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Burger King
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryRestaurants
GenreFast food restaurant
PredecessorInsta-Burger King
FoundedInsta-Burger King:
1953; 71 years ago (1953)
Jacksonville, Florida
Burger King:
1954; 70 years ago (1954)
Miami, Florida
FounderInsta-Burger King:
Keith J. Kramer and Matthew Burns
Burger King:
David Edgerton and James McLamore
Headquarters5505 Blue Lagoon Drive, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States
Number of locations
17,796 (2018)
Area served
Global
Key people
  • Alexandre Behring (Chairman RBI)[1]: 123 
  • Daniel S. Schwartz (CEO)[1]: 123 
  • José E. Cil (President)[1]: 123 
  • Joshua Kobza (CFO)[1]: 123 
Products
Revenue1,970,000,000 United States dollar (2012) Edit this on Wikidata
117,700,001 United States dollar (2012) Edit this on Wikidata
ParentRestaurant Brands International
Websitewww.bk.com
Footnotes / references
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Burger King (BK for short) is a American chain of fast food restaurants that comes from the United States.[4] It sells hamburgers, French fries, and soft drinks. It was created in 1954 in Miami, Florida, by James McLamore and David Edgerton.[5] Edgerton bought a restaurant named Insta Burger King and changed it to Burger King. More than 34 thousand people work for the company.

There are more than 18,000 Burger King restaurants world-wide in 100 countries, and almost all of them are franchises.[6] But in Australia, since the name "Burger King" was already trademarked there, BK franchises there are called Hungry Jack's.

Burger King is owned mostly by 3G Capital, a Brazilian investment company. But it is also owned by shareholders and used to publicly trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker BKW.[7] In 2014, the chain's operations was merged with that of Tim Hortons from Canada, under the name Restaurant Brands International (NYSE: QSR).[8] Burger King is an American global chain of hamburger fast food restaurants. Headquartered in the unincorporated area of Miami-Dade County, Florida, the company was founded in 1953 as Insta-Burger King, a Jacksonville, Florida–based restaurant chain. There's a meme called Number 15 Burger King foot lettuce. It goes like this: "Number 15: Burger king foot lettuce. The last thing you'd want in your Burger King burger is someone's foot fungus. But as it turns out, that might be what you get. A 4channer uploaded a photo anonymously to the site showcasing his feet in a plastic bin of lettuce. With the statement: "This is the lettuce you eat at Burger King." Admittedly, he had shoes on.[9]

The post went live at 11:38 PM on July 16, and a mere 20 minutes later, the Burger King in question was alerted to the rogue employee. At least, I hope he's rogue. How did it happen? Well, the BK employee hadn't removed the Exif data from the uploaded photo, which suggested the culprit was somewhere in Mayfield Heights, Ohio. This was at 11:47. Three minutes later at 11:50, the Burger King branch address was posted with wishes of happy unemployment. 5 minutes later, the news station was contacted by another 4channer. And three minutes later, at 11:58, a link was posted: BK's "Tell us about us" online forum. The foot photo, otherwise known as exhibit A, was attached. Cleveland Scene Magazine contacted the BK in question the next day. When questioned, the breakfast shift manager said "Oh, I know who that is. He's getting fired." Mystery solved, by 4chan. Now we can all go back to eating our fast food in peace."

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Burger King 2015 10-K". sec.gov. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  2. ↑ "RBI 10K report" (PDF). rbi.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 18, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Restaurant Brand International: Burger King". rbi.com. Retrieved April 1, 2019.[permanent dead link]
  4. ↑ "hamburger.com". www.hamburger.com. Archived from the original on 2018-04-18. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
  5. ↑ Hershey, Robert D. (April 16, 2018). "David Edgerton, a Founder of Burger King, Is Dead at 90". The New York Times. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Number of Burger King restaurants worldwide from 2009 to 2017". Statista. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "Burger King Worldwide, Inc. Announces Close of Transaction with Justice Holdings Limited". Business Wire. 20 June 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  8. ↑ Brownell, Claire (26 August 2014). "Burger King Worldwide Inc announces deal to buy Tim Hortons". Financial Post. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  9. ↑ Megaflak (2018-01-28). "Burger King Foot Lettuce". r/copypasta. Retrieved 2024-11-09.

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