The real reason why there's no Burger King in Australia | Ann Reardon

[@HowToCookThat]

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[@marktwain8727]

Hoping to get to the Sydney meet & greet 😊

[@HowToCookThat]

see you there @@marktwain8727

[@briannarobinson8648]

Can you bring the intro back? I miss it and im not really used to the cold open 😅

[@Mobin92]

Do you really need to resort to weird clickbait titles? smh :(

[@james2520vienneau]

other than the giant spiders, the deadly spiders, the no burger king is a deal breaker, cant visit australia now

[@kyx5631]

"I had a funnel web spider in my house. I could have been dead in 15 minutes... But I wasn't :) Here, enjoy an unrelated video about fast food restaurants" Ann never fails to impress.

[@HaliaStone]

I’m still amazed she handled a blue ring octopus (she didn’t know but still)

[@pagecarlee626]

If I remember correctly they also took said spider to a local hospital/clinic place where they could extract venom & synthesize some anti-venom for people who've been bitten.

[@user-yc4fz7vv6u]

Nobody has actually died from a funnel web bite since they developed the anti-venom in the 1980s. But you still might like to avoid "Numbness around the mouth and spasms of the tongue, nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain, acute gastric dilatation, profuse sweating, salivation, lacrimation, piloerection." which are symptoms of a bite.

[@FalconOfStorms]

​@@user-yc4fz7vv6upilo what now...

[@LillikoiSeed]

😂

[@Goabnb94]

Jack would win that court case because (based on intro to law classes) the contract was frustrated. Jack was trying to fulfill his end of obligations, but it required Burger King approval. And since they weren't giving it, then he should not be held liable for not fulfilling his end of the contract, there was literally no way he could. So he cannot be held in breach of contract. It would be like your boss complaining you are not doing your job, while keeping you locked out of the office, and using that to justify firing you.

[@kierancampire]

I experienced something sorta similar to this once! Back in school I had never had a detention, not once! But one day a teacher gave me detention, why? For not doing my school work. Why did I not do my school work? Because I was badly bullied in school, the class spent the entire lesson chucking around my bag, books, pens and such, and would not give them back to me. The teacher told me off for distracting the class, and then for bothering her when I asked her to tell them to give me my stuff back so I could work. I had sat in detention for maybe 5 minutes when I was pulled out by another teacher, asked why I was in there as I was the last person she expected to be in detention, told her why, she went and got my stuff then sent me home saying the other teachers behaviour was unfair and it wasn't my fault!

[@RealToWonder]

yep, most countries have a "good-faith" clause or statute in their contractual legislation. if one party can act in bad faith to prevent the other from fulfilling the contract obligations and get away with it, contracts wouldn't mean very much.

[@AgFalcon84]

@@kierancampire I feel this. I never got detention for it, but I was mercilessly bullied in middle school. I was a new student; family had just moved to town that year. The teacher was also new, fresh out of student teaching. The class was horribly unruly: talking all the time, roughousing, talking back to the teacher... and bullying me, the new kid. The teacher blamed ME for being a disruptive influence on the class, even called in my parents to tell them as much. My parents, thankfully, told her to eat shit. They pulled me out of that school the next year and sent me to a private school instead, where I was not bullied. Bully's suck and teachers who blame the victim of the bullying, rather than their tormentors, suck even more!

[@StephenHutchison]

I have seen a number of people reporting that they had bosses who did this to them.

[@StephenHutchison]

@@kierancampire Just curious -- how long was the other teacher employed? Did your parents or guardians raise this as a problem?

[@LaughWithMeh]

Fun fact. If you can catch funnel web spiders and turn them in you always should! every now and then the country runs low on antivenom and requires people to go catch more so they can synthesize more! Good job Ann!

[@LG-gd7lo]

Fun fact: the venom is unlikely to kill you within 15 minutes unless you are a child/elderly/have pre existing conditions. But it should be treated extremely seriously and asap lmao

[@HarunaMaurer]

I remember the video where she catched that funnel web spider and it is what she did! Another reason to not step a foot in Australia 🤣🤣

[@VoIcanoman]

They have to be male funnel web spiders though, as the female venom is not nearly as potent. Also, while the (male) Sydney funnel web is considered the deadliest spider in the world, it is, as others have said, extremely unlikely to kill anyone with its venom. *_In fact, prior to the introduction of the antivenin in 1981, there were just 13 confirmed fatalities from the spider...and since the antivenin was made available, not a single human life has been lost to the spider._* So really, while the antivenin is a really good and valuable public service that is provided by everyone from the good citizens who trap the spiders, to the employees of the Australian Reptile Park who extract the venom, to the agriculturalists who care for the animals injected with tiny amounts of venom to provoke an immune response (I believe in the case of this particular spider, the animals are rabbits), to the medical facilities that extract the resulting biochemical products of that immune response, and then concentrate and purify the end product...the number of lives being saved by all of that work is, all things considered, fairly minimal. If it's your life though...it's important enough to do, so I fully support that work. Anyway, spiders get a bad rap - almost nobody likes them, especially when they can wreck your day, week and likely month (even with treatment) - but perspective is important too. Even the deadliest spiders in the world almost never bite people (just 30-40 people are bitten annually by the Sydney funnel web spider), and dying is basically unheard of these days from those bites. I sympathize more with the spiders...for every human who traps and releases one of these spiders in a less populated location (or donates them to the Reptile Park for milking), there are likely hundreds who would just squish the spider and move on with their day.

[@anti-ethniccleansing465]

@@VoIcanoman I’m not going to read all that, but I am just curious… Do the spiders have to die in the process of getting the anti-venom? Are they tortured to get it?

[@Michael-uy1jn]

Has anyone ever started a sentence with the phrase "Fun fact" and not come across as a pretentious d-bag?

