Burger King owner will buy out its biggest franchisee in US for about $1B

I have to limit my sodium intake due to heart failure.

Whoppers are the lowest sodium of any fast food burger that I like. I used to eat Whoppers regularly.

Now the BK restaurants in my area defraud me when I order a Whopper by making a BK King Burger to look and taste like a whopper. Thr BK King Burger has much more sodium than a Whopper.

When I specify that I want a Whopper and not a BK King Burger, they do 1 of 3 things:

1. Lie and tell me it's a Whopper. 2. Make fun of me, saying it tastes the same. 3. Admit they do not carry the things to make a real Whopper.

BK has serious problems with integrity.

From what I understand, Carrolls has too much negotiation power and, thus, retains too much of the revenue. That's why BurgerKing will soon rent out those locations to new local franchisees. Probably "local" here means that they won't have any market power which might allow them to negotiate back against BurgerKing.

And they still can't manage to pull out of Russia. :/

Here's an Associated Press article:

https://apnews.com/article/burger-king-franchisee-carrols-15...

i'm not a huge fast food eater, however my biggest complaint is what these "modernized" stores now look like.

the mcdonald's near my home was recently "modernized". it went from a traditional, fun-looking red/white mcdonald's store with a red roof and a yellow sign to a MASSIVE gray/concrete box with white windows.

it certainly doesn't look like a place that would catch my eye for a meal.