Burger King Bankruptcy. Hundreds of Stores Closing. Why?

[@univibe23]

My experience with BK is that the stores are usually hoooorible! Almost always understaffed and disorganized and frankly kind of ghetto. And yet the Whopper is undeniably a good burger, better than most fast food flagship burgers. It's a shame.

[@riproar11]

What makes the Whopper better than other burgers is 1: the flame-broiled taste, 2: freshness from all of that lettuce, onions and tomatoes, 3: Most important is the lack of that cheap orange cheese that even In-N-Out uses. It's that orange cheese that gives one that gross-out McNausea feeling.

[@not_nostradamus683]

I have the same experience. The Whopper and Rodeo burgers and the onion rings are waaaaaay better than the competitors. But the wait is horrendous. A couple of months ago, my wait at the drive-through was almost 30 minutes. That was the last time I went to a BK.

[@TheDealer6373]

@Not_Nostradamus I love the rodeo burger. Place by me got a new manager and the place is a lot better. Hopefully your local BK will change.

[@not_nostradamus683]

@@TheDealer6373 The Rodeo burgers are fantastic. The Rodeo burgers were on BK's secret menu until BK made the Rodeo burger part of the official menu. I always order a Rodeo burger when I go to BK.

[@davidvincent8929]

WE LOVED ALL THE BURGER KINGS IN DUBLIN. FAB FOOD AND VERY GOOD STAFF. NO COMPLAINTS AT ALL. SAME IN THE US 1993-2005. EVERY BK WE WENT TO IN NJ, IL, CA, and ELSEWHERE WERE VERY GOOD. LOVED THEM. OTOH, THE MCDONALDS WERE SEEDY, THEIR BUNS NO GOOD AND BURGERS FRIED. WE ALWAYS PROMOTED BK. EVEN IN CANADA, THE WENDYS WERE NICE. IN DUBLIN, THE KFC IS SUPERB. WHATS GOING ON IN THE US? PORCH PIRATING? LOOTING PACKAGES FROM TRAINS IN LA? HOMELESSNESS? NO RASBERRY BERET, ONLY SIGN OF THE WORTHLESS NY TIMES.

[@DGTelevsionNetwork]

Burger King invested millions of debt into renovating stores instead of focusing on franchisees, staff and food quality. I'm absolutely not surprised.

[@dabajabaza111]

Eh. None of those are what fast-food customers really care about. They care about value, and as the disparity in wealth grows, less companies are able to provide that value to their customers.

[@kcor4]

How is "renovating stores" not focusing on franchisees?

[@DGTelevsionNetwork]

@@kcor4 Because franchise owners weren't asking for a fresh coat of paint. They want solutions.

[@ryanmac8283]

@@kcor4 new stores same bad costumer service.

[@skaterlover1999]

Facts AND they continue taking the good burgers away such as the angry whopper!

[@scottmac-cheeserae4531]

I worked at Burger King. The owners showed up one evening and had a meeting with us employees to tell us how committed they were to the success of the restaurant. After that, nothing ever changed and I never saw them again. I guess their commitment didn't include any actual work or investment on their part.

[@Utubesanarc]

You ever heard of handing the keys over. They basically trusted you guys and hoped you'd make it everything it was worth. Remember when Krabs gave SpongeBob the key to the Krusty Krab??

[@scottmac-cheeserae4531]

@@Utubesanarc I think when guys own a business, they should be there. Not just for half an hour one evening, but consistently. If they choose to not be there, then there may be consequences for the business. By the way, you don't happen to be an absentee business owner?

[@Utubesanarc]

@@scottmac-cheeserae4531 no i retired when i was 27.

[@MisterMister5893]

@@scottmac-cheeserae4531 You make it sound like they have no other obligations. They're trying to find investors or opportunities to open more locations. Franchisees are in it to make money, not do back breaking labor and get spit on by hoodlums who come in at 12 am; or worse. They have hired help like you for that. And that lip service is just that, lip service. The smart play is to learn from them and be like them one day. Working hard for the man is a sucker's bet with a clear winner that isn't you.

[@scottmac-cheeserae4531]

@@MisterMister5893 Well buddy, who knows if that restaurant is still in business or not. Who knows if the owners went bankrupt while looking for other "opportunities"? The place had problems, and the problems weren't solved. Lots of restaurants go belly-up, don't they? I suppose you never worked hard for "The Man"? I suppose you started at the top with a big office, paid lip service and gave orders to others? Yeah sure you did. Who are you? Trump?

[@jimvandemoter6961]

I witnessed the growth and decline of a chain firsthand. My parents bought a bakery called Dawn Donut in Midland Michigan in 1960. They grew it to one of the most successful locations. They retired in 1975. In the next eight years the entire chain died.

[@FranchiseCityOnline]

Interesting story! I had not heard of Dawn Donuts. Apparently Dunkin' Donuts acquired most of the struggling locations and converted them. Thank you for the comment!

[@jimvandemoter6961]

@@FranchiseCityOnline You're right. I fact my parents store was changed to a Dunkin' Donut. The old Dawn Donut store in Michigan where I live now across the state is a sandwich shop, I can't remember the name offhand.

[@jamesbudd9987]

Burger King hires straight from the hood. Last time I went through one I asked about a missing item in my order and the manager went all ghetto on me talking in ebonics and I could not understand. She made such a seen I called their corporate office to complain and they didn't care what so ever. Horrible hiring practices equals horrible stores.

[@heyfitzpablum]

And they hire kids who don't know what they are doing and/or have an attitude. I've been handed bags at the window without all the items inside and no receipt so you can't challenge them for missing product. Intentional or just a lack-of-focus oversight? Who knows? But it's reduced by patronage at BK a lot.

[@idrathernot_2]

This. Every BK I've seen for decades has been a hoodrat caricature of a fast food joint.

[@jcjcviews]

Was it one of the black persons again hired? When will those people ever get over slavery, Jim Crow, the War on Drugs, and being gunned down in the streets by law enforcement for no reason? Burger King, stop going ghetto. Go to the suburbs; that's all you need to do. You can get those folks to work for cheaper than the ghetto people, no matter the color. Thank you.

[@brodriguez11000]

@@idrathernot_2 Sounds like the makings of a Simpson's episode.

[@arthurbrumagem3844]

McDonald’s primarily hires non English speaking Mexicans so pick your poison. Imo there are way too many fast food joints resulting in an employee waste land so they hire from wherever

[@RoofinDanRHODEISLAND]

15 bucks for a value meal is crazy

[@paulbryan6716]

No "value" there at all.

[@the_gilded_age_phoenix8717]

I paid the equivalent of $35 USD for two BK bacon double cheeseburgers.

