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22 unusual facts about Burger King


Blitz Arcade

All three games were created in just seven months and were considered to be of such high quality that they were pulled from Xbox Live Arcade to be sold as a 'box product' directly in Burger King stores (they are currently only available in America and Canada).

Bobby Joe Ebola and the Children MacNuggits

The band's unusual name came from a conversation between Abbott and Redford in the parking lot of the Pinole Burger King minutes before their first show.

Bush Dumville

Prior to entering politics, Dumville was a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, serving in Newfoundland, New Brunswick and Ontario, and then a businessman, who owned and operated two Burger King franchises in Summerside.

Campamento de Verano 1

Burger King was the first to remove their adverting, followed by Mutua Madrileña and McDonald's.

Caron Butler

After working at Burger King in his youth, Butler now owns 6 of the fast food restaurants across the US.

Cornmill Shopping Centre

Food outlets include a number of independent traders, as well as Burger King, Costa Coffee and Greggs.

Don Eaddy

After retiring from baseball, Eaddy became a franchisee for the Burger King restaurant chain.

Don't Mind

An alternate version, "The Crispy Chicken Song", was featured in Blige's ad for Burger King over which the she sings the praises of the Crispy Chicken Snack Wrap.

Gilbert Brown

Burger King even made it available for a short time as a promotion in Wisconsin Burger King restaurants.

Idiotlamp Productions

Idiotlamp has also produced a number of award winning commercials and viral campaigns, working with leading traditional advertising agencies such as Crispin Porter + Bogusky as well as newer digital agences such as Glue London and Lean Mean Fighting Machine, for clients including Burger King, Boots, AOL, MINI and Virgin Games.

Jason Klush

Cooper’s Seafood, Burger King, and other buildings along the riverfront were inundated.

Jedem das Seine

Several modern advertising campaigns in the German language, including ads for Nokia, REWE grocery stores, Burger King, and Merkur Bank have been marred by controversy after using the phrase Jedem das Seine or Jedem den Seinen.

Jefferson Center Dunmore

The highest level program finds jobs for the students at places including Allied, McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's, Sam's Club, and Krispy Kreme Doughnuts.

Jorge Paulo Lemann

In September 2010, 3G launched a $4 billion bid, at a 45% premium over market, for all the stock of Burger King.

King Games

King Games was a series of three video games (advergames) sold at Burger King.

Kyrris v Oldham

Kyrris had operated 13 Burger King restaurants, including two on Angel Row and Upper Parliament Street, Nottingham.

Larry Gelwix

Bob Nilsen, who played Highland rugby under Gelwix, was formerly president of Burger King and is now co-owner of Cafe Rio restaurants.

Marcel Herrmann Telles

Their investment firm 3G Capital bought Hamburger chain Burger King in 2010.

Robbinsville Township, New Jersey

A planned Burger King restaurant at the corner of U.S. Route 130 south and Main Street has similarly generated concerns from neighbors.

Sauber C29

As the year progressed, the team gained sponsors, including Burger King.

Wheeling Island

Some restaurants on Wheeling Island include KFC, Burger King, Golden Chopsticks, Phillips Mclure House, and Abby's restaurant and lounge.

Ylon Schwartz

An inveterate gambler, Schwartz made $340 from passersby on wagers that he would be able to throw a lemon across a street onto the top of a Burger King restaurant on the other side.


Adventure River

Much of the land formerly housing the park is now used as an industrial park which houses regional offices for Johnson Controls, Terminix, Burger King, and Trugreen among others.

Beuth University of Applied Sciences Berlin

The BHT maintains a co-operative programme featuring national companies such as the Deutsche Bahn, Burger King, the Berlin promotion agency and Audi.

Choloma

As a result of this fast food joints like Pizza Hut, Wendy's, Church's Chicken, Burger King and even a mall have opened in the municipality.

Clarence Otis, Jr.

As longtime Darden CEO Joe L. Lee, who opened the first Red Lobster restaurant in Florida in 1967, approached retirement, Otis was widely regarded as a protégé of Lee, and after one of his top rivals left for a top position with Burger King, his way was clear.

