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CONCORD, NC - MAY 18: Travis Kvapil, driver of the #93 Burger King/Dr. Pepper Toyota, stands by his car before the NASCAR Sprint Cup Showdown at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 18, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina.

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  • Burger King opens in South Africa _ with no bacon

    -- The company that gave America the Bacon Sundae opened with a big splash in South Africa -- but no bacon. Burger King South Africa CEO Jaye Sinclair says people lined up for hours at the weekend launch in the coastal resort of Cape Town .But a few customers   Read more »

  • McDonald's menu dropping a salad, chicken fingers

    will be larger than its Snack Wraps.After years of outperforming rivals, McDonald's has been struggling as competitors including Burger King and Wendy's step up their marketing and menu offerings. Fast-food chains are also fighting to attract customers at   Read more »

  • Hackers hit Burger King Twitter account

    contained racial epithets, references to drug use and obscenities. The account has also tweeted: "if I catch you at a wendys, we're fightin!"Burger King Worldwide Inc., which is based in Miami, did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment.   Read more »

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About Burger King

Burger King, often abbreviated as BK, is a global chain of hamburger fast food restaurants headquartered in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The company began in 1953 as Insta-Burger King, a Jacksonville, Florida-based restaurant chain. After Insta-Burger King ran into financial difficulties in 1955, its two Miami-based franchisees, David Edgerton and James McLamore, purchased the company and renamed it Burger King. Over the next half century the company would change hands four times, with its third set of owners, a partnership of TPG Capital, Bain Capital, and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners, taking it public in 2002. In late 2010 3G Capital of Brazil acquired a majority stake in BK in a deal valued at $3.26 billion (USD). The new owners promptly initiated a restructuring of the company to reverse its fortunes.

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