Mary J. Blige Blasts Burger King Over 'Racist' Commercial She Stars In
Mary J. Blige has spoken out against her commercial that was pulled by Burger King from YouTube yesterday, and she is throwing the brand under the bus. The spot was criticized for being racist because...
View ArticleThis Is Burger King's New Plan To Take On McDonald's
Burger King is changing everything, and it's about time that it does. Wendy's surpassed it at the end of last year, and it has been completely left in the dust by arch rival McDonald's. Bill Ackman's...
View ArticleBurger King Used 2,548 Packets Of Hot Sauce To Make This Billboard
Burger King erected a billboard made out of 2,548 hot sauce packets in Turkey. In a word: awesome. The street art, by Young & Rubicam Istanbul, combines used and full packets to create a pixelated...
View ArticleYou'll Have To Go To This Lucky State To Try Burger King's Ridiculous New...
As a part of its corporate makeover with a new menu and new services, Burger King has been quietly testing a bacon ice cream sundae. While the Paula Deen-esque dessert hasn't made a nation-wide...
View ArticleHow Burger King Went From McDonald's Greatest Rival To Total Train Wreck
After Justice Holdings acquired Burger King this month, it announced a major rebranding and image change, updating its menus and adding to its management ranks. The chain has struggled with a decline...
View ArticleHere's What A Whopper With 1,050 Strips Of Bacon Looks Like
Burger King Japan recently announced a promotion allowing customers to add an extra 15 strips of bacon to their Whoppers for just 100 yen, or about $1.25. Taking advantage of the limited-time deal,...
View ArticleHere's How Expensive It's Going To Be For Burger King To Use Cage-Free Eggs
Burger King recently announced that it's starting an initiative to switch over to cage-free chickens and pigs by 2017. While the move will look good in the eyes of consumers who crave humanely...
View ArticleMASCOT MAKEOVERS: What Your Favorite Brand Icons Looked Like Past And Present
Brand mascots, like fashion trends, tend to show their age. Makeovers are necessary in order for mascots to stay relevant. Some mascots, like the Jolly Green Giant, are updated to take advantage of...
View ArticleA Burger King Manager Says He Was Fired For Being HIV-Positive, And Now He's...
Christopher Peña had worked at Burger King for seven years, and had managed several Burger King locations in Virginia. Then, he was fired, and he says it's because he's HIV-positive, according to a...
View ArticleThis Québécois Dish Is The Latest Craze Hitting Burger Joints Everywhere
Poutine, that Québécois staple made of french fries and cheese curds doused in brown gravy, is expanding to burger joints across America, reports Scott Hume at Burger Business. "More and more American...
View ArticleHere's The Dismally Small Number Of 'Normal' People That The Biggest Social...
Everyone in the marketing business has heard of Subservient Chicken, Will It Blend? and the Serenading Unicorn. These campaigns are legendary within the business for the vast audiences they created....
View ArticleThis Leaked Employee Training Menu May Be Revealing Burger King's New Summer...
It's almost summer, so fast food chains are prepping their menus for the change in seasons. Foodbeast's Elie Ayrouth scored a document from a Burger King employee which shows that it has started...
View ArticleThese Are The Five Worst Fast Food Meals For Kids
A year after American fast food companies agreed to make kids meals healthier, nutritionists and the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a nonprofit advocacy group, evaluated the changes...
View ArticleBURGER KING LAUNCHES 'BACON SUNDAE' — We Eat It So You Don't Have To
Burger King rolled out its fabled "bacon sundae" nationally today. Naturally, we had to try it. Click here to see the bacon sundae > The bacon sundae is exactly what it sounds like it is: A bacon...
View ArticleBurger King's Upscale Whopper Bar In Times Square Shut Down For Health...
New York City's Department of Health shut down Burger King's Whopper Bar in Times Square for the second time in a month due to health code violations, adding to the chain's free fall from fast-food...
View ArticleBill Ackman Reveals A Whopper Of A Stake In Burger King (BKW)
Bill Ackman, the founder of Pershing Square Capital Management, disclosed a 12% passive stake in Burger King in a 13G regulatory filing with the SEC. [via @CNBCnow] According to the filing, Ackman now...
View ArticleMary J. Blige Describes Shame Of Her 'Racist' Burger King Ad
For the second time since controversy erupted regarding her appearance in a Burger King ad, Mary J. Blige opened up about the ad and the reactions to the short-lived YouTube video. Blige told Hot 97's...
View ArticleRANKED: The Most Popular Fast Food Restaurants In America
Americans love fast food. The top 15 fast food chains in the nation raked in a combined $115 billion in sales last year, and their 105,000 total stores blanket the landscape. We asked food industry...
View ArticleThis Is The 'Feet In Lettuce' Photo Burger King Doesn't Want You To See
A Mayfield heights, Ohio, Burger King fired three staffers after this photo—of someone standing, shoes on, in two tubs of lettuce—ended up being posted on the local newspaper's Facebook page. The pic...
View ArticleHere's The Photo Of A Burger King Employee Standing In Lettuce Bins That Has...
Burger King says three workers were fired after a photo posted online appeared to show an employee stepping on lettuce in bins at a northwest Ohio restaurant. The hamburger chain's statements to Ohio...
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