[@chuckinhouston9952]

$15 per hour for labor is crazy

[@teller1290]

@@chuckinhouston9952 welcome to "equity." Minimum wage bullshit. Nobody wanted to listen. Now, businesses can't afford it and the food sucks. Wow, who'd have guessed it...I did. Trouble is, people like me don't get elected.

[@MisterMister5893]

@@paulbryan6716 And you probably visited a fast food place in the last week. Oh, the irony.

[@richardmeredith6534]

When the cost of a Big Mac went over $7 here in Canada that was my last visit to a fast food chain.

[@ELCEV]

You will live a healthy life, I hope they go to $20.

[@brianmouland209]

Going to help the single mother who loses her job because of the increases

[@frankpinmtl]

Ditto. I wait for the coupons in the mail

[@FreeAmerican-mm2my]

Everyone loves that Burger King Big Mac. ehhh

[@01trsmar]

@@ELCEV ..We either go to a local old style burger joint here and they taste real good also make our own hamburgers...The beef from the local butcher..Luckily my wife loves to cook and doesn't have to work outside the home,otherwise busy people working 8-12 hours a day its tough to cook every night... Have to eat meat to be healthy,the type of meat you eat is the key!

[@lout3921]

The last couple Burger Kings I've been to look run down and dirty, inside and out. I thought it was just me noticing these things, but I guess seems to be common.

[@roachtoasties]

No, it's not just you. I notice they're run down and dirty too. It's no surprise sales are going down and locations are closing. Customers notice that.

[@krane15]

Everything I need to know about any restaurant is from going to the bathroom. The single best gauge there is.

[@roachtoasties]

@@krane15 If there's a huge mess that you can slip on in the bathroom, don't order.

[@MisterTwister222]

Anytime i hear about fast food stores closing, it warms my heart. A scourge on this nation.

[@timetowakeup6302]

You’re kidding yourself if you think the quality at other restaurants is much better. Eat at home, all restaurants use shitty ingredients that harm your health.

[@Warp2090]

@@timetowakeup6302 Eating at home wont save you from the trash ingredients you know, unless you grow your own stuff

[@turntprophet7960]

There was a TOMS owned BK in my area and it’s not surprising it got shut down. Employees working there were awful.

[@one7decimal2eight]

It's because their food sucks. I used to prefer it over Mcdonalds as a kid in the 80s and 90s. Then they changed their fries and something changed with their burgers for the worse. Plus their creepy King mascot didn't help.

[@railroadskater2896]

I totally agree about the creepy King mascot. I also dont think them reverting to their hideous OLD logo helped either. Burger King resorts to trash talking saying "Why eat with a CLOWN (a highly respected one at that) when you can dine with a KING?" McDonalds, of course, sees no need to stoop to their level since they know who's truly better.

[@wisdomlounge4452]

Yeah, I can't believe what's become of Burger King. I also have fond memories of that place, especially craving the Whopper. It made my mouth water just thinking about it! Back in the day, me and my brothers looked forward to mom & dad taking us to Burger King. I loved Burger King - Not anymore! I'm scratching my head wondering what the heck they did to get rid of most of the flavor from Whopper & their classic original chicken sandwich! The Whopper is nearly flavorless and the original chicken sandwich is now way too salty. Regarding the Whopper, if you have to add salt & pepper to the patty to try to "fix it" (which only provides marginal improvement) then that is obviously NOT a good burger! Bottomline, I agree with you about how bad Burger King is now. - Rant over!

[@mrsleep0000]

Not as bad as the groomer clown at McD's. John Wayne Gacy vibes there...

[@earlgrey691]

Dreadful vegetable oil saturated garbage vendors.

[@martijnt1353]

Recently ate a whopper when on a trip in the US and honestly am not surprised they doing so bad, the burger was way worse then at home in the EU.. for real the cheese wasnt even molten 🤔

[@Farune1983]

I work at a Burger King in Northern New York, and we are owned by the Carrols Corporation, I would be curious to know if that franchise group is also having the same difficulty of the other franchises, also on a side note we generally try to maintain a clean and friendly atmosphere, but it is rather difficult sometimes when the customers we are dealing with are being exceptionally rude and crass

[@delroywashington8404]

Carols has been bankrupt for a number of years. Look at their stock ticker Tast if fluctuates between 1.30-2.00 the last couple years

[@the_gilded_age_phoenix8717]

Ok, you should be arrested for the illegal use of commas to write a super long sentence.

[@naughtyhieroglyph669]

@@the_gilded_age_phoenix8717 Sir, this is a youtube comments section.

[@thomasbruner854]

Is that the Carrols that had the famous "club burgers" in the 70s at their signature burger franchises? Oh, those were soooo good!

[@AlfieDoug]

@@the_gilded_age_phoenix8717 But his content was interesting, unlike yours.

[@paulypooper2]

The Burger King’s where I live simply can’t get enough quality people to work for them, they are woefully understaffed and the few employees that actually show up for work try hard however come up a little short . McDonald’s on the other hand hires top tier teenagers and pays them fifteen dollars a hour to start and pays their managers well with competitive benefits .

[@dabajabaza111]

McDonald's also has better food deals. Lo and behold, the business with the best deals survives.

[@MrH786]

Yeah, Burger King has become lazy. Their staff has become terrible. McDonald's has their act together and is efficient. Taco Bell and Subway are also struggling post-pandemic.

[@backcountyrpilot]

McDonalds staff also seems terrible these days- like little thugs. Chick Filet seems to hire the top tier teens.

[@josem3]

@@backcountyrpilotYou are right there. Look Chick-fil-a restaurants are much better shape with better presentable workers. Bad management in the Burger King rest.

[@virginiaconnor8350]

@@MrH786 BK not only refused to hire a friend of mine, saying they didn't hire "retards". My friend had a college degree at the time. He also had mild Asperger's Syndrome. The only workers at the time were all African-American and were nasty towards us both. I wasn't applying then, but heard the exchange at the counter. They even asked him "if he had a problem working with peoples of colour". No, he didn't and decided he could care less with their attitudes. I didn't like the loud rap and hip hop music playing at the same time CNN was on the TV and the bathroom was filthy. We left and he found a better job at McDonald's a week later, with a kind African-American mgr. and no loud music playing or TV blaring. I don't go back to that BK. Maybe another, but it only takes 3 outs to make me quit going. Denny's and Subway are already there too. I prefer Chick-fil-A and wish we had a Bob Evans here in Ga.

[@poolboyinla]

McDonald's in Los Angeles is absolutely disgusting.

[@mohammedal-ahmadi8045]

We have a company here in IL owned around 11 locations . All closed couple months ago for a bankruptcy reason.

[@FranchiseCityOnline]

Wow - more double digit players closing shop. Sad to hear. Thanks for the info.