[@rizahawkeyepierce1380]

I love how Ann has fully embraced the documentary style for this video - what a chameleon!

[@PanjiAditya90]

1:12 Ann speaking right beside a "caution 🐍🐍🐍" is 100000% australia moment

[@lorissaflores4590]

Australians are brave for dealing with those giant spiders like it’s nothing

[@ed_j_webb]

If it were me the house would be on fire and I'd have moved continent.

[@StaubZuStaub]

​@@ed_j_webbsame, Aussies are hard core af

[@neccosan]

And apparently holding on to trademarks forever :P

[@nektekket852]

That's nothing mate, the kangaroo migration, now THAT'S scary!

[@pulvinarpulvinar6749]

I wonder if theres some kind of nighttime routine, like checking every corner of the bed to make sure you wont be killed during your sleep 😂

[@justintuesday8483]

This is my shocked face to hear a billionaire talk about how much he respects and admires people willing to do really hard work for inadequate pay.

[@Nellywellum]

Ya, I know right? Like oh ya, they are 100% CHOOSING poverty XD I bet all his workers are "sacrificing for the public good" too right? What a POS.

[@That_One_Xatu]

Without them, he'd never be where he is today 😊 (this is sarcasm btw)

[@Jacob-yz5cb]

Praising the countless employees who "devoted" their lives (as though they had a choice) to making him more money than you could spend in several lifetimes is honestly chilling

[@kainotachi]

Him talking about how every dollar made goes back into the company like he hasn't personally kept multiple billions of dollars in personal wealth.

[@RosieMe5]

It's not very shocking, because talk is cheap. It costs him zero dollars to just praise teachers while he's worth $2bn. I wonder how well his fast food employees are paid.

[@kiralana324]

I am both REALLY disturbed by the Korean ad, and also want to try that yskuyoke burger from Japan!

[@skyydancer67]

Same. It was almost American enough to be an American BK commercial... I hope that made sense.

[@Alice-si8uz]

I had to pause the video and ponder my existence in the universe I was so baffled... But then I just laughed lol

[@thewhisper2776]

I pretty sure it was an American commercial at one point

[@cacahuete1456]

wait what's wrong with the korean add ? are you not suppose to eat a burger like that ? I'm always eating like a snake when I eat a Whopper.

[@RoyHelling]

​@skyydancer67 that's because it was an American BK commercial.

[@Amatureb]

I love how Ann casually mentions how she had a spider in her kitchen that could have killed her in 15 minutes, and then launches into her born storyteller mode to talk about why there isn't a burger chain in Australia

[@thomasrosebrough9062]

I will never recover from "eat like snake" at around 2:00 lmao

[@anti-ethniccleansing465]

Ditto! Who tf’s idea was THAT?! What an absolute monstrosity of a commercial to sell food! I am scared to have dreams tonight now.

[@greatwesternsky]

Ann is officially in her investigative journalism era and I’m here for it.

[@wentoneisendon6502]

I love food history. I like Adam regussia for this too

[@amypiers123]

YES!

[@scarletspidernz]

@@wentoneisendon6502 haha I was gonna say the same thing, food history is so fascinating! "My Name Is Andong" is another who does this if you haven't come across him.

[@jamsquan9415]

i think she might be consciously trying to feed the algorithm as well, videos like this tend to get recommended more to new people i think. if so that's really smart of her and i hope this video gets picked up by the algorithm!! she deserves such a boost in subs her videos always so high quality.

[@sunnysomething]

I didn't know that's why it was called Hungry Jacks, just thought it was a similar name idea to Burger King. I would've never learnt this if it wasn't for you, Ann; thanks!! Keep it up!

[@FrugalFunMum]

on the packaging it states something along the lines of hungry jacks is a registered trademark / license of Burger King

[@MonikaDDLC25516]

like king burger 😂

[@mahna_mahna]

It's pretty funny that the company just rummaged around in a bin and said "here, take 'Hungry Jack's'" with no regard for what that product was in the US.

[@dakineprotoss]

when i went to australia I just assumed Hungry Jacks WAS australian Burger King, since the logo and the food is the same (or basically the same) as USA BK

[@why6212]

Hungry Jack's sounds perfect for an Australian fast food place tbh

[@Photorezeptor]

10 years ago, I flew to New Zealand. I had a stopover in Melbourne and saw this Hungry Jacks looking suspiciously similar to a Burger King. That has puzzled me all these years until today. Thank you for solving that mystery for me.

[@crow_feather]

You are an absolute legend for risking your life by actually picking up what has been deemed the deadliest spider in the world by scientists, and setting it outside, rather than killing it! This was an awesome video, too! Jack seems like such a sweetheart! I'm so glad he won out against such an awful company like Burger King, especially when they were being so horrible to him!

[@charmlarritt2677]

regarding the spider, if I remember correctly from a previous video in which she mentioned it, she said they took it to a venom lab to make antivenin. It's highly encouraged that if you find and are able to safely catch a funnel web spider, to take it to venom labs because it takes so many milkings to make one vial of antivenin.

[@expertpanda513]

I’m in Australia we are encouraged to take venomous spiders to venom lab, so they can make anti venom .

[@JimmyBean2020]

​@charmlarritt2677 you are correct. She did in fact take the spider to a venom lab. I remember that video because I thought how crazy they must be!

[@toddavis8151]

However there hasn’t been a spider bite death in Australia for about 40 years

[@EvanEdwards]

@@toddavis8151 Meanwhile there are between two and seven deaths due to spider bites in the US each year. Yet we kind of scoff at our spiders and snakes (about five deaths annually in the US, with 7000 to 8000 venomous bites, each of which can cause nerve damage or liquification of flesh, versus one or two per year in Australia). You can certainly chalk it up to the population and density differences (and should), but it is interesting how many people in the US kind of assume there aren't any venomous or toxic animals in the US and believe hundreds of people in Australia die each day from dropbears or being bitten by Yahoo Serious.

