nPostednon December 4, 2015
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nInjust found out that Burger King is as old as I am!
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nOnnthis date in 1954, the first Burger King opened in Miami, Florida.
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| Food was a bit cheaper back then! |
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nItnall started like this: A couple of fellows (David Edgerton and JamesnMcLamore, if you care, which you probably don’t) owned franchises ofna Florida-based burger chain called Insta-Burger King. Theirnrestaurants were in Miami.
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nAnfranchise is when an individual or group is authorized to open andnrun a particular “brand” of restaurant (or other commercialnventure) by a parent company.
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nUnfortunately,nInsta-Burger King ran into financial difficulties. Edgerton andnMcLamore decided to buy the company and simplify the name to justnBurger King.
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nTheynwere able to operate the company at a profit and, eventually, sell itnto another owner. Each time it changed hands, Burger King (oftenncalled BK) became more global.
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| This is the first Burger King in Russia. (above) |
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Nowna Brazilian company owns a majority stake in BK, and Burger King hasnbeen merged with a Canadian-based doughnut chain (Tim Hortons). As ofn2013, there are Burger Kings in 79 different countries, includingnAustralia (where the restaurants are called Hungry Jack’s instead ofnBurger King!).
Nowna Brazilian company owns a majority stake in BK, and Burger King hasnbeen merged with a Canadian-based doughnut chain (Tim Hortons). As ofn2013, there are Burger Kings in 79 different countries, includingnAustralia (where the restaurants are called Hungry Jack’s instead ofnBurger King!).n
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nSonthe little Florida company grew into something truly international!
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nIsnBurger King a king among fast food restaurants?
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nAccordingnto an article at “Eating Rules,” McDonald’s has morenlocations that Burger King, Wendy’s, Carl’s Jr., Jack in the Box,nFatburger, Sonic, and In-N-Out COMBINED!!! So it’s definitely not then“king” as far as the most successful.
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nAlso,nBurger King’s signature burger, the Whopper, was wwaaaayyyyy high onnthe Eating Rules comparison chart as far as calories and fat goes,nand its French fries were high-high in those categories, too.nMcDonald’s actually scored as being a lot more healthy in thosenparticular comparisons!
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Ofncourse, burgers so big they’re called “whoppers” aren’t the onlynthing BK sells.
Ofncourse, burgers so big they’re called “whoppers” aren’t the onlynthing BK sells. n
nThere are some much healthier foods on offer, as this article at Popsugar explains.
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nI’mnthinking that Burger King MAY be king of the Halloween burger! Havenyou seen this black burger? (The bun is apparently colored – andnflavored – with A1 Steak Sauce.)
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nAlsonon this date:
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Anniversary of the discovery of the Mary Celeste—and the beginning of the mystery: what happened???
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nWildlifenConservation Day
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nNationalnCookie Day and Cookie Cutter Week
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nNationalnCookie Day and Cookie Cutter Week
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nTeenninventor Chester Greenwood’s birthday
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nTeenninventor Chester Greenwood’s birthday
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nKamololn(Thanksgiving Day) on Marshall Islands
nKamololn(Thanksgiving Day) on Marshall Islands
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nWorldnDice Day
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