[@joyceleadbetter2600]

Being retired, haven't eaten at a fast food restaurant in 8 years. Cook burgers on my patio barbecue, best burgers in the world.

[@namvet1968]

Can I get a take out?

[@djdigital3806]

Me too. Home burgers 🍔 on the grill!🤗

[@PhantomWoIf]

hang a sign on a pole at the street: "Drive by Hamburgers $2" . there is already people asking for a _take out_ .

[@joyceleadbetter2600]

@@PhantomWoIf $2 wouldn't cover the cost of the meat.

[@PhantomWoIf]

@@joyceleadbetter2600 thats why you then raise the price when they like your hamburgers. first get them hooked 😉

[@mopes2713]

The last time I went to Burger King, it was pretty expensive. I couldn’t believe how expensive it was, it deterred me from ever going back.

[@1linkbelt]

You got that right, too expensive and cold burgers. I am done with them!

[@maximusprimus827]

Yup, a Whopper combo meal is $12 now

[@JimHabash]

How many times I've been burnt by cold crappy burgers at BK. Once a year, every year I've given them a chance, only to be disappointed. In the 80s, they had fresh broiled tasty burgers. They have been a joke for 25 years at least.

[@jwad297]

Very big of you to give them a chance. I used to do that with Mac's. Now I just go to Wendy's.

[@ShadeIsLikely]

All of these franchise food companies are teetering on the edge due to food costs and labor costs (in some areas). Their products are no longer inexpensive, are not particularly good, are definitely not good for you, the restaurants are frequently dirty, and customer service is absolutely terrible. I put the blame on the franchise owners who won’t pay enough to keep competent managers who will run the stores correctly. The convenience just isn’t worth the price or hassle for me. The only one that I will occasionally go to anymore is Chik-fil-A.

[@jamesrecknor6752]

Chick Fil A all the way

[@veritasfiles]

The other issue is that BK was increasingly seen as going meatless, which no one really wants. Everyone was afraid that they'd find out that they were eating Cricket Burgers eventually.

[@darthwiizius]

By the sound of it they were already selling burgers with a roach content anyway.

[@juliancrooks3031]

Crickets are in their top of the line burger, roaches in the rest 🤣🤣🤣

[@FaithfulFumoFan23]

Yup they're going full bore with the marketing to dumb millennials. All from the WEF playbook.

[@oldworldorder9424]

@@FaithfulFumoFan23 You mean the West Economic Forum

[@Imorajna]

On the contrary! I started going to Burger King BECAUSE of the Impossible. Now that they stopped serving Surge I don't go back. Plenty of people want meatless options

[@jerryfiore5818]

I used to *LOVE* BK! However, the one me and my friend were going to consistently started having personnel issues - gals with attitude who didn't think my friend understood what they were saying in Spanish (the drive thru window was closed, but he heard her say, "Spit on those burgers & fries!"). I won't put in print how we "resolved the issue" but we did. Never again, BK!

[@zacharyrollick6169]

Was the.... "resolution" at least violent?

[@sharkwhisperer7326]

Wow, why am I not surprised to see this in this day-and-age? What's the world coming to!

[@teller1290]

@@sharkwhisperer7326 it's already here.

[@krane15]

That's far from unique to BK and you know it.

[@mharris5047]

In the largest city in my county (where most of the fast food joints are) Spanish is actually taught in the local high school. In Michigan one year of a foreign language is required to graduate. Guess what, you are going to run into many people that speak Spanish in that area so don't tell your friend to do something in Spanish assuming no one else speaks the language. Also, if you go to a Michigan prison most of the guards learn the profanities and crude remarks in Spanish quite quickly (I knew a few of the guards in a local state prison) and they do punish inmates who make such remarks within earshot.

[@bedrockhomecentral]

When I was a kid, every friday mom and pop would take us to Burger King, The food was good then and you had a choice between the whooper or the whaler.. Those were the good old days.

[@PipeMan1792]

The Whaler was the best fish sandwich ever.

[@bedrockhomecentral]

@@PipeMan1792 Amen.. Indeed it was.

[@Book-Gnome]

Man this is depressing. I go to my local BK 2-3 times a week and never had a problem, maybe I'm just lucky with the location being small town. Anyway, if they close I don't know what I would do I CANNOT STAND the swill that Mcdonalds passes of as food.

[@TheWolfsnack]

..perhaps you have a taste bud problem....

[@masonmaldonado346]

I didn’t even think Burger King was food

[@edwardbirdsall6580]

Nothing on their menu is difficult to cook better at home.

[@sammyhooligan803]

Make your own food. Create your burger and call it " BFlag - the King" , . 🍔 🤔

[@wrestlingandamusementparkl7789]

I like mc Donald’s food

[@freack201]

BK has become way too expensive. They used to be 2 for 3 whoppers! Now you pay over $12 for one small meal and the quality went down.

[@stavmgoo1575]

the burger king near me bought an electronic sign that apparently displays the menu, it changes image before you can read 1/4 of the menu. parking lot still full of potholes, eves trough still falling off the store. my last burger was cold, I haven't been back.

[@whatsthebigfndeal]

They decided to get political and alienated a lot of people. And, of course, the poor quality of their food is only eclipsed by their poor service. It seems like every BK in my state is thug central with employees openly and loudly complaining about everything, including the customers, right in front of everyone. They're slow, they're expensive and the food sucks. I can't understand how they're still functioning, at all.

[@toddjones1480]

Chick-fil-A is political and they have lines around the block.

[@TinMan0555]

@@toddjones1480 This is a sterling observation. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@todd3285]

That may be true but they appeal to their base customers values . DUH !! GET WOKE GO BROKE !!

[@luigivincenz3843]

@@toddjones1480 doesnt matter. They still wont get my money even though they are less than 5 minutes away from me. Another 3 blocks and In N Out has triple the business CFA has.

[@luigivincenz3843]

@@todd3285 Yup. Full Tilt ice cream closed in Seattle today due to CRIME. and ironically, they are the biggest mouthpiece for the de-fund the police movement. Karma.

[@makdaddy8399]

I'm in a good part of Mesa AZ and the last time I went into BK the food was cold and the bathroom was filthy. The brand new McD a block from my house served me a stone cold Big Mac and fries. The prices are out of control and the quality of food is at the point I won't even bother with them anymore unless I absolutely have to while traveling.

[@geraldscott4302]

I'm in Chandler, AZ. I don't know of any good parts of either Chandler or Mesa. The Phoenix valley is going down fast. It's not just Burger King and McDonalds. Dennys, IHOP, Village Inn, Golden Corral, all just kind of fell apart during the past several years. Even Walmarts have gone downhill big time. I do have to say that In-N-Out, Whataburger, and Taco Bell are decent, but super expensive.