[@cmar4076]

Just for the record… an American biscuit is nothing at all like a scone. Not in taste or in texture. VERY different. You should totally do a video on that Ann! I know MANY people throughout the world are completely confused on that topic 👍🏻

[@christinehottinger5791]

They're not all that different from the perspective of a baker, similar techniques. I have definitely compared them (usually in the US explaining what a scone is to folks unfamiliar). But the final product of a good biscuit is VERY different from a good scone. I virtually never expect a scone to be flakey, but a good biscuit MUST be very flakey.

[@callistogarnet]

More like a scone than what she would call a biscuit though

[@Xorthis]

We compare them to scones beause they're very similar and it helps people to understand what they are if they have no idea. (Biscuits in Aus. and UK are called cookies in the US. Cookies are in the UK vocab too, but only to describe the chocolate chip cookie). I disagree that they're very different. The only difference in the recipe is that American biscuits usually use buttermilk, whereas scones do not. Yes, it changes the taste and texture so the biscuits are flakey, but as for taste, they're similar enough. I wouldn't call them the same, though. Next up, chips and crisps :D

[@Xorthis]

@knot_AyUsername As a british person I can assure you we still say biscuit for anything not a chocolate chip cookie. It's not about updating or changing, it's about what is recognised as a thing. That's just the language we use. Look at what people call carbonated drinks across the US... some say pop, some say soda, some call anything fizzy coke! It's fine that we call the same thing different names, it adds uniqueness to the cultures and I hope it never changes!

[@scottbrown8934]

Yeh they are like wadded shit paper mixed with chalk and you yanks think it's food.

[@wishingonthemoon1]

It’s so wild to me that Burger King bit its own tail going after one of their own franchises-just because it was under a different name. Thanks for sharing this story!

[@bararobberbaron859]

Yeah, Opel/Vauxhall/Holden just went 'okay, guess we go by 3 names worldwide' and no issues.

[@Gatorade69]

The greediness of corporations

[@jsanchez23]

@@bararobberbaron859 Admittedly it wasn't as simple as being under another name, it was franchised under someone else, so they likely saw relatively little profits from any of those stores themselves. So its not entirely ludicrous to think they would want to have their very own stores where they make the lion share of the profits. They absolutely screwed the pooch in the way they went about it, trying to compete against sort of themselves, given how much it cost them in the end, they probably should have just tried to completely buy him out of the franchise and assumed ownership of the entire brand throughout the entire Australian market. As no matter what it cost them to do so, it likely would be far less than all the potential earning they lost not having their own controlled presence in the country.

[@GyroCannon]

​@@bararobberbaron859another restaurant case: Carl's Jr and Hardee's, both names operating within the US

[@maxallsop13]

ann i’m LOVING these types of videos on your channel !! i love that you’re covering all ranges of food topics !! great video !! :))))

[@HowToCookThat]

thanks maxallsop

[@younahhh]

as someone who’s not in australia, this video was super informative for me! thanks ann😊

[@Rain_boot]

2:07 You had to see my look of horror as I was watching this 😭best commercial ever.

[@LaggyMcStab]

I thought it couldn't get weirder. I was proved wrong quickly

[@tymccarthy9661]

There was a similar issue in downstate Illinois in Matoon. A small town restaurant was named Burger King, and then big Burger King wanted to open up in town and sued smaller Burger King, but a Judge said the smaller one was named first and kept the bigger BK from opening up stores within 20 mils of the smaller BK.

[@palaceofwisdom9448]

"He had to open four new locations every year, subject to Burger King's approval." The instant I heard that, I wanted to know what recourse he had if he fell short due to BK not approving the new locations. It's incredible that an experienced businessman didn't think of that.

[@zartam2188]

It was still probably a good deal nonetheless.

[@WoefulMinion]

I'm sure he thought of that, but didn't have much choice in the matter if he wanted to keep his business.

[@marcialitt4431]

I would imagine that given out the time the Burger King name wasn't available there wasn't a reason to expect that Burger King would ever screw him that way.

[@PancakemonsterFO4]

They tried to shake em down, plain and simple

[@estreliasoriano9324]

I'm sure being a businessman, he would of thought about that. May have also researched and presented several locations only to decide on the most popular (4 ) to set up shop

[@puddindancer]

I am so so happy that they found in Jack's favour and he won. Awful bullying behaviour by Burger King. Thank you for the brilliant out and about documentary. Loved it :)

[@SioxerNikita]

Kind of also awful bullying behavior by Jack as well...

[@BryanLu0]

​@@SioxerNikita? For trying to fulfill the contract? Burger King was intentionally trying to make Jack lose his franchises

[@-.._.-_...-_.._-..__..._.-.-.-]

Jack started the ordeal when he wagged his hands on both sides of his head and chanted, "Nah-nah-nah-nah, I got your brand, and you can't have it."

[@aeonjoey3d]

Meh, it’s their copyrights and money to lose - happens all the time and franchise owners deal with this in both directions all over the world. What subway franchisees go through is 10000000X worse. He is a billionaire, he started as a millionaire. You applaud the rich getting richer. Congratulations

[@aeonjoey3d]

@@BryanLu0please he’s not an underdog, he was a millionaire moving to a new land to rape it. And thus he did.

[@fatimahanwaar306]

Burger King being called "Hungry Jacks" in Australia is very similar to how Dove chocolate bars are called "Galaxy" in the UK and the Middle East

[@zucchinigreen]

Wow! I never knew they were the same company. I'm from the Caribbean and we import both.

