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Burger King

Burger King

An international fast-food chain. Founded in Florida in 1955 by David Edgerton and James McLamore. The company used franchising to expand its operation and now has over 12,000 outlets in 73 countries.

# burger-king - Yesterday’s News

From Business ETC Burger King

Burger King returns to 100% Irish beef

The fast food restaurant chain ended its partnership with ABP Group earlier this year because of the horsemeat scandal.

# burger-king - Monday 18 February, 2013

From Business ETC Ouch

# burger-king - Saturday 26 January, 2013

Horse DNA came from burger additive sourced in Poland

Agriculture minister Simon Coveney says the identification of the additive responsible is a “major breakthrough”.

# burger-king - Friday 25 January, 2013

Latest tests show no horse DNA in Irish raw materials – Coveney

130 samples have been tested in the past week, but the Department won’t release results pending a double-test.

# burger-king - Wednesday 23 January, 2013

Burger King to stop sourcing beef products from Silvercrest Foods

Equine DNA had been found at the Ballybay, Co Monaghan plant earlier this month.

# burger-king - Saturday 21 July, 2012

From The Daily Edge Prime Numbers

Revenue, Bolt and Burger King: The week in numbers

Revealed: The true cost of Olympics tickets, and the secrets behind manufacturing a worldwide chart-topper…

# burger-king - Thursday 19 July, 2012

From The Daily Edge Burger King

Burger King sacks three workers after online lettuce photo is exposed

A photo was posted to 4chan showing someone jumping in tubs of lettuce – with the outlet identified within minutes.

# burger-king - Wednesday 13 June, 2012

From The Daily Edge Mmmeaty

Introducing… the Burger King Bacon Sundae

Meaty dessert being made available across the US this summer.

# burger-king - Monday 2 April, 2012

From The Daily Edge Marketing This post contains a poll

New Burger King ad makes eyes at beauty burgers

The fast food restaurant tries to appeal to the ladies – with burger eyeshadow.

# burger-king - Thursday 25 August, 2011

From Business ETC Mild Oats

Porridge: Have it your way

Burger King joins other fast food chains in bringing oatmeal to its morning menu.

# burger-king - Tuesday 14 June, 2011

The 9 at 9: Tuesday

Nine things to know this morning, including: the funeral of the late Brian Lenihan; Greece has lowest-rated credit in the world; and what women really want…

# burger-king - Monday 14 March, 2011

From The Daily Edge Oops

Whopper trouble: Burger King CEO insults British food and women

Bernardo Hees said he had few distractions from his work when studying in the UK.

The 9 at 9: Monday

Nine things you need to know by 9am: A second explosion occurs at the Fukushima nuclear plant, Irish seen as the ‘bad boys’ of Europe, and Burger King boss upsets his British customers.

# burger-king - Friday 3 September, 2010

Burger King is officially worth 1,086,666,666 Whoppers

The burger chain is taken over for $3.26bn. What’s that worth in Irish Whopper Meals?

# burger-king - Wednesday 1 September, 2010

From Business ETC Chain Sale

Burger King in sale talks

Burger King is reportedly in talks about possible sale of its €1.8bn fast-food chain.