[@d.p.6940]

I am a business broker in Maryland. I find your videos to be very well organized and noteworthy. Outstanding presentation and informative. Keep up the great work!

[@FranchiseCityOnline]

Thank you!

[@qanondon2100]

@@FranchiseCityOnlinethey’re so mismanaged, they should spend that 400 million on social media and promotion

[@el-sadiko_3893]

Yeah cool bye

[@the_gilded_age_phoenix8717]

I'm a b'nessman. Melt in your mouth, not in your hand.

[@s99614]

What do you think of Burger King's in Maryland? My general impression is that they aren't as good as they used to be.

[@mikeg3439]

Best business model I've ever seen on this is In-N-Out. They pay above average, they train above average, they are VERY cautious about where they put a store.

[@loft4me]

It's too bad. Rising costs lead to rising prices, cutting into profit margins while presenting less opportunities for healthy competition. Burger King until recently, had their discount flyer having the two Jr. Whopper/fries at 3.99. Then it rose incrementally until it's current "discount" of 6.99. This price increase is difficult to swallow. They are doing what they need to do to survive, but it's fairly shocking to the consumer.

[@johndamenillusionist4342]

Quality control is one of the things that just slowly disappears from most major franchises. It's like at some point, they just give up on it....then it's a slide down from there.

[@laserflexr6321]

Souring attitude starts with one bad apple.

[@protorhinocerator142]

My wife and I called it "Recipe B". It's when your favorite items disappear from the menu and they give you a "new streamlined menu". It's really a move to low effort cooking and the food is noticeably worse. Management is trying to increase profits by cutting corners. Such a place usually goes out of business completely within 6 months. People figure it out and stop coming. There's no way to fix this either, because even if you get right again, the people who stopped coming wouldn't see the improvements because they stopped coming.

[@melissageiger71]

Poor management at individual locations. A great manager can change everything if it's not already too late.

[@ronss1]

not unless u change food quality......no one wants to eat tasteless food

[@Aaron_R]

The problem with changing management is once customers have a bad experience; the customers usually never come back.

[@TheFishdoctor1952]

Location, location, location.

[@Aaron_R]

@@TheFishdoctor1952 nah- location plus management... A good location with bad management can fail. A below average location with good owner-management makes 50-100k a year. Restaurants can get shut down by inspectors also.

[@brodriguez11000]

Oh like Radio Shack.

[@johngalt97]

The mystery of why both BK’s in my town closed a year ago has been solved. Didn’t help that the owner died, but it seems they were also too difficult to unload.

[@easternwoods4378]

I thought 3G out of Brazil bought BK along with a bunch of other properties. Looks like they ran it into the ground.

[@krane15]

Whatever that means.

[@scottalford7159]

This company has horrible work policies and are pushing their impossible burger? What is next “eatza bugs” get woke and go broke … to hell with Burger King !

[@krane15]

@@scottalford7159 Its a franchise, so cleanliness varies from location to location. There are good ones and very bad one. McDonald's are generally much cleaner, but the worst fast food I've ever seen was in a McDonald's ants crawling around on the counter. Short story: When I pointed out the ant trail to the manager, he just smashed them, then said, "may I help you?" Naturally I walked out. I later made a complaint to the heath department, and it was closed within the week. When it reopened several months later after a renovation, its was spotless. And no, I never saw that manager again.

[@shecklesmack9563]

It always surprises me how Burger King has managed to stay in business but then I remember that Arby’s still exists and somehow that’s even more surprising.

[@aguythatworkstoomuch4624]

At my local BK it’s always dirty and last time I went, there was poo on the floor of the bathroom. But the original chicken sandwich with cheese, and their fries are the best on earth.

[@adamgoldsteintv]

I’ve been wondering what the hell has been happening to Burger King in the last 10 years. Thank you so much for making this video!

[@FranchiseCityOnline]

Thanks for watching!

[@markheld995]

Your right about the filthy bathrooms also some of the stores really stink when you walk in.Taco Bell is close behind in how clean the stores and the bathrooms are.

[@MargateFL33063]

Only 1 of their major franchises is going under, not the Burger King corporate. Not a big deal. Burger King Corporate needs to own their stores outright like Starbucks. This way they can hire better employees, maintain their stores properly, control costs and serve hot/quality food again.

[@ronss1]

believe corporate has the say on food quality...and it sucks

[@sekovittol3124]

@@ronss1 I like it.

[@cmt4724]

This video is clickbait BS. As you said, it is one franchisee. BK has already indicated most of the stores will be sold to other owners. This dude is a troll. And you all lap it up.

[@justinpennington7682]

@@cmt4724 damn . I was a sheep until you showed me the way .

[@whyyeseyec]

@@justinpennington7682 LMAO!!

[@rongendron8705]

I live on 'tax crazy' Long Island, NY, where numerous fast food chain restaurants have closed! In my neighborhood, both Burger King's are gone & even our McDonalds shut down on 12/31/22! I live in an affluent, low crime neighborhood, with numerous potential customers, but the very high real estate taxes & the rise in 'fast food prices' have led to the closing of once prosperous chains!

[@FranchiseCityOnline]

Did not know that! Thx for the comment.

[@TheFishdoctor1952]

It's rush hour and two employees are doing some kind of tribal dance. I leave half the time even with the discount coupons.

[@willdavids7075]

I like BK and used to enjoy it once a month, but since the shutdown a few years ago the ones around here haven’t been able to keep staff. They close at random times. Sometimes they’re closed during the evening rush hour. I haven’t been in a while because I never know when they’re open.

[@mrAhollandjr]

Burger King was the best back in the 1970s and 1980s. The problems; 1. They didn't stay true to themselves. They tried too much to be like McDonald's No need for a mascot, no need to mess with the fries Just promote the thing that sets you apart from everyone. The Whopper

[@worldhello1234]

The Whopper is good but the Extra Long Chilliecheese is bedda and don't get me started about these excelent plantbased lineup.

[@davidrynberk1533]

I agree, stick with what makes you stand out, the Whopper.The people will go to other places ,but that doesn't mean they won't come back to Burger King.If I may add staff needs to be at those older day standards, my Whoppers are not always consistent.

[@basillah7650]

The whopper is use to be bigger than what mcdonalds had to offer now its the same thing as mcdonalds but at a higher price

[@norwegianblue2017]

In the 90s they were selling Whoppers for 99 cents sometimes.

[@trashyraccoon2615]

Yep, they ruined it when they switched to the fake fries

[@OmegaZyion]

I had a friend who used to tell horror stories about the local BK they worked at. Apparently, at one time, drug dealers were using the soda dispensers as drop off points for cocaine. Which inevitably put the "coke" back into Coca-cola when one of the bags ripped open.

