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The Burger King is a king character used as the primary mascot for the fast-food restaurant chain of the same name. The first iteration of the Burger King was part of a sign at the first Burger King restaurant in Miami, Florida, in 1955. Later signs showed the King sitting on a "burger throne" as well as atop the BK sign while holding a beverage.
jingle, the inspiration for its current mascot the Burger King, and several well known and parodied slogans such as "Have it your way" and "It takes two hands to handle a Whopper". [197] [198] [199] Burger King introduced the first attack ad in the fast food industry with a pre-teen Sarah Michelle Gellar in 1981.
2006: Burger King is listed on the NYSE with the stock symbol BKC when the chain goes public in an IPO. [5] 2009: Company opens its 12,000th store, located in Beijing. [95] 2010: Brazil-based 3G Capital acquires Burger King in a deal worth $3.26 bn/BRL$5.6 bn. [5] [96] 2011: Burger King begins a yearlong revamp of its menu and advertising ...
Burger King Of course a fast food restaurant with "king" in its name would choose a royal mascot. The current representative — a live-action man wearing kingly garb and a creepily immobile ...
In a bid to stay within striking distance of rival McDonald's (MCD), Burger King (BKC) has given its plastic King ad mascot the royal flush. Going forward, the nation's No. 2 fast food chain is.
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The Burger King: Burger King restaurants: 1974–1990, 2004–2011, 2016–present [3] Sir Shake-A-Lot: 1976–1980: knight who craved milk shakes The Burger Thing: 1976–1980: large hamburger puppet The Duke of Doubt: 1976–1980: arch-nemesis of the Burger King The Wizard of Fries: 1976–1980: robot powered by French fries Burger King Kids ...
On 2 October 2013, Burger King announced on Twitter that it was changing its name to Fries King. The name change was a publicity stunt held in conjunction with the introduction of the new Satisfries. The chain also rebranded one of its locations with the new Fries King logo, signage and packaging.