[@blahblahblah563]

Dove in the UK predominantly makes soap and shower gels 🤣

[@KylaA5952]

@@blahblahblah563actually the soap company and the chocolate company are completely separate. It has to do with copyright laws where the soap company didn’t trademark anything in the food category, the chocolate company jumped on that loophole and were allowed to continue business, as they are not competing with dove soap

[@blahblahblah563]

@@KylaA5952 I know that. I didn't state that they were the same company.

[@KleioChronicles]

@@KylaA5952But why name it dove in the first place when it’s Mars co.? Galaxy makes more sense and sounds more appealing anyway.

[@alloimthedoctor]

Love your various types of videos, especially the debunking ones. I hope this is a new type of series exploring this aspect of Australian history and culture! Thank you for making a wholesome channel I can enjoy with my family :)

[@harleythompson6588]

Ann’s video quality is unmatched. The editing, the resources, it’s entertaining and educational always!

[@tdb7992]

I remember there used to be a Burger King in Sydney airport, and a Hungry Jacks as well. It was bizarre. I don't know why the American Burger King tried to move into the Australian market, essentially going up against itself. Hungry Jacks does seem more suited to Australian tastes though, with a lot more vegetables in their burgers. Even with McDonalds, the Australian one is noticeably different to the US one in that it has a lot more fresh produce in their products.

[@scruffythejanitor1969]

That’s common among restaurants worldwide I think.

[@TheBluePony3]

Its not that we Americans dont like fresh produce, its that corporations and our government dont like or care about us so they do anything to cut corners and make things cheaper to make

[@zybch]

There are a couple in Melbourne still. One at the airport, and I can't remember the others' location.

[@RobinSueWho]

Because the FDA allows poisons and unhealthy foods in the USA. It's getting worse, too, with almost all foods at supermarket labeled "bioengineered." I found a natural grocers near me and have been shopping there for awhile now and I buy raw milk & eggs from a local farm. Next spring, we'll be starting a small garden for fresh veggies, and I'll freeze some for the winter months. The food here in America is making people sick & obese.

[@alexandrakonigsburg6474]

They probably wanted consistency within the brand and to bring the restaurants more closely under their control and revenue streams.

[@aisadal2521]

It's 12:31 am where I'm at right now, but I'm wide awake, ready to sit down for yet another lovely and eloquent mini-documentary from Ms. Reardon 😊

[@HowToCookThat]

I hope you get some sleep aisadal2521

[@sonicchica]

We must be in the same time zone cause I’m also sitting here at around 12:42am after finishing watching it.

[@ethansloan]

12:54 here in the Pacific Tim Zone. This is much better than sleep.

[@EzratheRift]

3 am here almost

[@arora3970]

I'm one time zone over. But staying up late to learn from Ann is totally worth it! 😁

[@DawnOldham]

Oh, I wish the video hadn't ended on Jack's message about respecting school teachers because they do their job for the future in spite of being paid a small amount. It's a nice message, but it doesn't fix a huge problem by just accepting their low pay and respecting them. My daughter is one of those people who didn't know what she wanted to "be" so she got a Communications degree at the University of Central Florida. Unable to find a job that paid a living wage, she worked evenings on becoming accredited to be a school teacher. She is amazing with children and the schools have loved her. The problem is that she is now a single mother and can't live on her teacher's salary. It's ridiculous that our teachers work such long hours and get paid so little that they need a man (to be married, in other words) or a roommate. This summer she applied to 100 work from home opportunities and no doors have opened so far. She really wants to home school her daughter in middle school. (We home schooled our five children, so she knows what she wants for her daughter first hand.) Anyway, I'm just venting. His comment, as a billionaire, didn't set right with me. I'd rather hear that he found a solution or used his influence and assets to help teachers have a living wage.

[@WolfSeril107]

Seriously! A quick google shows Australia has 100k homeless people on any given night. He could give every one of them $10,000 and still have over a billion dollars. But hey, he said something nice about teachers, so he's a great guy.

[@RosieMe5]

Agree, I love Ann's videos usually but this one feels very weirdly pro-billionaire.

[@_APV_]

Quick search gives this: "Entry-level teacher positions in Australia start at $74,301 per year, median is $88,110 per year, most experienced workers make up to $117,297 per year." That sounds very good, (if that's after tax) but afaik Australia is one of the most expensive countries to live in. Searching says about 1800/month plus 2000/month rent for a single person. If so, spending $50k and having $25k to $60k left every year sounds much better than in other countries. But if the numbers I found are before tax, and taxes are close to 50% then it's almost unlivable... Here, in East Europe (Lithuania) average teacher salary after tax is 1360 EUR after tax, rent is about 500 EUR, other expenditures are 750 EUR, so it's barely above the point where you live wage-to-wage, without savings.

[@IIIlIIIIlIIIII]

​​@@WolfSeril107do you think being a billionaire means that you have a bank account with a billion dollars in it? It's not that simple. A billion dollars of equity means that you're entitled to dividends from those assets. Sure, if he liquidates all his assets (making all employees redundant and making some of them homeless) he could sell the raw materials, but that's not the same thing at all. Better to consider what he could do with his dividends.

[@talonhammer]

In civilized areas, women can also marry women, and there are also men who teach, with peace and love you sound like youre from a different century

[@XhodanXeus]

wait what happend next you didnt mention anything about burger king being banned. how and why are they banned. all you said jack won his case. oki but burger king was in australia so bow did they get banned and kicked out. i mean if the gov banned them something else must have happend

[@theuserofthissite]

congrats to all of the underpaid workers whose unlivable paychecks can now say "Hungry Jack's" instead of "Burger King." That billionaire CEO really went to bat for them.

