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As of 2025, the Florida chain has 319 locations in Illinois outside the 20-mile Mattoon area. Betty Hoots said that Burger King Corp. offered the Hootses $10,000 for the right to operate a Burger King restaurant within the 20-mile Mattoon area, but the Hootses declined. [1]
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]
The 1950s–60s Burger King logo. Burger King was founded in 1953 in Jacksonville, Florida, as Insta-Burger King by Keith G. Cramer and his wife's uncle, Matthew Burns.. Their first stores were centered around a piece of equipment known as the Insta-Broiler, which was very effective at cooking bu
Tom Curtis, president of Burger King U.S. and Canada, noted that about half of Burger King's U.S. locations will receive the Sizzle or Garden Grill—a redesign that first rolled out in 2011—by ...
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The Burger King restaurant in Mattoon, Illinois, originally owned by the Hoots family. This location was one subject of major litigation by Burger King. Burger King has been involved in several legal disputes and cases, as both plaintiff and defendant, in the years since its founding in 1954.
Since opening in Hammond, Ind., in 1948, Schoop's has expanded to 14 locations across Indiana and Illinois. The 1950s-style chain serves crispy, smash-style burgers made with fresh, never frozen beef.
Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. is an American franchisee company and is the largest Burger King franchisee in the world; Carrols owns and operates over 1,000+ Burger Kings, and 55 Popeyes restaurants. The company has operated Burger Kings since 1976 in locations across 23 U.S. states. [4]