[@vinnyguido6841]

Burger King needs to change it's culture. They are at the bottom of customer service. They have great food but the worst customer service. They need a Chick-Fil-A course in customer service, better wages and well staffed locations.

[@noeldu4581]

The majority of renovations and build outs of Burger King is totally paid by the franchise, corporate office doesn’t drop a dime and all the equipment is provided by Burger King’s authorized suppliers and paid by the franchisees. I have build several new Burger Kings on the west coast over the past decade and I am well aware of their franchise system.

[@American-Motors-Corporation]

Yes they do if they're franchise stores, however if they're corporate stores tgen the company does indeed pay for that!

[@noeldu4581]

@@American-Motors-Corporation agree 👍

[@basillah7650]

@@American-Motors-Corporation Corporate stores are normally just sold to franchises so all costs are paid for them in the end.

[@yearight1205]

Growing up in the 90's and early 2000's Burger King was the best fast food chain there was. Then they decided to change everything and their food went from being the best to the worst. I can't even eat there anymore. I don't know who took over that place and changed it, but they were an idiot.

[@basillah7650]

they copy mcdonalds but kept their higher food prices you paying more for mcdonalds food

[@drinkthekoolaidkids]

The down fall started with the fries .....

[@yearight1205]

@@drinkthekoolaidkids Do you remember when they had those chicken nuggets that were almost like tenders, and that original bbq sauce that went with them? Unbelievably good. Or the original chicken sandwich, when the chicken was actually moist (women hate that word lol) and they'd cut it in half for you. Really sucks that they thought this was the superior model. Business people have no concept of the right way of doing things.

[@ITSLD69]

Its the employees neglect and rude customer service that did it for me. Even though most fast food workers are not the happiest, burger king seems to step up their game with rudest employees from all fast food restaurants combined.

[@mariooliveira9074]

It's hard to find cheap labor??🤔

[@msway836]

its not just BK its allllll Fast Food Franchises

[@gregpettis1113]

Diversity

[@teller1290]

@@gregpettis1113 bingo. The 12%. Sadly, I'm old enough to remember a happier America where things worked. The only fast food I go to in south Mississippi is a local chicken finger place (just went semi- national) and local What-a-Burger (though they just eliminated all three of my fav things from the menu - incredible). Taco Bell serves grey slop with different Spanish names. McD went downhill several years ago, Popeyes now seems to have taken a real step down...serving anemic chicken and strips that seem pre-formed. (Sad, my town was one of the earliest locales for the New Orheans- based forerunner to Popeyes...Cajun's...and it's been a 40+-yr mainstay ever since, but it's off my go-to list. And now you can add the city of New Orleans to my no-go list. One of the great cities of America...utterly and irretrievably ruined with corruption, crime, white flight, very sad.)

[@gregpettis1113]

@teller1290 did everything go south with new Orleans after Katrina? I remember the mayor proudly stating that new Orleans was a chocolate city. Did white people move out because the crime got outta hand. I remember new Orleans as a party town where everyone got along

[@rickpontificates3406]

I've NEVER ordered a burger from BK that didn't arrive cold or lukewarm

[@juniorthompson9717]

I remember when BK was great. Your hamburger was made when you ordered. Now they set in a bucket under a heat lamp, yuck.

[@XeonProductions]

I've gotten food poisoning from Burger King more than any other franchise. I've been served raw meat patties and food that was so old it was like eating shoe leather. Burger King really needs to inspect its franchisees and enact some standards if it expects to stick around, because they're floundering.

[@roystonmason9125]

me too , have only been back once

[@mikemount4411]

Me also!

[@janibeg3247]

soggy buns with meat cooked the previous day

[@nickcoppard5335]

The attention to my allergies has nearly killed me , I'm surprised that they not been sued to death

[@mikelipke9404]

my food poisoning usually comes from Taco Bell

[@Gadgetlava]

The death nail came in when they started microwaving burgers. Just pure stupidity

[@danc2014]

The increase in other items like wages ingredients etc forced them to reduce cost / disposals. I recall seeing a burger with a time stamp and in the trash it went. Now I see Soda and fries prices up to cover the burger cost. Small fries $3 Small drink $3 to cover the corporation Whopper price of $9

[@sd906238]

I was talking to a truck driver many years ago. He told me that most of those big chain truck stops funded by drug money. I thought Ok sure whatever. We had a local Burger King that was owned by our mayor. Place was always full of flies. While using the drive through I paid with a $20 bill for $8 of food and got $2 and change back. I'm like she just short changed me by $10.00. A few minutes later she opens the window and say "What do you want?" I tell her she shorted me on my change. She slams the window shut. A few minutes later she opens the window and says "What do you want?" I tell her she shorted on the change that she gave me. She then slams the window shut and leaves. It took the third time she came back to get her to give me my $10 change back. I think she pocketed the $10 bill and hoped I wouldn't notice. A few months later our mayor got caught in a undercover drug sting selling cocaine. He was heard bragging on camera saying the voter were stupid and would continue voting for him. That was when I realized that the mayor was using the Burger King to launder his drug money. Another trucker who owned his own truck told me he was having some work done on his truck at one of those big chain truck stops. He pays for the work and the service manager says "Hey, do you want a receipt for some truck tires on that receipt?" Mind you that truck tires cost an arm and a leg. He says hell yes. Service manager gives him a receipt for something like $10,000-$12,000. The truck writes off $12,000 as a business expense on his taxes. The truck stop chain says that they sold $12,000 of truck tires while putting $12,000 of drug money in the cash register which they report on their tax form as coming from a sale on truck tires. I've heard that franchise fast food places may make a net profit of $100-200 a day. I think the only reason people will open a fast food franchise is to launder drug money.

[@rm19660]

I live in Lancaster PA. The Burger King here has hours listed on their door and half the time they aren't open because employees fail to show up for work. Really hoping that they close it down and put a restaurant that is open during its business hours!!!!!!

[@HuatulcoGuy]

I moved to a small town with no fast food chains. I have lost 50 lbs. in ten months. Best decision I ever made!

[@tadroid3858]

That's crazy at a time when drive-thru business blew up. A friend of mine has a chicken place. He closed the inside seating and made more money with just the drive-thru.

[@adamsnelson4689]

Because society has gotten lazy af & people don't wanna get there lazy azzes out their vehicles to get em something to eat so they prefer drive thrus

[@southernflatland]

Interesting. Does he accept people walking through the drive thru? Most restaurants don't. That's pretty sh!tty that you're required to have a vehicle to get food.

[@JBM425]

Due to local COVID restrictions, my favorite bagel shop (a franchise) was forced to close seating and only offered take-out orders. When COVID restrictions were finally lifted, they store did not bother to reopen seating. They probably figured that given hiring shortages, they didn’t want to spend a lot of time on upkeep and cleaning in the seating area.

