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Burger King is an US-American nearly Food chain, which developed a world-wide branch network as system catering trade.
Burger King corporation in the year 1954 with the opening of the first restaurant by James W. McLamore and David Edgerton were created. Basic concept of Burger King already at that time were over open flame grilled beef, blows added and large portions of Pommes Frites. Already three years later, in the year 1957, the first "murder thing" (English Whopper) was served, which became later the most successful product of the enterprise. The Whopper is sold today world-wide to 1.7 billion mark per year. 1961 acquired the founders the Franchiserechte in the USA and for the foreign country, whereby the expansion in the whole world could begin. Burger King was sold in the year 1967 at Pillsbury. 1975 were furnished the first so-called drive thru service (drive in), around the customer the meals also "on-the-go" (about: to be able to offer on the way). Today this selling way constitutes 58 per cent of the gross income. At the same time Burger King in Europe began to gain a foothold. First in Spain, starting from 1976 in Germany. 1980 created the ex football professional Lothar scale an enterprise in Darmstadt and became the first Franchisenehmer in Germany. Since the opening of the first drive in in Nuremberg 1986 also German Burger King customers can use this additional and selling way favoured for taxation for the enterprise. 1991 open Burger King in Dresden the first restaurant in the new Lands of the Federal Republic. In the year 1992 the company headquarters in Miami was strongly damaged by the hurricane Andrew. In the year 1997 Pillsbury with Guinness came up together in the British dia. geo PLC. Dia. geo announced already in June 2000, Burger King corporation from their Portfolio to paint and sold it for 1,5 billion $ on 13 December 2002 to a US consortium from the participation enterprises Texas Pacific Group (Del Monte, Ducati, Continental Airlines, America west), Bain Capital as well as Goldman Sachs Capital Partners.Das enterprise since August 2004 of Greg Brenneman as a chief executive is led. As hard Sanierer the valid Brenneman expressed in relation to the press: "Our goal was it, Burger King to the stock exchange to always bring".
The first Burger King restaurant was opened in the year 1954 in Miami, Florida, the USA under the name Insta Burger King. When the founders James McLamore and David Edgerton opened their first Restautant, there were not the Whopper yet, however Hamburg ones for 18 cent were sold. Already in the year in the USA more than 260 restaurants had opened 1967. The first restaurant outside of the USA opened in the year 1963 in Puerto Rico. In the year 1969 the market extension followed to Canada. Burger King continued its expansion and established themselves on the Australian continent under the name Hungry Jack's in the year 1971.
As the third continent Europe was added. In Madrid, Spain, was opened in the year 1975 the first European branch; already one year later followed the first German Burger King restaurant in West Berlin. The first asiatic branches were opened 1982. Momentarily there are 200 branches in completely Asia. In the year 2005 Burger King corporation continued its expansion in China.
Burger King 11,200 restaurants operate corporation in 67 countries, from which approx. 200 under the name Hungry Jack's firmieren. The enterprise has world-wide 360,000 coworkers, from whom alone in Germany about 16,000 humans work. Daily Burger King has 11.400.000 customers, i.e. that on the average each branch has scarcely 1040 customers per day. The firm head office is in Miami, Florida, the USA (address: 5505 Blue Lagoon drive Miami, Florida 33126). After firm names approximately 91 per cent of the world-wide locations by independent Franchisnehmer are led.
In Germany Burger King corporation is represented since 1976, when the first restaurant in West Berlin at the cure prince dam opened. Nowadays there are about 480 restaurants, and about 50 branches are added annually. First of a Franchisenehmer, which became ex football professional Lothar scale, led branch 1980 in Darmstadt open. 1986 followed the first drive in restaurant, which opened in Nuremberg. The first restaurant in the new Lands of the Federal Republic was opened 1991 in Dresden. Since 1992 there are advertising spots, which are shown in the German television from Burger King. Each day alone in Germany 400,000 customers are served. In the year 1997 the first meatless Burger under the name Country Burger was introduced. 1999 was converted all German branches in the style of an American 1950er year restaurant.
The following designations are not enterprise typical, but apply (with enterprise-typical variants) to most Hamburg offerers from the system catering trade.
The frozen meat disks are called Patties. They are circular with the beef, with the chicken meat correspond them to this form only approximately. Two sizes are generally differentiated. While the large Patties with approx. 10cm diameter is intended e.g. for larger Sandwiches like the Whopper and the Big King XXL, the small Patties with approx. 8cm diameter for Sandwiches is e.g. used like that Hamburg ones and the Big King.
Buns one calls for the Sandwiches used soft rolls. The gives it likewise in two different sizes. For the Tendercrisp Sandwich it further still another so-called "Cornbun" gives whether this is based on corn flour actually mainly not well-known. All Buns is getoastet before the sales. This causes that she does not provide herself so fast with the used Dressings, and/or Saucen full-sucked and additionally by the roasting materials here developing for additional flavour of the final product.
Sandwiches are called today all products, which are designated of the public as Burger. It is a generic term originating from the English, which developed meanwhile in and the fifties forties in the nearly Food industry and by practically all large chains world-wide one uses. Originally the term designated from the crust a released and with several added occupied soft bread. The term leaves itself on British John Montagu, 4. Earl OF sand-yielded leads back, after which his body court was designated.
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