page_title: Jim Delligatti
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Jim Delligatti / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: A McDonald's Big Mac hamburger, as bought in the United States. Deutsch: Ein Big-Mac-Burger von McDonald's, gekauft in den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika. Français&#160;: Un hamburger Big Mac de la chaîne de restauration américaine McDonald's. Polski: Hamburger Big Mac z restauracji McDonald's, w wersji sprzedawanej w Stanach Zjednoczonych. Русский: «Биг-Мак» (Big Mac)&#160;— гамбургер, предлагаемый компанией McDonald’s в своих предприятиях. Он является одним из наиболее известных продуктов компании в мире. Tiếng Việt: Big Mac, một loại bánh Hamburger hai tầng, thường được bày bán tại các quán ăn nhanh thuộc hệ thống McDonald's.
context_page_description: Michael James Delligatti was an American entrepreneur. Delligatti was an early franchisee of the fast food restaurant chain McDonald's, opening the first of his eventual 48 branches in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, in 1957. Delligatti is also credited as the creator of McDonald's "Big Mac" hamburger in 1967.
context_section_description: After the war, Delligatti owned a drive-through restaurant in Newport Beach, California and, after meeting Ray Kroc at a restaurant fair in 1955, Delligatti started as a McDonald's franchisee in 1957. His franchise was based in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, about 40 miles (64 km) south of Pittsburgh, and his holdings grew to 48 stores.
  Delligatti thought up the concept for the Big Mac in 1965 and started serving it at his Uniontown McDonald's in April 1967 for 45 cents. By 1968, the Big Mac was on the menu of every American McDonald's, and in 1969, it accounted for 19% of total sales. According to a 1970s jingle the burger contains: "two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame-seed bun."
  Interviewed by the Los Angeles Times in 1993, Delligatti agreed that he was not the inventor of the double-decker burger: "This wasn't like discovering the lightbulb. The bulb was already there. All I did was screw it in the socket." In an interview with a Pittsburgh television station, Delligatti said that he had received no royalty payments for the creation of the Big Mac, but had received a plaque. According to his son Michael, Jim ate a Big Mac every week.
  In 2007, Delligatti opened the Big Mac Museum, home to the "world's largest Big Mac", which is more than 13 feet (4 meters) across. As of 2016, McDonald's sells about 550 million Big Macs in the U.S. every year.
caption: Big Mac hamburger
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