[@abef.9085]

NOTHING Beat"s the Old A+W."s

[@clifforddriver9434]

They have been trending in that direction for the last twenty-five years, that's way to long to be in that kind of decline, McDonald's will be following suit shortly, every business has a lifecycle especially those who don't mind complacency.

[@ronss1]

chick fa la is booming...in n out burger is booming...they have great food...quality workers.......that is why they are sucessfull

[@grandwonder5858]

Why are they’re closing? Have you bought their food lately? The meats are getting thinner and thinner and their fries are getting less and less all the while their prices are getting higher and higher! Even their buns are getting smaller! They can shut down all of their stores and nobody would care! Good bye and good riddance! Take McDonald’s and Wendy's with ya as well!

[@jhoughjr1]

@@ronss1 Culvers is pretty solid too.

[@bufordghoons9981]

Some time ago, I went through the drive-thru and when I got home, took a bite from the burger but had to spit it out. The ketchup & mayo were rancid. I threw the burger into the garden to let worms and ants eat it. I watched to see if the bugs would come. In about a minute some flies came, crawled over the bun, but would not touch the meat or mayo. I could not believe even the flies would not eat this burger! That told me it must be toxic. I think I avoided a bad case of food poisoning that day. That was one customer Barf King lost forever that day.

[@glowormrdr6183]

It was onions. Insects stay away from onions and garlic.

[@bufordghoons9981]

@@glowormrdr6183 I did not know that. I do remember there were onions but they were covered in mayo. It was a Whopper burger. Maybe I should try spraying garlic or onion water over my broccoli and lettuce to deter insect pests.

[@namvet1968]

Yikes

[@D-Fens_1632]

There are actually home remedy insect sprays made with garlic, though I hear cayenne pepper works better.

[@Carolesoriginalpieces]

The service is lousy. Their prices have gone way to high. Inside is alway dirty. Their employees look and act like gangsters.

[@kdub2229]

NOT surprised , only surprised it took this long . BK's food has been HORRIBLE for years . They did it to themselves trying to serve dogfood and tell us it's Filet Mignon . This is only the first in a line of dominos to fall .

[@coustoe]

Burgers were okay, but stopped going when almost every Burger King just gave me food poisoning. Seems to be a recent thing. They really have sanitation/quality issues they need to address.

[@Adeon55]

There's a pretty crazy amount of people saying they got food poisoning from Burger King in these comments lol

[@roystonmason9125]

@@Adeon55 its the taste it makes you sick

[@TheCookingDojo]

Burger King to me just isn't as powerful as it once was. The food quality feels like it's gone down while prices are going up. I also feel that while places like Wendy's and Taco Bell know how to appeal to millennial with their marketing. Burger King is just out of touch with that. Also. I'm in Virginia and I've noticed tons of stores closing in the state. This in regards to your story from the beggining about the guy closing Stores in Virginia and Ohio

[@dabajabaza111]

It's next to impossible for burger king to appeal to anyone with their color scheme. It's beyond atrocious, and everything they do revolves around it.

[@earlgrey691]

When you've 'Byroned' there's no going back.Wimpey was a beloved sight in the UK decades ago,way better experience before this chain invaded our shores.

[@conditionallyunconditional5691]

Closed 3 in my area of Shenandoah co.

[@unncommonsense]

@@conditionallyunconditional5691 I saw the one in Shenandoah (Page co.) was shut down, also. It was Toms King.

[@donreinke5863]

Wendys quality dropped badly in the late 90s and early 2000s, their chicken sandwiches often had a big chunk of gristle in them. I stopped eating there for 15 years until i found their quality had increased significantly, no more mystery meat chicken. I had heard they were in trouble because of the quality issues, but someone there managed to turn it around.

[@saltzmann1]

McDonald's was much better in the 60s and 70s when it had less on its menu, the key to super fast service. I try to avoid McDonald's these days due to the slow service and very rarely getting what I ordered. I also think the pricing is a bit high for what you get. People don't need a restaurant, they like fast reasonably priced food for the on-the-go.

[@comradeyuri8492]

So very true !

[@roystonmason9125]

they do need real restaurants not this dried up fried crap and bloody srayed on bbq taste

[@joemiller9931]

Getting what you ordered? Wow, are you demanding!!!

[@jwad297]

I don't know when Mac's started their frisbee assembly. The guy at the front throws the stuff to the guy holding the box at the back. Every burger is a shambles. Stopped going.

[@billtheboatman]

Was in a Burger King last week. I couldn't help but notice how dirty the stainless steel queue was. (Where the assemblers put the sandwiches so the front can access them.) Not just one shift dirty but years dirty.

[@basillah7650]

It's a franchise business they not getting the debt from these to stores that closing in fact the owners normally sells them which means they keep getting franchise fees.

[@MrWaynesea]

It's evident more than ever that one of the major keys to business success is the hiring and retention of qualified and enthusiastic staff. Sadly, today's parenting skills as well as public school indoctrination has made this one of the most challenging aspects of business.

[@Trump20-24years]

With all due respect, you sound like "old man yells at sky." Public school indoctrination, what does this even mean, how are they indoctrinating kids, I would LOVE to hear your take 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@johngoldsworthy7135]

@@Trump20-24years how’s the cope?

[@Trump20-24years]

@@johngoldsworthy7135 how’s the smooth brain you operate with?

[@gregpettis1113]

Diversity

[@gregpettis1113]

@@Trump20-24years teaching left wing ideology.

[@piccolo1906]

Burger King in my neighborhood used to be close to a high school they had no staffing problems, they decided to move further down the street right next to McDonald's. Had to be the dumbest decision ever that burger king is now closed and boarded up. I guarantee if it stayed by the high school it would still be open

[@CinimodNorton]

The massive bump in minimum wage didn't help. High school kids are having issues getting minimum wage jobs now. Noone wants to pay an untrained and under experienced kid that much.

[@polok890]

Burger king doubled the price for the whopper, that's why I stopped going. And their menu wasn't very exciting...man i really want a whopper

[@mikejohn0088]

Whoppers are full of Estrogen....beware.

[@sekovittol3124]

Well go get one! Haven't you heard of Whopper Wednesday?! $2.50CDN discount. Besides everyone else has doubled their burger prices too, where have you been? You can't get a value meal anywhere for less than $14.00 without a coupon, and I get great value BK coupons in my mailbox all the time, most of you have probably seen them?

[@bogey19018]

The one near me is HORRIBLE! Its all management and employees fault.

[@glennbartlett416]

Here in the UK there was a massive loss of customers at all their stores due to going card only, and the rackets you see at the store are just unreal, and on top of that the food tasted rubbish

[@gc3k]

Fast food chains in the UK is absolutely vile. Not all UK food, but the chains you'd find in the US, avoid

[@Paul-ou1rx]

They all need to put on their sign "Our Ice Cream Machine Works" (or the next one is free.) Put 2 per store so they always have one that operates.

