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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 - Wednesday 22 May, 2013

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

From TheJournal.ie Horse Burgers

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

From TheJournal.ie Horse Burgers

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

From TheJournal.ie Horsemeat

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

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

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

Introducing… the Burger King Bacon Sundae

Meaty dessert being made available across the US this summer.

# burger-king - Monday 2 April, 2012

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

From TheJournal.ie 9 At 9

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

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.

From TheJournal.ie 9 At 9

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

From TheJournal.ie Whopper Of A Deal

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.