Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers

Rex David "Dave" Thomas (July 2, 1932 – January 8, 2002) was an American businessman and philanthropist. Thomas was the founder and CEO of Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers, a fast food restaurant chain specializing in hamburgers. He is also known for personally appearing in over 800 commercial advertisements for the chain from 1989 to 2002, more than any other person in television history. He had such presence in these a ...

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Burger King's first restaurant—originally called Insta Burger King—was opened in 1954 in Miami, Florida, USA by James McLamore and David Edgerton, who were both alumni of the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration. McLamore had visited the hamburger stand belonging to Dick and Mac McDonald in San Bernardino, California; being able to sense potential in their innovative assembly line-based production system, he decided to create a version of his own. Ironically, the first restaurant's milkshake machine was sold to them by Ray Kroc, who later bought the McDonald's restaurant chain from it ...

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When Burger King decided to expand their operations into Australia, they found that their business name was already trademarked by a man running a small takeaway food shop. Consequently, the first Australian franchise of the Burger King Corporation, established in Perth in 1971, was aptly titled Hungry Jack's, echoing the name and sentiment of the franchisee, Jack Cowin. Hungry Jack's sells the usual range of burgers, but also an Australian specialty, the Aussie Burger. This burger is based on the traditional Australian fish and chips shop favourite, including fried egg, bacon, onion, and beetroot wi ...

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In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Burger King used a mascot of the same name to advertise their meals. The "Burger King" was a bearded king, who ruled the Burger King Kingdom, along with other characters such as The Duke of Doubt (his arch nemesis), Burger Thing (a large burger puppet), Sir Shakes-A-Lot (a knight with a craving for Burger King milkshakes), and the Wizard of Fries (a robot powered by french fries). The 1990s saw Burger King advertising to their younger customers with the Burger King Kids Club featuring cartoon mascot Kid Vid, who embodied the cyberspace-obsessed d ...

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In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Burger King used a mascot of the same name to advertise their meals. The "Burger King" was a bearded king, who ruled the Burger King Kingdom, along with other characters such as The Duke of Doubt (his arch nemesis), Burger Thing (a large burger puppet), Sir Shakes-A-Lot (a knight with a craving for Burger King milkshakes), and the Wizard of Fries (a robot powered by french fries). The 1990s saw Burger King advertising to their younger customers with the cartoon mascot Kid Vid, w ...

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Historically, Burger King has been the second-largest burger chain in North America, behind McDonald's. However, Burger King's revenues and market share have declined in the early 2000s, and projections now have it falling to third-place behind Wendy's in US hamburger market share in the near future. Burger King has been closing underperforming stores and changing its marketing strategy in order to turn its fortunes around. Burger King has more than 11,220 outlets in 61 countries and territories worldwide. 75% of Burger ...

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Like other fast-food chains, Burger King has meals for children: the regular Kids Meal and the Big Kids Meal (introduced June 1999), which is aimed at "tweens" and teenagers and has more food. Both still offer the same food, just larger quantity. Burger King is also known for its longtime giveaway of free paper crowns to kids, Which have undergone many changes in design (Colour, Shape, etc.). In 1990, Burger King launched the Burger King Kids Club across the United S ...

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