Uh huh. He wanted is his way.
Why close them ? Just continue operating them and if push comes to shove just change the name to Burger Queen and continue to serve the same stuff which most likely is produced locally anyway and forget about the “Guidance” via US which collects the royalties for using the name.
If a korporation could change the contract on a woke, virtue whining whim, they'd do it all the time.
Just because the bastardized courts allow it in marriage contracts doesn't mean korporations can do it as well.