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BURGER KING is one of the largest fast food chains in the world. Over 12 thousand Burger King restaurants operate in more than 75 countries of the world, which serve about 12 million visitors daily. About 90% of BURGER KING restaurants are run by independent franchises, many of which are family-owned businesses that have been in business for decades. In October 2010, BURGER KING Corporation was bought out by the multi-billion investment company 3G Capital, specializing in long-term investments and focusing on maximizing the potential of brands and businesses.
Burger King Corporation (pronounced Burger King Corporation) (NYSE: BKC) is an American company owned by Burger King, a fast food chain. Headquartered in Miami, Florida.
Performance indicators
2021: 7th in US sales: $10 billion
2010: Revenue - $2.5 billion
The number of personnel in 2009 is 38.9 thousand people. The network's revenue for the fiscal year ended June 2010 amounted to $2.5 billion (a drop of 2.3% compared to the previous period), net profit - $186.8 million (a drop of 1%).
Business in Russia
2025: Appointment as CEO of Sergei Kozlov
On July 30, 2025, Sergei Kozlov became the new general director of Burger Rus LLC, the head structure of the Burger King chain in Russia, which is developing under the franchise. Information in August 2025 follows from the data of SPARK-Interfax. In this position, he replaced Dmitry Medovy, who headed the company since 2009. The change of management may be the result of a change in the strategy of the company, which decided to focus on the development of new areas of business. Read more here
2024
Set up your IT company in Russia
The Burger King fast food chain has formed its own software company. The corresponding entry appeared in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities (Unified State Register of Legal Entities) in August 2024. Read more here
Data breach of millions of visitors
On October 10, 2024, it became known that cybercriminals had entered the Burger King IT infrastructure. As a result of the hack, the personal data of millions of visitors to this fast food chain was leaked.
According to the Telegram channel "Information Leaks," the attackers had at their disposal 5,627,676 lines of data covering the period from May 31, 2018 to August 25, 2024. Stolen information such as customer names, phone numbers (4,886,993 unique combinations), email addresses (3,163,628 unique e-mails), dates of birth, gender, cities of location, favorite categories/dishes, order dates.
It is noted that the stolen information could be extracted from the base of the mobile application. The data is publicly available on the Internet. Anton Gorelkin, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, Information Technology and Communications, wrote about hacking the Burger King network in his Telegram channel.
 | We are waiting for an official statement from the fast food chain. Unfortunately, since revolving fines for leaks have not yet been introduced, if the incident is confirmed, the company can get off with coupons for free burgers, says Gorelkin. |  |
The Burger King company itself, as of October 10, 2024, does not comment on the situation in any way. With detailed information about the customers of the restaurant chain, attackers can organize deeply personalized phishing attacks and other fraudulent schemes aimed at stealing money. Thus, cybercriminals get the opportunity to euthanize the vigilance of victims, which significantly increases the chances of success of a fraudulent campaign. Phone numbers can also be used for mass advertising calls.[1]
2022: An experiment selling wine in Russia
In October 2022, it became known that Burger King will begin selling wine in Russia in 2023. So far, only at the Vnukovo airport as an experiment. Fast food is waiting for the wine on the menu to double the average check.
2021: Co-owner of the Russian Burger King launched a plant for the production of burger buns for 1.5 billion rubles
Co-owner Shokoladnitsa of "" and the Russian Burger King Alexander Kolobov launched a plant for the production of burger rolls Hypfel"." The volume of investments in the project is 1.5 billion. rubles About this June 23, 2021 writes "" Kommersant with reference to the representative of Burger King. More. here
2012
The general director of the Burger King representative office in Russia is Yana Pesotskaya.
In Russia (as well as around the world) Burger King works through a franchise system. At the moment, Burger King in Russia has 2 franchises: the Shokoladnitsa network and the Ginza Project restaurant company.
The first restaurant of the chain in Russia opened on January 20, 2010 in the Moscow shopping and entertainment center Metropolis (Voikovskaya metro station). The second restaurant of the chain operates in the Moscow shopping complex "European." As of April 2012, 42 restaurants of the chain were opened in Russia, including 32 in Moscow and the Moscow region, 9 in St. Petersburg. On February 14, 2012, the first restaurant of the chain in the city opened in Yekaterinburg.
In recent times, the company has sued the cybersquatter for its domain name burgerking.ru.
History
The first Burger King restaurant was originally called Insta Burger King, opened in 1953 in the Miami suburbs by James McLamore and David Edgerton (both Cornell University graduates), but ran into financial difficulties.
McLamore, visiting the McDonald's restaurant, which at that time was owned by Dick and Mac McDonald in San Bernardino, California, got acquainted with the production of burgers, the method of manufacture, equipment and decided to create his own version of this fast food system.
In 1959, the number of Burger King restaurants rose to five in Miami and the suburbs. By 1960, McLamore and Edgerton decided to expand Burger King's fast food chain nationally using the franchise system, a popular method for expansion due to its low capital cost to the parent company. At the same time, they register Burger King corp. and begin selling franchises to private owners in the United States. In 2006, the company went public.
2020: Launch of restaurants with conveyors to deliver meals to cars
At the end of October 2020, Burger King launched restaurants of a new format with conveyors for delivering dishes to the car itself. As stated in the network, the new sites will be 60% less than the existing ones.
Visitors can park their cars in a designated area under solar-powered sheds. After placing the order through the application, the client must scan the QR code at the parking spot, and the employee will deliver the order directly to the car.
You can also receive orders by driving past the diner, and two or three additional lanes will significantly speed up this process. Some venues have also allocated a motorcycle lane. Customers will also be able to pick up an order placed in advance through the app from special lockers on the roadway. Food arrives in lockers to dispense orders directly from the kitchen.
Also, if customers place orders in advance through the Burger King app, they can park in dedicated parking spaces to deliver the order "on the curb." Through the app, they will be able to notify the diner of the time of arrival, and the order will be delivered directly to the car.
The eateries also have a dedicated section to take orders from pedestrians and cyclists who can order takeaways. In addition, customers will be able to snack in the dining room outdoors or in the renovated dining room under the roof.
The new concept design of eateries will also be used in busy urban areas with high demand. Central to these will be a suspended kitchen above the roadway, allowing more visitors to be served in a smaller space. Because the kitchen is upstairs, orders will be delivered to machines via belt conveyors. According to Burger King, this design provides 100% contactless interaction.[2]
Owners
The largest owners of the company as of mid-2010: TGP Capital (Texas Pacific Group structure, 11.1%), Goldman Sachs (10.3%). In September 2010, an agreement was announced to sell the company for $4 billion to the 3G Capital investment fund (controlled by Brazilian investors).
The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer is John W. Chidsey.
Activities in the world
Over 12 thousand Burger King restaurants operate in more than 75 countries of the world, which serve about 12 million visitors daily. Of these, about 1,300 belong to the company, the rest are franchised.
In Israel, all restaurants in this chain are kosher.
In Australia, there is a master franchise "Burger King" under its own name "Hungry Jack's" ("Hungry Jack's Restaurant"), named after the owner, Jack Covin. This happened because the trading name "Burger King" was already taken. In 1996, Burger King registered in Australia under this name and demanded that the owner of the Hungry Jack's chain rebrand, to which the owner refused. From 1996 to 2002, a trial took place, during which the Hungry Jack's and Burger King chains existed in parallel in the country. In 2003, an agreement was reached between the parties - the Hungry Jack's chain confirmed the right of master franchisees and all Burger King restaurants that had existed since 1996 were either closed or renamed Hungry Jack's.
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