Wilson describes pivot from franchisee to international supplier for McDonald’s

Wilson said that after operating several McDonald’s franchises he sold the restaurants and moved into the supplier business, selling items such as disposable gloves and garbage-can liners to McDonald’s locations. “We supply McDonald's about 70–75% of all the stores in the United States, over in China… Vietnam, you know, Australia,” he said in the interview, though the exact percentage was garbled in the transcript and should be verified.

He said McDonald's helped introduce him to partners abroad and that his company maintains employees in the U.S. and China. Wilson presented the international expansion as part of his business credentials and as background for his stated goal of reinvesting profits into local communities.