CONTROVERSIAL TWEET BY AMERICAN MULTINATIONAL CHAIN OF HAMBURGER FAST FOODS RESTAURANT, BURGER KING.

“Women belong in the kitchen.” The tweet read.

On Monday, which was also International Women’s Day, Burger King’s UK Division tweeted a tweet that has been deemed to be demoralizing and diminishing to the female gender.

When the company was asked to clarify the tweet they were apologetic and suggested that they were trying to put a point across that there are only 20% professional chefs in the UK kitchens. They also said that they were on a mission to change gender inequality by launching a scholarship program for its employees.

initial Burger King’s tweet and re-tweet

BURGER KING ADDITION INFORMATION

Headquarters are in Miami,Dade County, Florida.  The company was founded in 1953 as Insta-Burger King, a Jacksonville, Florida–based restaurant chain.  It was initially Insta-Burger King, but in 1954 it ran into financhial difficulties and as a result two Miami based companies David Edgerton and James McLamore purchased the company.

David Edgerton

Over the next half-century, the company has changed hands three to four times but in late 2010, 3G Capital of Brazil, acqired a major stake in the company in a deal valued at around $3.26 billion. 

3G Capital immediately started restructuring the company to try and reverse its fortunes and with this in mind, along their partner, Berkshire Hathaway,  it merged with aCanadian-based doughnut chain  Tim Hortons, under the patronage of a new Canadian-based parent company named Restaurant Brands.

NOTE:Burger King’s menu has expanded over the years from a basic company offering  burgers, French fries, sodas, and milkshakes to a larger and more diverse set of products and eateries.  Burger King’s signature product is the ‘Whooper’ which was the first major addition to the menu in late 1957. The company even named its new kiosk-style restaurants Whooper Bars.

The Whooper

Following it’s first menu addition, Burger King has introduced alot of other products some of which have failed to catch the American market but have in turn amazed the overseas markets. From 2002-2010 the companys has been targeting the young adults of the 18-34 age bracket with goods containing alot of unhealth fats. By 2011, 3G Capital’s restructuring plan forced the company to move away from this male-structured menu.

As of December 31, 2018, Burger King reported it had 17,796 outlets in 100 countries all over the globe and of those outlets nearly 50% were located in the USA while 99.7% were privately owned and runned. Burger King has historically used several variations of franchising  to expand its operations. However it’s relationship with its franchises has not always been harmonious. Occasional spats between the two have caused numerous issues, and in several instances, the company’s and its licensees’ relations have degenerated into precedented court settling cases.

NOTE:Burger King’s Australian franchise Hungry Jack’s  is the only franchise to operate under a different name, due to a trademark dispute and a series of legal cases between the two.

Daniel Schwartz

The current Burger King CEO is Daniel Schwartz, who was born in Long Island, US in 1982.

CHARITY WORK

Burger King’s, Have It Your Way Foundation, a US-based non-profit corporation main focuses are on hunger alleviation, disease prevention and community education through scholarship programs at colleges in the US. The other charitable organization is the McLamore Foundation, also a non-profit, corporation that provides scholarships to students in the US and its territories.

Burger King’s headquaters in Miami

BURGER KING PRODUCTS

Burger King’s first and initial menu  consisted predominantly of basic hamburgers, French fries, soft drinks, milkshakes, and desserts. Addition of the Burger King Specialty Sandwich line in 1979  expanded the breadth of the BK menu with many non-hamburger sandwiches, including new chicken and fish offerings with the new Specialty Sandwich line becoming their first attempt at a larger age bracket demographic. Besides the addition of the Croissan’Wich in 1983, the breakfast menu remained almost identical to the McDonald’s offerings until a menu change in 1985.This expansion introduced BK’s “Am Express” product line, which added new products such as French toast sticks and Mini-muffins.

Burger King’s sample menu

As the company expanded both inside and outside the US, it introduced other products that were to conform to regional tastes and cultural or religious beliefs. International variations  and  ingredients such as teriyaki or beer-toot and fried-egg to the Whopper, beer in Germany, Italy, and Spain; and halal products in the Middle East and Israel.To generate additional sales, BK would occasionally introduce limited time offers that are versions of its core products, or new products intended for either long or short term sales. Items such as the Texas Double Whopper and various sandwiches made with mushrooms have been rotated in and out of its menu for several years.

In 2019, Burger King released an “Impossible Whopper” burger, a vegetarian burger using a plant-based patty from Impossible foods.In February 2020, Burger King accounted that it will remove artificial preservatives, colors, and flavors from the Whopper by the end of 2020.In July 2020, Burger King announced it would begin selling a Whopper patty made from cows on a low methane diet.

Impossible Whooper

Burger King Net Worth

Global fast food giant Burger King generated approximately 1.78 billion U.S. dollars in revenue in 2019. This shows an eight percent increase over the previous year’s total of 1.65 billion U.S. dollars.

As of 2021, Burger King has a net worth of $6 billion and $10 billion in system-wide U.S. sales.
                              Burger King’s Logo

Burger King Logo

The round blue circle represents the world and how Burger King is all over the globe. The swoosh at the end of the circle beckons people to come in and try Burger King’s food.

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