Jim Delligatti took two years to convince McDonald’s Corp. that the Big Mac was a good idea but 40 years on he takes pride in having invented one of the world’s most widely eaten foods that is getting its own museum.
In 1967, the McDonald’s franchisee got permission from the corporate office to put two beef patties on a hamburger bun. A year later, the Big Mac he lobbied so hard for made it onto the menu of every McDonald’s restaurant.
“I felt that we needed a big sandwich,” the 89-year-old Delligatti told Reuters in an interview. “But you couldn’t do anything unless they gave you permission.”
To Delligatti’s delight, the product was “an immediate success,” he said, adding that the recipe has not really changed in the 40 years since he sold the first Big Mac in Uniontown, Pennsylvania.
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