Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Burger King Corporate, based in Miami, Florida, says that the owners of five Missouri Burger King locations have breached their franchise contracts.
Two O'Fallon Burger King restaurants are among the five owned by Joseph R. Gunther and Vicki Gunther that are the target of a lawsuit by Burger King Corporate. The case was filed on Jan. 28 in Miami, Florida where the Burger King corporate offices are located. The lawsuits state that the two O'Fallon locations—609 S. Main and 2882 Hwy. K—failed to make franchise payments. The monthly payments, which are a percentage of the restaurant's gross sales, cover advertising, promotions and the "use of the Burger King System and the BK Marks." Those marks include the Burger King and Whopper names as well as logos, symbols and slogans. Burger King Corporate notified the restaurants of their breach of agreement on Oct. 24, 2012 and ended the …
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
A new study out by QSR Magazine rates restaurants based on their drive-thru quality. Wendy's and Chick-fil-A came in as the best while Burger King got poor marks across the board.
If you've driven through a Wendy's drive-thru recently, you've been graced with some of the best rate of service and accuracy in the business. That's according to a new stidy from QSR Magazine, which unveiled its annual drive-thru study on Tuesday. According to the magazine, the study determines the leading restaurant chains in several categories of drive-thru operations, such as wait time, service time, order accuracy, exterior appearance and speaker clarity. A group of six core chains were included in the study: Burger King, Chick-fil-A, Krystal, McDonald’s, Taco Bell, and Wendy’s. Restaurants were visited between the lunch hours of 11 am and 2:30 pm, and between the dinner hours of 4 pm and 7 pm. The findings may surprise those that …
Friday, June 15, 2012
Does Burger King's new Bacon Sundae cross the line at a time when American obesity is among its highest? Or are you a fan of the new tasty treat?
For those who've been clamoring for years that they need delicious ice cream treat that included bacon, the wait is over. Burger King, which operates dozens of restaurants in the St. Louis-area, unveiled its summer menu on Thursday. Among the new items is the restaurant's new Bacon Sundae. That's right. Ice cream. Chocolate sauce. And, of course, bacon. The sundae, according to Esquire, sells for $2.49 and up, contains 510 calories and consists of vanilla soft-serve ice cream, chocolate sauce, and caramel sauce, with crumbled bits of bacon on top and "a thick-cut, hardwood-smoked bacon garnish." From the Esquire article: Without a doubt, the sundae's most salient visual feature is its swine garnish, which protrudes from the dish of soft-…
Jim Frain
8:25 am on Friday, March 1, 2013
You've got it right Sscott....The O'Fallon Patch is a great place to share the positive things that are going on around us. We live here beacause we love...we appreciate the special things of life like skate parks, and neat little shops to visit and shop in, nice celebrations, good neighbors, a friendly atmosphere and that is why we live here...You and I have been around a while Sscott and we are… more ›