AmeriKing, one of Burger King's biggest American franchisees, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Well-dressed families converse and enjoy staples such as tomato soup, crab cakes, Caesar salad, chicken salad, "one great burger" and calves' liver with bacon.
"The franchisee has more skin in the game, " says William Ackman, a hedge-fund founder who is soon to be one of Burger King's newest investors through his fund's interest in Justice Holdings Ltd.
The FSAI tested 27 beef burgers and of that sample, 37% tested positive for traces of horse DNA, while 85% were found to contain traces of pig DNA. The amounts detected were very small, except for one beef burger from Tesco, that was found to contain 29% horsemeat.
One message on the Burger King account claimed that the company had been sold to McDonalds while the Jeep account tweeted about rival cars.
The Jerk Burger is two one-quarter-pound beef patties seasoned with just about anything available in the cupboard, topped with grilled onions, tomatoes, cheese and served on an onion bun.
Midbite into an ostrich burger at lunch one day, I watched the vanguard of an elephant herd emerge onto the lagoon shore, about 100 yards away, and each evening I trained my binoculars on the red lechwe gathered in the shallows, their russet coats burnished by the sun's slanting rays.
Aldi found that, in one of sample taken from each burger type, a 0.1% trace of either pig or horse DNA was found.
He has recently opened a diner next door called Cisco Burger, named for his one-toothed pit bull, whose portraits adorn the walls of the restaurant.
After one embarrassment on top of another, Burger King backed down last month and reached a ground-breaking agreement with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, representing mostly seasonal farmworkers from Mexico, Central America and Haiti.
He has recently opened a diner next door called Cisco (nasdaq: CSCO - news - people ) Burger, named for his one-toothed pit bull, whose portraits adorn the walls of the restaurant.
To be sure, I was hard-wired to love the NFL. My father, an early Burger King franchisee, knew one of the Miami Dolphins owners, and I was rarely photographed as a child without my No. 12 Bob Griese jersey.
This might leave the employer a bit short-staffed, but if someone has to wait four minutes longer for a burger and fries, no-one gets hurt.
Operators could now pinpoint lingering problems, like consistent burger sloppiness, and ignore a one-time ding such as a dirty bathroom, says Irwin S. Kruger, a franchisee with seven stores in New York.
One example of DNA testing is checking that a burger comes from Aberdeen Angus beef.
One such conservative told me my bacon and Parmesan burger is really a sausage patty because it's made with pork.
Each episode of Burger King X Center will run for one hour in length and will air immediately following the X Games telecast.
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In nine out of the 10 burger samples, the horse DNA was found at very low levels, the authority said, but in one sample from Tesco, Britain's largest retailer, the horsemeat accounted for about 29% of the burger.
In nine out of the 10 burger samples, the horse DNA was found at very low levels, the inspectors said, but in one sample from Tesco, Britain's largest retailer, the horse meat accounted for about 29% of the burger.
Botha and Burger attended the hearing in Pretoria on Sunday, one day after their side took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series following a thrilling 28-25 victory at Loftus Versfeld.
One young person was told to "go home and eat a burger", and another was told that they were just going through "a phase".
Jared, that chubby guy who got thin eating Subway sandwiches, was a one-time television spot that resonated with consumers and transformed the burger-battling Subway franchise into a much-desired lunch spot.
Top a succulent, Kobe beef burger with black truffles or foie gras at the famed Burger Bar, or savour delectable sushi at Asia, one of the city's most acclaimed contemporary hot spots.
It is not known who manufactured the North Lanarkshire burger, but a supplier that discovered horse DNA in one of its products elsewhere said no horsemeat has been found in meals it supplies to Scottish schools.
But Gatland says no-one should be fooled by the absence of global stars such as Victor Matfield, Schalk Burger and Bryan Habana from the visitors' line-up.
Steyn, on for the hapless Pienaar, converted and then reduced the deficit to one point with a penalty in the 67th minute, but Jones was on target after Burger again infringed soon after.
Roughly 92% of Burger King's units already are franchised, a figure that takes into account one large refranchising deal completed last month.
Matfield was one of several world-class players originally left behind to rest in South Africa, including back-row Schalk Burger and wing Bryan Habana.
The burger giant corrected a labeling error Wednesday, acknowledging that the trans fat content of its large fries was one-third higher--8 grams rather than 6 grams.
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