Dunkin' Donuts Coffee

In 1950, Bill Rosenberg opened the first Dunkin' Donuts shop in Quincy, Massachusetts. Dunkin' Donuts licensed the first of many franchises in 1955. Since then, Dunkin' Donuts has grown to become the world's largest coffee and baked goods chain, serving more than 2.7 million customers per day. Dunkin' Donuts sells 52 varieties of donuts and more than a dozen coffee beverages as well as an array of bagels, breakfast sandwiches and other baked goods.

There are over 6,000 Dunkin' Donuts worldwide in 30 countries. In the U.S. there are over 4,400 Dunkin' Donuts locations across 36 states. Internationally, there are over 1,700 Dunkin' Donuts locations in 29 countries. Dunkin' Donuts' most significant presence overseas is in the Philippines, Indonesia, South Korea, and Thailand

They reported World-wide system-wide sales of $3.6 billion and U.S. system-wide sales of $3.4 billion.

One of the coffee variants that they are famous for is their Iced Latte. And the other one that I am really fond of, is their Coffee Coolatta. Yum!

Burger King

Today, I decided to stay back late in office and work on my travel claims. I had tons and tons of receipts to weed through and with my India trip due in 3 days, there was no way I could have put this off any longer. At 8.30PM, I started to think of dinner, and immediately jumped into my car and drove down Rt 18. The first eating joint that I came up with was Burger King...and voila! I decided to dedicate today's brand to the King of Burgers...the one and the only Burger King!!

Burger King Corporation is the second largest fast food hamburger company in the world with locations in all 50 U.S. states and more than 65 international countries and U.S. territories around the world.

A bit of history
McLamore and Edgerton, both of whom had extensive experience in the restaurant business before starting their joint venture, believed in the simple concept of providing the customer with reasonably priced quality food, served quickly, in attractive, clean surroundings.
Since its Florida beginnings more than 50 years ago when a BURGER KING® hamburger cost 18¢ and a WHOPPER® sandwich cost 37¢, Burger King Corporation has established restaurants around the world — from Australia to Venezuela. By 1967, when the Minneapolis-based Pillsbury Company acquired the Company, 8,000 employees were working in 274 different restaurants. Today, there are approximately 30,300 employees in the company restaurants, field management offices and our global headquarters. This does not include employees of their franchisees, as they are independent business owners. What started with one restaurant in Miami in 1954 has grown to more than 11,100 restaurants in more than 65 countries worldwide.

Who owns and runs them
Approximately 90 percent of BURGER KING® restaurants are owned and operated by independent franchisees, many of them family owned operations that have been in business for decades.
Burger King Holdings Inc., the parent company, is private and independently owned by an equity sponsor group comprised of Texas Pacific Group, Bain Capital and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners.

And now, some interesting facts about Burger King -

Burger King's flagship item, The WHOPPER® sandwich was introduced in 1957.
The BURGER KING® system uses approximately 308 million pounds of beef annually.
The BURGER KING® system averages 6.2 million pounds of bacon annually in its restaurants.
Burger King Corporation franchised its first international restaurant in Puerto Rico in 1963.
The BURGER KING® restaurant with the greatest altitude is in La Paz, Bolivia, at 11,000 feet above sea level.
Budapest is home to the largest BURGER KING® restaurant worldwide.
BURGER KING® opened its first restaurant in Iraq at the Baghdad Airport and deploys more than three mobile units to feed troops throughout the region.

Source: www.burgerking.com