Do you know the history of Burger King?

@utsadetti (4589)
United States
December 23, 2006 10:43pm CST
I often eat Burger King although i am from Indonesia. It's amazing. I am curious how it is made of. Do you know the history of Burger King?
7 responses
• Indonesia
24 Dec 06
wew.., where we can eat burger king in indonesia? I never hear about it in here better than mcD?
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@utsadetti (4589)
• United States
24 Dec 06
yeah?
@swarn47 (1706)
• India
24 Dec 06
Burger King is a large international chain of fast food restaurants, predominantly selling burgers, french fries, soft drinks, desserts, and various sandwiches. Hungry Jack's is a franchise of Burger King that operates and franchies over 300 restaurants in Australia. Burger King's first restaurant — originally called Insta Burger King — was opened on December 4, 1954 in Miami, Florida, USA by James McLamore and David Edgerton, who were both alumni of the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration. McLamore had visited the hamburger stand belonging to D-ick and Mac McDonald in San Bernardino, California; being able to sense potential in their innovative assembly line-based production system, he decided to create a version of his own. Coincidentally, the first restaurant's milkshake machine was sold to them by Ray Kroc, who later bought the McDonald's restaurant chain from its founders and oversaw its worldwide expansion. In 1967, Burger King was bought by Pillsbury, which was bought by Grand Metropolitan PLC of Britain in 1988. In 1989, the Burger King brand acquired many locations of its major UK rival Wimpy when its parent company bought the brand from its previous owner United Biscuits and re-branded them as "Burger King", giving it an even greater presence in that country. While other "Wimpy" locations are still trading today (now independent from BK) they no longer have the presence they once did (the market is now dominated by Burger King and the larger McDonald's). In 1997, Grand Metropolitan merged with Guinness to form a company called Diageo. On Friday, December 13, 2002, Burger King was purchased from Diageo for $1.5 (US) billion by Stanley Foster, lead by the investment firm Texas Pacific Group (TPG). The company planned to go public within the next two years, though in the event this was delayed until 2006. Magic Johnson's company Magic Johnson Enterprises purchased 30 Burger King stores on June 7, 2004. Although featuring sports memorabilia, they would retain the Burger King name. These locations reopened on December 3, 2004. On February 1, 2006, CEO Greg Brenneman announced TPG's plans to turn Burger King into a publicly traded company by issuing an Initial Public Offering. On February 16, the company announced it had filed its registration for the IPO with the Securities and Exchange Commission. On May 18, 2006, Burger King began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol BKC. Source: http://www.answers.com/history+of+burger+king?initiator=IE7:SearchBox
@utsadetti (4589)
• United States
24 Dec 06
you are the best lol!
• India
24 Dec 06
No i don't have any idea of burger king
@utsadetti (4589)
• United States
24 Dec 06
yeah, i don't know either.
@lumanci (1111)
• Italy
11 Jan 07
No i don't know the history of Burger King! Ho his this?
@banditwsj (653)
• Indonesia
10 Jan 07
i didnt know the history of burger king. maybe any other people know who can tell me about the history of burger king??? even i dont eat the product, hehe....
@amby87 (322)
• India
13 Jan 07
ya its long story
• United States
9 Jan 07
wow i didnt even realize that burger king is in indonesia i thought it was only in the us and maybe england and canada who would have thought