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Burger King was the first restaurant chain to be opened on US military facilities with a location at the US Naval base at Pearl Harbor, [141] however naval facilities are covered by the Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM). The AAFES opened its first Burger King franchise 1984 at the American military facilities in Ansbach, Germany. [142]
In its EMEA group, Burger King's Switzerland-based subsidiary Burger King Europe GmbH is responsible for the licensing and development of BK franchises in those regions. [8] In the APAC region, the Singapore-based BK AsiaPac, Pte. Ltd. business unit handles franchising for East Asia, the Asian subcontinent and all Oceanic territories.
Nordic Service Partners (NSP) is the largest franchisee of Burger King in the Nordic countries as well as being a franchisee of KFC in Sweden and TGI Fridays in Denmark. The company is today one of Sweden's largest restaurant companies specialising in fast food restaurants .
AmRest Holdings SE is a European multinational casual dining, fast-food restaurant and coffee shop operator headquartered in the Spanish capital, Madrid.The company runs more than 2300 locations, mostly franchises of KFC, Pizza Hut and Starbucks, and also Burger King until 2022, but also operates its own brands of restaurants.
1959: Burger King establishes its franchising system. [4] 1967: Burger King ceases to be an independent entity when the Pillsbury Company purchases it for US$18 million ($128.3 million adjusted for inflation, 2014). [4] [93] 1977: Donald N. Smith is brought in from rival McDonald's to help restructure the company and its franchising system. [1] [4]
Burger King Holdings was the parent company of Burger King when it went public in 2002. [68] Burger King derived its income from several sources, including property rental and sales through company owned restaurants; [68] however, a substantial portion of its revenue was dependent on franchise fees. [68]
The Burger King Corporation was acquired by the Pillsbury Company in 1967, and during the 1970s, it began to expand outside the United States, principally in South America and Europe. Burger King's core product has long been the Whopper, which was created in 1957 by founder James McLamore and initially sold for 37 cents. [72]
Burger King's original fish sandwich, introduced as early as the late 1960s in some markets, was called the Whaler; it was a smaller fish sandwich made with tartar sauce and lettuce served on the small sesame seed roll BK used for their hamburgers.