[@earhornjones]

Hi, Ann. Great video! You might be interested to know that there was a similar story in the US, in my hometown of Mattoon, Illinois. A pair of local men built an ice cream shop there in the early 1950's, which they expanded to include hamburgers in 1954. They called it "Burger King". When Burger King began expanding into Illinois in the late '60's, the local men sued, and as a result, Burger King was prohibited from operating under that name within a 20 mile circle encompassing Mattoon. Growing up there, I would see advertisements from the chain Burger King on TV, and they always looked amazing, and I was jealous of placed that had a "real" Burger King. When I got older and actually ate at one, my jealousy subsided. The Mattoon Burger King is still in operation. So, much like Australia, in a 20 mile circle deep in the corn fields of Illinois, there will never be a "Burger King". On a side note, the founder of Mattoon's Burger King was named Gene Hoots, and their flagship burger is called the "Hooter". Anybody who has tried one knows that a Hooter beats a Whopper any day. Thanks for all of the wonderful videos!

[@crow_feather]

Awesome story! Out of sheer curiosity, though, I'm curious... that's not Hooter as in the now (in)famous chain Hooters, is it? Or is it a different restaurant entirely?

[@KristenRowenPliske]

@@crow_featherProbably a different restaurant, as the burger was named for the owner. Hooters is owned by a corporation; the name is a play on the slang word for breasts & an owl, which hoots (therefore being a hooter).

[@citrusella-nomorecraptions]

Reminds me of how there was a Waffle House trademarked in Indiana so for awhile all national Waffle House brand restaurants in Indiana were instead called Waffle & Steak.

[@earhornjones]

@@crow_feather Entirely different. Although I will admit getting some laughs in my teens when they ran the "Two Hooters for $2" special every summer.

[@gadgetgirl02]

"When I got older and actually ate one, my jealousy subsided" has got to be the best one-line review ever 😊.

[@MatthiasPilz]

I‘m a bit surprised at the quality of this content. This seemed like an ad for Burger King, made up of other ads for Burger King, interrupted by an ad for a video game.

[@ChioGaru]

I moved to Australia with my family and lived there for six and a half years and I remember the initial confusion seeing the ads on TV, I was like..."Wait, that's Burger King...but why is it called Hungry Jack's?" We did figure out why eventually once we got curious enough to look into it.

[@aronoc3599]

I had no idea about this! Franchise wars are fascinating. The documentary format is just as good as the standard H2CT videos, please keep up the good work.

[@Gonzothegr8424]

Occasionally I feel like being unkind, but then I remember that Ann told me to be kind to others and I change my ways

[@DragTeaServed]

I just moved to Australia and I noticed that Hungry Jack's had the exact same branding as Burger King, so I was curious about it. And this video was exactly what I needed! Thanks Ann 👍

[@becp488]

You moved here? I thought you were just visiting. Love your channel.

[@DragTeaServed]

@@becp488 Yeah, I've moved to Melbourne! And thank you for your kind words about my channel ☺

[@weirdnomad8868]

To my fellow Americans the reason Jack was worried about having to pay Burger King's legal fees is because Australia follows the British rule when it comes to tort law which means the loser has to pay the winner's legal fees. This is to prevent frivolous lawsuits and reduce litigation like we have in America

[@alexandrakonigsburg6474]

We have fee shifting statutes in the US too. Including under torts.

[@kainotachi]

@@alexandrakonigsburg6474 You have argue separately for them, though, and they can be denied for various reasons.

[@weirdnomad8868]

It's not automatic like it is in British based systems@@alexandrakonigsburg6474

[@rachelplummer8955]

Ann I love all the variety in your videos, you're always pushing yourself and trying out new styles and it's great for us viewers to get a taste of new stuff like food history! Cake Rescue is my favourite because the rescues are always so cool to see and you're so compassionate to the "fails", but this video was super interesting and the editing was great!

[@mike_jwoww]

I LOVE these documentary style videos, they're so much fun and you're a complete natural!

[@bluepheonix2455]

Fun fact; the ‘South Korean’ Burger King ad isn’t actually from South Korea at all. It was made in 2006 by the Miami, Florida-based ad firm Crispin Porter + Bogusky and filmed in LA.

[@anti-ethniccleansing465]

It was the most terrifying food-based advertisement I’ve ever seen in my 48 years life.

[@deanneparis8888]

Has anyone ever had a Burger King burger that looked even remotely like the ones in the commercials?

[@ErwinPommel]

The logic is that the pictures are meant to show you every ingredient. So if the burger has a beef patty, cheese, onion, lettuce, tomato, ketchup, and mayo, you have to be able to see all of those ingredients in the photo, which requires very careful assembly and photography. When they're just making the burgers, they obviously don't bother doing that.

[@chlorophyllheart]

I did when I worked there and could make it myself haha. But no, usually it's just slapped on, depending how busy they are and how much they care. The worst burger I got was from a maccas, with three slivers of lettuce, not at all covering the surface area.

[@theuncalledfor]

​@@ErwinPommel They're also meant to make the food look as appetizing as possible, there's and entire job description within the advertising world centered around just making fake food for bill boards and video ads, etc. It just sells better that way.

[@alexandrakonigsburg6474]

Do any fast food burgers look like their ads? It has been a long time since I ate at a fast food place but I don't remember their burgers being particularly pretty.

[@theuncalledfor]

@@alexandrakonigsburg6474 I mean, vaguely. The real ones always look like they're made of worse ingredients and have been assembled without much care, but they're still identifiable as the same product (usually).

[@EricMBlog]

You kinda missed at the end why their are no Burger Kings. What was the result of the legal battle that resulted in all the existing Burger Kings closing?

[@TheEmpressLuna]

Yes, I went to rewatch the ending too 'cause I thought I must've just missed it, but it's not there.

[@oswaldow.7343]

Wow it's interesting but also horrendous to see how far big companies will go to just keep growing their market, whatever it takes and how many lives they may ruin... infuriating! Thanks Ann for the informative video!

