvy founders to strategically purchase wildly cheap exit ramp real estate before the interstate was even physically paved.

How highway exits helped McDonald's take off
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