[@Magneticlaw]

My first job was at BK as the night shift porter - a year of hard, gross, demanding work,, witnessing the variety of customers (some with absolutely horrible manners) and ending with us getting held up at gunpoint at 2:00 in the morning. As of now, I still can't eat their food, some 30 years later.......🍔

[@vinnyguido6841]

The worst Burger Kings I seem to have bad experiences in the Hillbilly locations. They are toothless and have very poor work ethic. I don't understand this because there is like no other place to work. They should come in and be happy they have an opportunity to work.

[@angelsfanz6543]

LOL, I see your point but not everybody is toothless. Those country folks like to argue with you after they screwed up your order. Then they usually have that loud country blasting too gazooks!

[@ConestogaCreek]

Remember with Burger King thought the impossible burger was going to save them? That was one of the signs that things were not going well.

[@barrybrooks1445]

BK has always been my go to, but on my last visit, I drove away without buying due to price increase... I tried Hardee's a bit later and drove away without ordering as well. These prices are a result of the Biden Administration and their insane handling of covid, along with the sellout of Americans

[@AlternateKek]

BK used to be my favorite place, but past 7 years or so I noticed they dropped in quality big time. They never get orders right, they got a lot of excuses, but the big thing is BK just hires bad employees who suck at making food.

[@deliveryguyrx]

I went to order at a BK I used to frequent several years ago.I ordered an Original Chicken sandwich,large onion rings and a large Coke (my go-to favorite).The homey working there said they had NO onion rings,served me a cold-ass chicken sandwich that had 2:30 written on the wrapper in black felt-tip pen,and only 3/4 of a large cup of an unknown flavor of drink.BTW this was at 3:15. smdh

[@infinitejest441]

the minimum wage is $15.00 where I live. They have had to raise prices on their food. It’s still fast but no longer cheap.

[@Sausage_God]

Just before hurricane Ian, the governor issued a shelter in place order. That means its here. You're out of time. About an hour later i find out the burger king in my town still had its employees working. That takes a special kind of pos to make a call like that. They deserve to go broke!

[@namvet1968]

WTH!

[@mediawarrior5957]

Who is going to eat at BK when.a death storm is on its way?

[@Sausage_God]

@@mediawarrior5957 Idiots do. I should mention i worked at Chilis when hurricane charlie came through. We had to stay as long as we had customers. Those dumb asses kept coming in until the satellite dish blew away and not long after that we lost power. So these people are pretty stupid.

[@jerrimenard3092]

People have changing taste. I am a Gen X person and my children are Gen Y and Z. They don't go to BK for snacks or fast food meals. A lot of the college and Highschool age students here get lunch at the supermarket deli or the go to cheap mom and pop Mexican food trucks. If I was a betting person, I would tell investors to go for something international and highly spiced. Burgers are bland. Fries are not the preferred side from what I see. It's all about the flavor and the tech. My youngest ordered from BK on the mobile app only to have to reorder when he got there because nobody was paying attention to mobile orders. They were short staffed. He has not been back.

[@boeing747400ifly]

I was at a BK today here in Dartmouth, NS, Canada just after the lunch rush. No toilet paper in the bathroom stall and a homeless guy sprawled across one of the booth benches fast asleep. Customers and staff seemed to be much more willing to acknowledge the toilet paper shortage.

[@TheHotmitch]

That guy wasn't homeless. He owns the Burger King and you were in his bedroom.

[@rafaelquinones222]

Like my grandfather, who operated two small businesses would saying, "Once You Go Black The Customers Won't Come Back." Note: He wasn't racist & didn't have any issues with family members dating or marrying anyone from any race or same sex. Just had horrible experiences with individuals from that particular race group as employees.

[@leechandler3411]

You got that right.

[@MilePost106]

Last time I ate at Booger King I got food poisoning. Wasn’t fun dealing with that! The one here in my town is dead and they have been closing early. Won’t bother me if it closes!

[@davidw5731]

Remote work continues to rise. Meetings people traveled to before Covid and might have stopped at a fast food restaurant are being completed remotely using Teams and other services. The downtown where I live is still having negative impact from everyone working from home. That certainly impacts all the restaurants that do lunch business, including BK.

[@jameskeefe1761]

I dont get it. If you are staying at home, to work, you probably want to go out to eat more often since you have more time without wasting hours on commuting and when you work at home you have a reason to go out to eat, while if you have to go out to work, you dont need another reason to go out. Also, business people usually dont go to burger king due to the ghetto like characteristic.

[@American-Motors-Corporation]

So you're saying people shouldn't find alternative wirk with decent pay just so you can have a cheap ass cheeseburger?? Thats what it sounds like to me!

[@walterwhite1]

@@jameskeefe1761 yeah but who wants a waste to waste there money on shitty over priced fattening crappy Burger King burgers

[@drivenbeyondthelimits7191]

Major reasons why BK is going bankrupt is not paying their workers well and opening up to many stores and the brand is so burned out and also the locations they place their stores not only that some stores are really ghetto and have really poor quality in team work and the quality of the food ,BK is pretty much saying screw all of this I want all of the money before we lose it all and let’s build a new restaurant name franchise and start from scratch with the billions of dollars they have generated for decades

[@razter6678]

I'll answer your title quick and easy. Their food is gross, it's waaaay over-priced and the stores are usually dirty and disgusting.

[@EvHervey]

I hadn't been to Burger King in like 7 years. 6 months ago I swung by the drive-thru... The place looked abandoned. I ordered something I'd never heard off of the sign. They ACTUALLY said: "What's that?" I knew they were done. I just didn't realize it was the whole company... pretty sure I got sick.

[@FranchiseCityOnline]

Thanks for watching! to clarify BK corporate is not bankrupt just hundreds of stores under their umbrella.

[@shea1219]

You actually proceeded to order it after that!🤦‍♀

[@EvHervey]

@@shea1219 Fair.

[@whyisblue923taken]

I imagine that thing being a Whopper to make it funnier.

[@jamesalexander5623]

I'm 71 and I have to say I have Never gotten sick eating at McDonald's!

[@artdogg50]

Aside from them having no locations around where I work, high prices and subpar deals, slow service, a menu with no real variety all around like McDonald's, Chick Fil A, or even Wendy's, I can't understand why they'd be in trouble. One central location just closed near where I work, and there appears more may be closing.

[@jameskeefe1761]

They have more variety than Chick-fil-a, who all they have is chicken. The food quality at Burger King like McDonalds absolutely sucks. It is disgusting.

[@virginiaconnor8350]

@@jameskeefe1761 So I like chicken. Culver's is much better than BK. I wish it would take the place of the BK near me.