[@theuncalledfor]

They were growing their market, and they sabotaged themselves.

[@yari139]

Uh yeah. There is nothing that Corporate America will not do to maintain profit margins. They’re even willing to sponsor wars.

[@Demi_Purple]

yes, and that obsession just as often blows up in their faces. I enjoyed this video

[@Rik77]

Hungry Jack's is a big company!

[@JasonErdmann]

Maybe I missed it, but you didn't say why they were banned. You said they lost the lawsuit, were the terms of the lawsuit that Burger King was not allowed to open restaurants?

[@cammo353]

I'm guessing one of the terms of Jack winning the case was that Burger King couldn't open up their own chains to compete with Hungry Jack's anymore since HJ is still a Burger King franchise

[@rodh1404]

I knew why Burger King wasn't in Australia, but this contained SO much more! Great work on the research.

[@NykkiLaneLane]

I remember eating at a Burger King back in 2001 or 2002 when I visited. This is so interesting. I'm glad that big company bullying was noted and they were sent off! Thanks for sharing all of this helpful knowledge.

[@kylehanley5564]

That South Korean ad is something else!

[@HowToCookThat]

super weird right!!? 😂

[@HOTD108_]

​​@@HowToCookThatJust wait until you see the North Korean ad!! 💀

[@Dreygen5]

So.. Maybe I missed something, as I'm not the most astute payer of attention. But the title of the video says Burger King is BANNED there. It sounds like they just made some unfortunate business deals, then couldn't get their foot in the door in Aus. Is there something I'm missing about them being banned? Or did they simply just fail to get into the Aus market?

[@magical571]

Was wondering the same thing

[@WolfSeril107]

Ann please advise

[@kclulu]

im assuming it's just over-exaggerated clickbait honestly lol

[@Dreygen5]

@@kclulu I would be inclined to agree if this were any other channel. But she is always so honest and open with all of her content that I dont ever see her intentionally clickbaiting her audience at all.

[@kclulu]

@@Dreygen5 that's fair actually. it might have something to do with the new video format. guess we'll have to see if she does more stuff like this in the future.

[@glenjennett]

That South Korea Burger King commercial was rather disturbing, especially with the slogan to "Eat like a snake" as if telling people they should gulp down their food as fast as they can without chewing.

[@arenkai]

Having a deadly creature in your kitchen that could off you in 15min if it lands a bite, trying to grab it without protection and then poking it with a stick when it's trapped, has to be the most Australian thing I've seen in a long time.

[@mezzanine9275]

I've really been enjoying seeing you gradually branch out with your food content over the years, and this video was definitely another hit. Would love to see more out and about history videos like this in the future!

[@SomePeopleCallMeWulfman]

When you mentioned that he had to open 4 new restaurants each year, I knew what was coming. Good that it worked out for him in the end.

[@pennybast3953]

Fascinating! Thanks for the story, Ann. I'd love to hear other interesting things from Australia. I'd even love to hear non-food related stories. I hope you have a great time in Sydney. Safe travels!

[@goodbher9244]

Anne just casually poking a spider that can kill you in 15 minutes is the most Australian thing. 😂

[@dobostristan6244]

I didn’t expect this to be such an inspiring story, I admire Jack.

[@emilyjay7844]

I remember my local Burger King turning into a Hungry Jacks as a kid and my Dad explaining the whole copyright thing to me because I was worried itd taste different.

[@suzannestrickland1586]

Wow! That is quite the piece of trivia. I would have never guessed that BK would lose.

[@spikes_johnson]

The production quality on this video is amazing. I hope you do more of these documentary style videos

[@IsaKocoglu]

The Hungry Jack’s in Keysborough Shopping Centre was once upon a time a Burger King. Now, however, it is a Hungry Jack’s restaurant. Fun fact: Burger Kings did not have free drink refills, whereas Hungry Jacks does. Yay Hungry Jack’s 🙌

[@Myokuju]

The S. Korean Burger King commercial feels like a fever dream because I remember seeing it when I was younger and being super disturbed!

[@kumada84]

9:12 Oh - a guy with more money than he could spend in 50 lifetimes says he respects people who do their jobs even though they don't get paid much. What a hero! 🙄

[@JohnathanHyde.]

Holy wow. I love this kind of content. True Crime, Documentary, and Mystery stuff are whats more for me than anything. I wa surprised by this whole video being a Documentary style video about this. Absolutely loved it and I genuinely hope you keep doing more like this! This was fantastically done! Well done Ann and co!

[@johnsmith-ep5dv]

Love Anne just casually pointing out the kookaburra at the start 🤣

[@HowToCookThat]

watch the kookaburra carefully after that

[@RandallHallKaizenReiki]

Burger King couldn't use the name Whopper in San Antonio for years. This guy had a single restaurant called Whopper Burger. They even tried opening a Burger King across the street from Whopper Burger. It didn't work. Burger King closed and waited for the old man to die before opening stores in San Antonio.

[@Tala_Masca]

So funny to hear that story! Kuddos to Jack for holding on and kuddos to the judge for ruling fair! Thank you Ann for giving us this story!

[@sijoneyyan]

Yes! More infotainment content please. Love this educational format. Got to say one thing though, I understand Brand collaboration is necessary for KZbin channels but games like "Candy Crush" is quite brain numbing. For a channel that promotes healthy eating and calling out fake, harmful and stupid content, it feels out of place. Just voicing my opinion. I genuinely enjoy your channel, always wanting to see more.

[@Nellywellum]

Yeah, I don't want to sound like a brat... but those games strike me as really scummy. I was a little disappointed to see her take them on as a sponsor.

[@Ladyp145]

Although we do have Burger King in South Africa its probably the worst take away I have ever had. For the same price I can buy a burger meal from the local company (Steers) which is not only infinitely more delicious, but also approximately the same price with larger, fresher portions.