COB Speicher

COB Speicher had a large Post Exchange (PX), as well as several American fast food restaurants, including Subway, Burger King, and Pizza Hut; although these were all closed by mid October 2011.

Coca-Cola Raspberry

The only remaining place that Coca-Cola Raspberry can be found is in Coca-Cola's new line of touch screen vending machines called Freestyle found in select Jack in the Box, Taco Time Northwest, Five Guys, Moe's Southwest Grill, Fuddruckers, Burger King, Wegmans, Davanni's Restaurants, Wendy's, Firehouse Subs, Schlotzsky's, Pei Wei Asian Diner, and select Popeyes stores in the US.

Coq Roq

Coq Roq, also typeset as COQ ROQ, and pronounced "Cock Rock", was an advertising program created in late 2004 to promote international fast food restaurant chain Burger King's chicken product, BK Chicken Fries.

Dadeland Mall

Another feature of this expansion was the King of the Mall, an enormous Burger King (whose corporate headquarters were then located across from Dadeland on North Kendall Drive).

Dammam

American chains such as Pizza Hut, McDonald's, Burger King, Domino's Pizza and KFC, among others are widely distributed in Dammam, as are more upscale chains like Chili's, Applebee's and TGI Friday's.

Dance Dance Revolution Extreme Limited Edition Music Sampler

To date Konami has released 13 V-RARE discs in the US to promote various Dance Dance Revolution game releases and has released them through various video game and non-video game vendors such as GameStop, EB Games, Toys "R" Us, and Burger King.

Kobie Powell

He has recorded local and national radio commercials for Pepsi, Burger King and Mountain Dew, among other companies.

Laura Alemán

Made commercial for Burger King, Ana G. Mendez, Radio Shack, McDonald, Medalla Light, Transit Authority, Pan Pepin and the most recent T-Mobile Flash puppy with director Carlitos Ruiz Ruiz known for his film EVIL LOVES decisions and the campaign of the People's Bank directed by Marcos Zurinaga.

Mill Park, Victoria

Mill Park is not short of fast food restaurants, with McDonalds, Hungry Jacks, KFC and Domino's Pizza all within proximity of one another.

Pillsbury Company

Later acquisitions included restaurants such as Burger King, Steak and Ale, Bennigan's, Godfather's Pizza, Häagen-Dazs and Quik Wok, plus popular grocery store food brands such as Green Giant.

Salwa, Kuwait

This includes a supermarket and various restaurants (including Burger King and Starbucks coffee).

Scala, Inc

The Company's multimedia software platform powers the digital signage networks of Rabobank, IKEA, Bloomberg Television, Burger King, T-Mobile, Virgin Megastores, Disneyland Resort Paris, McDonald's, Warner Bros., Shell, Esso, Ericsson, The Life Channel, and IBC-13.

Steve Lavigne

The team of Lavigne Brown produced Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles art for Burger King, Pez, Konami, New Line Cinema, Colorforms, and Playmates Toys among many others.

Un Dia De Octubre

The group has visited several municipalities, at the opening concert for the Rock for Peace Festival, as well as at bars and private parties in Albuquerque and El Paso, Texas, the anniversary of Burger King in Phoenix, also appearing at the Hard Rock Cafe in Guadalajara, as well as the Pemex Pyramid Ska Festival (sharing the stage with minimum wage and Panteón Rococó) in Mexico City).

Wayne Cilento

In this period, he was featured in more than 100 national commercials, including spots for VISA, Dr Pepper, Burger King, McDonalds, Kmart, and Dairy Queen.

White Tower Hamburgers

Tombrock Corporation branched out into franchising Burger Kings and Golden Skillet Chicken.

William Heinecke

He also introduced American-style fast foods to Thailand in the late 1970s and 1980s – brands like Mister Donut, The Pizza Company and Burger King.

Xinyi District

The complex also has a food court that includes outlets of Burger King, Häagen-Dazs, etc., Sasa, and an arcade.