[@American-Motors-Corporation]

Well I will certainly say that they have done a number on their price hikes, I do definitely agree with you there... As far as the menu options go I think that they have more than adequate menu granted they may not have everything listed particularly on the drive thru menu. But frankly would annoys me about most other restaurants is there way too many menu options and it's annoying because I know that most people are not ordering that shit meaning it's causing the price of what I and most normal people would order to go up because everything that they're throwing away that isn't selling especially because it's usually high price specialshit no one wants they have to make up the difference somewhere. I can remember when all burger joints were awesome.. When you went to Burger King and you ordered a Whopper back in the late 80s and specifically up until the early 2000's, it's standardly came with cheese!!! Because this is America and normal people eat cheeseburgers. If you did not want cheese then back in the day you had to specifically say that you didn't want cheese. But of course ever since the early to mid 2000s things have changed people took literally Burger King's tagline of have it your way we're used to be you would just modify the item within certain parameters because there was other options available by the way that they laid out.. But of course like everywhere they got to babying the customer and now the customers are bunch of spoiled particular little bastards who apparently cannot live without sauce, they hold yp the line with customizations that really don't make any sense because they claim they wanted the number one when they don't really want a number one because they want to alter it so far away from being a number one it's not even understandable as to why they told the clerk they wanted a number one. And because of their pickiness and the fast-paced environment that goes on in the kitchen particularly when they're understaffed that means the my sandwich has to suffer these bastards wrath! Set my sandwich definitely ends up with weird sauce or some other shit I didn't order. That's why I like a simple menu or simple menu eliminates that you know what I can remember back in the day there was three fucking condiments... Ketchup, mustard and mayo. The only BBQ sauce was for nuggets, of course chicken is to blame, simply because you just can't stop at BBQ sauce no no you have to have honey mustard, sweet and sour because frozen nuggets apparently calls for Asian like sauce! Aside from my rant, points is simply a simpler menu men's faster service and quality because you're not focused on eight hundred different things at once no no you're focused on a few core items... Honestly this is why I believe that as little as 20 years ago people could fucking melt the cheese this is why the food wasn't half cold and wet when it got to you much like it is a pretty much Wendy's. So everyone that has nostalgia for the past must understand this is why we have nostalgia for the past because it was smaller menus simpler choices and people just ate normal food and they also ate it the way it came!

[@ronss1]

i live in phoenix.......and burger kings i live around dont get much business.....now u go to in n out burger.....chick fa la......they have a line a mile long in the drive thru

[@deepseadirt1]

In & Out Burger, which I've never had but have heard of is a wildly popular California restaurant. Been around since 1948. They are now steadily creeping east of the Mississippi opening their first stores in Tennessee I believe. Hopefully they'll get to the East Coast. McDonald's will have some serious competition once In & Out goes national.😃

[@PlasmaCoolantLeak]

INO, simple menu, consistently good food.

[@pb6717]

Mmmmm In & Out is the best and probably the cheapest

[@SSgtRobertMorris]

In & Out sucks. They refuse to serve bacon at all.

[@ms.annthrope415]

Good burgers but their fries taste like cardboard. I prefer Tommy's Burgers, a chain in southern Cal. The original Tommy's is on the corner of Beverly and Rampart. I used to jump the fence in high school and ran all the way to Tommy's, eat, run back, jump the fence back in to high school.

[@mikeodonnell6799]

they are very good and find quality teens to work there.

[@TheHotmitch]

A literal comment in 10 years: "Do y'all remember Burger King?"

[@TheT3rr0rMask]

Now I see why their prices have been ridiculous lately

[@morriswilburn9858]

It has been my personal experience that the service side of retail stores, especially fast food restaurants, went into chaos during COVID, and did not recover much even after the COVID-related restaurant restrictions were lifted. Chick-Fil-A is an exception.

[@kenbrownfield6584]

Chick - FIL =A is well run and their employees are really nice.

[@jaerockchalk3216]

the burger king i worked at in high school in tillsonburg ontario is in immaculate shape , Ken and Laura really have run a great store for 25 years id hate to see it disappear

[@L1V2P9]

Yes, we deal with them at the north end of town...a good example of a BK.

[@case139]

Some locations tend to have management issues. In my area, a few BKs were poorly managed and were later closed.

[@SuperBigblue19]

The picture of Farrell's brought back great childhood memories of my family loading up in the Plymouth station wagon to go to Farrell's.

[@bestprice1776]

That's because people don't want to pay $8 for a quarter pounder with cheese.....or like $7 for a Whopper

[@mirianakovachevic748]

Wow, prices in US are the same as in my town in Montenegro where salaries are much lower. Here people ( and childern too ! ) say Burger King's burgers are small. I didn't eat there but now I'd go just of curiosity.

[@buyallmeans425]

I hear you with the 7 dollar whopper but just went to five guys and theirs was 9.50 for the plain burger.

[@bestprice1776]

@@buyallmeans425 I'd rather add $10 and go to Golden Coral for all you can eat steak 🥩

[@douglassalley9117]

@@bestprice1776 The closest Golden Coral around hear closed down about a year ago. It was a little bit of a drive, but you knew that you getting all you can eat. To me, they had some great chooses.

[@buyallmeans425]

@@bestprice1776 Hell yes!

[@pwho405]

I was wondering why those prices went back down so fast.

[@fishnrc294]

This has been long in coming we have one nearby & it’s always empty & always has a help wanted sign up. I can’t even think off hand where there’s another one you just don’t see them. Kind of like Pizza Hut you just don’t see them anymore. We also had a Arbys that did well & always had people shut down but It did open at another location & is doing well. People want a choice but there’s to many burger places in general.

[@FranchiseCityOnline]

I expect we may see hundreds more closing over the coming years. Thanks for watching!

[@jpdunamislodge]

They went woke and broke. I vowed never to eat there again. Looks like a lot of folks felt the same way.

[@upsguppy520]

wow there menu hasnt changed looking at your description feet salad reminds me of highschool

[@iiiiy9860]

They gotta lower the prices cause 13 dollars for a meal come on

[@Nathan-lt6bw]

Canada is worse

[@basillah7650]

They copied mcdonalds but keep the higher food prices.

[@gunfisher4661]

In San Diego a big mac is $13 I wonder what B K is there.

[@aterventypityp]

I’m 30. I think the last time I’ve been to BK was when I was 19.

[@deliveryguyrx]

Good on you! That $hit will kill you.

[@Laceykat66]

Their choice of action during the pandemic in our area was to eliminate walk-in and go straight to limited hours and drive-through. They did not update their procedures however and for a time the lines and time in them were horrible. I just stopped going and switched to a fast food place that was, in a word, fast.