Things You Didn't Know
Dairy Queen restaurants sell enough hot dogs in a single year that, if placed end to end, they would extend 1,500 miles (from Minneapolis, where Dairy Queen is headquartered, to Los Angeles).
Ray Kroc, founder of McDonald’s, actually began his career supplying cups and milkshake-mixing machines to Dairy Queen operators. He credited his Dairy Queen experience with teaching him about food franchising.
Famous Dairy Queen employees include U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft; Bonnie Hunt, who appeared in Rain Man, Beethoven and Beethoven’s Second, and Jerry McGuire; and Gwen Stefani, lead singer of the band No Doubt.