[@anri6060]

I agree! By far the worst fast food in SA. Don't how how the taste compares to Burger Kings elsewhere or in the US, but I can't imagine it being seen as a pinnacle of fast food burgers anywhere.

[@hyrenaj2888]

I knew that Burger King was trademarked and hence they had to use a different brand name, but didn't know the story behind it (and that, presumably, Jack still owns the franchising rights in Australia today!), thanks, Ann!

[@HowToCookThat]

Yes he does, and he's a major shareholder of dominos too.

[@chrislee3739]

Hungry Jacks is my favourite fast food in Australia. They have so many cheap options. They have chicken, beef and veg options. Their burgers are big when compare to its competitors. They have real tomato, onion, pickles and lettuce unlike other fast food chains. So many options that are really tasty.

[@brad9529]

I've been missing one of the best Aussie channels all this time, im so glad I found it.

[@RayYoWTF]

Wow! Good for Jack. I’m happy for him for not backing down and look how the fruits of his labor played out. Chefs kiss. Please, give us more foodie history lessons! I loved this so much. ❤❤❤

[@rollcageuk]

Good video, but its still not 100% clear about why there are no Burger Kings. I would guess that after the court case, Burger king decided to cut their loses and just let hungry Jacks have the AUS Market and pulled out?

[@carolbydesign]

Thanks for sharing the spider, i needed a reminder why i can't visit Australia...and i can't blame a lack of travel funds...lol.

[@HowToCookThat]

😂I've only come across the one funnel web in my life. Red backs are common though.

[@Ellie_xo]

Just come in the cooler months! (March through August-ish)They aren't really around then (coming from an arachnophob!)

[@carolbydesign]

@@HowToCookThat that doesn't help my creepy crawly phobia....lol.

[@chlorophyllheart]

Learn to love 'em :) I left spider webs, with the spider, on my windows (not redbacks though) and if a fly come in they get caught in the webs within ten minutes. Handy.

[@madcientist5438]

This does not explain a ban on Burger King in Australia. It's even said some opened. The court case was about Hungry Jacks Restaurants, but nothing about Burger King Restaurants. So, what is now with the ban?

[@Gumbocinno]

I never thought I'd see the rare Anne Reardon outside, this is like finding a shiny pokemon

[@jk_ilyu]

absolutely love these food journalism type videos !! love getting educated on so many topics by you Ann

[@RyanPassek]

Nearly 2 am where i am in canada, and just getting home from work. This was a great way to unwind after a long shift. Thanks for the amazing content, as usual!

[@HowToCookThat]

Sounds like a long day, enjoy your sleep.

[@WolfSeril107]

So wait, is Burger King actually BANNED from opening stores in Australia? You never talk about that in the video. He won the lawsuit, but he's still technically a franchisee of BK, right? Is there a law or court order blocking them from opening their own stores?

[@deilylyrret]

Yes why are there no Burger King's in Australia today?

[@damnmamaa]

I guess it was just a clickbait title. Somewhat disappointing.

[@youresogolden_]

I was wondering the same thing. The “why” mentioned in the title never came

[@Adam-yk7dx]

Lol such a half assed video

[@EighmyLupin]

@@deilylyrret Because they are called Hungry Jacks there and Jack fought BK them from screwing up his franchise he made with them before the BK trademark expired in Australia... Did y'all just not watch the video?

[@halfmoon_night]

00:14 that bird is trying to set you on fire with its eyes

[@erinkay218]

That South Korea commercial was the most bizarre thing I have ever seen omg. The song and everything.

[@Bri-ss1gu]

She lost me within the first minute. I’m not about to casually discuss walking around picking extremely deadly spiders out of the kitchen like it’s a regular Tuesday 😂

[@arielanonymous7270]

Welp you missed out on the most unhinged south korean burger king commercial eat like snake song

[@hazel13590]

@@arielanonymous7270SAME the way i saw that and thought no way did she casually try to sneak in that gem of a commercial. i unhinged my jaw 😂

[@SailorDonut]

@@arielanonymous7270 I have severe enough arachnophobia that I very nearly did leave the video and then... the commercial happened and wow did it wipe out my brain's ability to concentrate on anything else (I'm sure my brain will remember it at 2:00 am though)

[@olgs37]

@@SailorDonut Same here. I used to be okay around spiders but when I was 14, I almost lost a toe to a brown recluse which triggered extreme arachnophobia (more like PTSD, lol). I had to turn away and couldn't watch that part of the video until my husband gave the all-clear. My heart legit starts beating irrationally fast and I start hyperventilating if I see a spider in real life and it's nearly the same response if it's through the screen. Spiders are freakin' terrifying. My husband usually tries not to let me know when he catches one and releases it outside... he knows I can't handle it, lol. Just look up brown recluse bites online... they're painful AF. I'm lucky the hospital was able to get enough antivenin in time so that I didn't lose my toe completely.

[@trixmania]

It probably was a regular Tuesday 😂. We have lived with spiders so they just everyday things. I'm sure u have critters where u live just as we do that u live beside and they are dangerous. Bears, snakes.....

[@ZipplyZane]

Okay, so Burger King lost their case with Hunger Jack's. But why would that result in BK being banned in the country? Heck, is it actually banned, or did they just realize that HJs did better, even with the franchisee taking money out?

[@alexandrakonigsburg6474]

Yeah, I think "banned" is over dramatic here. It looks like honoring their existing contractual obligations meant that it wasn't profitable enough for them to operate as they had planned in Australia.

[@RiverDanube]

Burger Kings used to exist only at Australia Airports. It was said that it was so that the Burger Kings didn't need to apply any specials that Hungry Jacks would advertise. Hence, Burger Kings was a lot more expensive.

