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• Burger King Goes Too Far in Price War

  BNET - 2009-11-16

  Burger King BKC stores are losing money on the company's $1 double cheeseburger promotion, according to a lawsuit filed last week by the National Franchisee Association. The franchisees say the product costs them at least $1.10 per sandwich, and they're challenging Burger King's right to dictate maximum prices. ...

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• Burger King Apologizes for Hindu Goddess Ad

  BNET - 2009-07-09

  Burger King has apologized for a print ad depicting the Hindu goddess Lakshmi sitting on top of a meat sandwich under words that translated, "Snack is sacred." The ad only ran locally to promote a few stores in Spain, but the company has withdrawn the poster in response to letters...

  Tags: Advertisement, Burger King Corp., Ad Controversy, Katherine Glover

• Food Roundup: Attacks on Cheerios, PBG, Burger King and More

  BNET - 2009-05-13

  FDA targets Cheerios health claims -- General Mills could be in trouble for claiming its cereal can lower your cholesterol in six weeks. Though the claim has appeared on Cheerios boxes for more than two years, the Food and Drug Administration is only now cracking down, telling the company that...

  Tags: Food, PepsiCo, Burger King Corp., Attack, Cheerios, Federal Government, Corporate Governance, Food & Beverage, Government, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Manufacturing, Katherine Glover

• Food Roundup: Burger King Woes, Gatorade Hypocrisy, KFC's New KGC, and More

  BNET - 2009-04-15

  Visits to Burger King drop unexpectedly -- Shares for the burger chain took a tumble after the company admitted it faced an "unanticipated traffic slowdown" in March resulting in lower-than-expected revenues for the third quarter. Analysts expect rival McDonald's to do better, though both chains are benefiting from the economic...

  Tags: Food, Advertisement, McDonald's Corp., Burger King Corp., Gatorade, KFC, Powerade, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Katherine Glover

• SpongeBob and Square Butts: Yet Another Controversial Burger King Ad

  BNET - 2009-04-13

  Burger King has done it again. Angry parents and the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood are protesting a new ad featuring SpongeBob SquarePants and the Burger King icon dancing to a new version of one hit wonder Sir Mix-A-Lot's "Baby Got Back." The original begins "I like...

  Tags: Advertisement, Burger King Corp., Katherine Glover

• From Burger King to Ruby Tuesday, Restaurants Struggle to Find 'Just Right'

  BNET - 2009-02-24

  Casual dining chains used to hold a secure place between cheap fast-food restaurants and expensive gourmet options. They held the middle, the perfect mixture of price and quality that Goldilocks might have proclaimed "just right." But the economic downturn is changing things. Goldilocks has had her hours...

  Tags: Restaurant, Ruby, Burger King Corp., Goldilocks, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Katherine Glover

• Food Roundup: Cards Help Recalls, Burger King Body Spray Returns, and More

  BNET - 2009-02-05

  Stores notify customers via loyalty cards -- Some supermarket chains are using data from loyalty cards to contact customers who have purchased recalled products, such as peanut butter contaminated with salmonella. Costco, for example, has contacted more than 1.5 million customers. CSPI has urged other stores to follow suit. [Source:...

  Tags: Card, Food, FTC, Burger King Corp., CSPI, Food & Beverage, Litigation, Corporate Law, Manufacturing, Business Operations, Katherine Glover

• Food Roundup: Burger King Ends Whopper Sacrifice, Merisant Can Finance Stevia Product, and More

  BNET - 2009-01-15

  Burger King sacrifices Facebook application -- Citing "philosophical differences" with Facebook, Burger King has discontinued its Whopper Sacrifice campaign which BNET covered last week. Burger King was giving free Whoppers to those willing to de-friend 10 of their Facebook contacts using the Whopper Sacrifice application. More than 230,000 friends were...

  Tags: Food, Facebook, Finance, Burger King Corp., Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Katherine Glover

• Does Burger King's Facebook 'Whopper Sacrifice' Go Too Far?

  BNET - 2009-01-09

  Burger King's latest advertising stunt has gotten even more attention than its $3.99 burger-scented body spray. If you delete 10 of your Facebook friends using the "Whopper Sacrifice" application, you get a coupon for a free Whopper -- and your ex-friends get notifications letting them know what you've done and...

  Tags: Coupon, Facebook, Friend, Burger King Corp., Blogging, Food & Beverage, E-mail, Internet, Manufacturing, Online Communications, Katherine Glover

• Food Roundup: Burger King Ad Scandal, New Marketing Officer for Pepsi, Sara Lee Sells Pieces of Coffee Business, And More

  BNET - 2008-12-04

  Plus: * Kellogg to purchase trademarks and recipes from Mother's Cake & Cookie. * McDonald's targets Nicky D's restaurant by Katherine Glover

  Tags: Food, Marketing, Advertisement, PepsiCo, Sara Lee Corp., Burger King Corp., Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Katherine Glover