[@KeLLStaRoxx]

There were a few a Burger Kings in suburban Sydney, often being within walking distance from Hungry Jack's stores so it wasn't just at the airport here.

[@lexasilvestre]

Such good content! Makes me so pround being here, having people like you Ann, in a place that sometimes can be so toxic and misleading. Thank you so, so much for all the work! You're such a relief.

[@GraemeRobinson]

Interesting but I would have liked to know in more detail what happened to Burger King in Australia after the court case and why they disappeared completely - you kind of glossed over that and since it was the setup for the video (the disappearance of Burger Kings in Oz) I feel it deserved a little more time and attention. Did Burger King just leave in a hissy fit because it lost or was it compelled to leave or what exactly?

[@kelseykaye7269]

I was scanning through the comments hoping somebody would bring this up too! Did all the Burger King's close after the court case? I still don't have answer to the question!

[@maikohfahuldust9231]

They would close down as everyone avoided then. Cause jacks was better for them. So they close and learn they can't place more. Also the court ban them cause they broke the agreement ​@kelseykaye7269

[@venjsystems]

As an Adelaidean I know that BK was first launched here, but that was really interesting to hear the rest of the story. Thanks Ann! :)

[@becp488]

Yeah, I remember my first time going to a Hungry Jacks was while visiting Adelaide in the 90s.

[@alissonvonderlane862]

2:14 Now THATS a creepy advert!

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

It kind of disturbs me that so many companies looked at Australia and thought, "How can I get rich while making this country unhealthy?" 😅

[@randomchick1234]

My favourite story of this is Starbucks, because they totally flopped. Aussies like strong, high quality coffee and not necessarily sweetened...and Starbucks did not pivot their product in that direction in the slightest so had to close the majority of cafes except for tourist hotspots. Meanwhile McDonald's coffee went gangbusters successful

[@adde9506]

Fast food isn't inherently unhealthy. There is plenty of farm-to-table fine dining with far more calories per meal than a burger, fries, and soda. People are responsible for what they eat.

[@alexandrakonigsburg6474]

Companies sell what people want to buy. There have been plenty of "healthy versions" of existing products that failed because they didn't sell.

[@kjullthedemon]

@@adde9506 Fast food is unhealthy, what are you talking about. Yeah, sure there's worse things to consume, but Burger King or Hungry Jack are not healthy lol.

[@magical571]

​@@kjullthedemonno. He is right. Rule number one in nutrition is the amount and regularity of consuming certain items instead of others. But there is nothing inherently "bad" about any food. So long as we are talking adults of course

[@thedisappointedoptimist6916]

Educational. No bullshit. Funny. Clever editing. How are you not one of the biggest channels out there?

[@benjaminwatson543]

I'm a big fan of a lot of your older content, but this video is a bit of a miss for me. Kind of sad to see this channel move away from more engagement with food and cooking and towards more media/news bits.

[@SailorYuki]

Burger King and McDonald's have struggled a lot in Finland, too, due to Hess Burger being the well established and popular brand. So kinda the same thing there. It's fascinating how some brands really struggle in some countries and thrive in others. Jack is a smart businessman.

[@SomePeopleCallMeWulfman]

Hesburger used to have a restaurant in Hamburg, Germany in the '90s. I really liked the place but I think they didn't stand a chance.

[@tkps]

HJ also just won a case against McDonalds. In 2020 Hungry Jacks marketing director admitted he chose to be cheeky and named a limited edition burger "Big Jacks" and McDonalds sued. The court recently ruled it didn't breach McDonalds Big Mac trademark. It all sounds a bit petty when people know what they're buying when they make their choice to buy it.

[@becp488]

Starbucks was a big fail here in Australia, there are a few in big cities but generally Aussies prefer local cafes and actual good coffee.

[@Saavik256]

In my country (Slovenia) McDonald's pretty much owns the market. We had a Dairy Queen which failed, then we had something called Quick which also failed. Those were in the 90s. Some years back, a single Burger King opened, closed, reopened under a different owner, then closed permanently. We do have one KFC which is apparently doing quite well, but as far as fast food chains go, McDonald's is king on our market.

[@Qrtuop]

Quick is Belgian. The fries were better than MacDonald's

[@Saavik256]

@@Qrtuop As someone who doesn't eat at these fast food places, I'll take your word for it. :)

[@HyperKatatonic]

I love this new format and editing! Beautiful done, I really enjoyed it 😄💕

[@shark_lena]

thanks ann, love your videos! been watching for like 7+ years now and I'm consistently excited for every release, especially your exposé or debunking type videos! i feel like its rare for me to hang on to a creator for so long or to have their style of video evolve so consistently with my own personal evolution of preference, so thanks and keep it up! cant wait for the next video

[@lilabluestars85]

This was an amazing story! I had no idea, and it's so much fun to learn about these interesting (and sometimes crazy) things that happen in the world.

[@casr.b.2411]

0:45 Thanks for that horrific reminder 😭😭😭

[@RoyHelling]

the video you put as the South Korea Burger King ad was actually aired in the US and not in South Korea. I am Korean and had been in South Korea during the early 2000s and did not recall such a disturbingly memorable ad. I did some research online and found it was made by Crispin Porter + Bogusky Santa Monica advertising agency for the US market. P.S I always enjoy your videos! Thank you for posting!

[@lilliematthews7922]

Did your research reveal WHY????

[@AlienShuttlecraft]

So because Jack won the court case Burger King was banned from Australia? I am going to have to watch this again.

[@MaxjCookie]

did i expect "How to cook that" to become a new aussie docu-essay series in the style of defunctland? No. But if you'd asked if i thought Ann Reardon would do that, I'd say she can do anything. This is I N C R E D I B L E!!!!

[@MaxjCookie]

I hope she knows I would literally watch a 4 hour long documentary about any topic of her choice.