Posted on 05/16/2010 9:24:19 AM PDT by Nachum
American fast food chain Burger King will cease making its famous Whoppers in Israel, almost 20 years after opening in the Jewish state.
Orgad Holdings, Burger King's Israeli franchise, announced Sunday that Israel's 52 Burger Kings will be converted to Burger Ranches, and will stop operating in August.
A press release by the company – which owns both restaurant chains – said their research indicates that Israelis prefer the taste of Burger Ranch to that of Burger King. Among both, many eateries are kosher.
(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...
I thought it was just a regional chain here in the NW U.S. Guess not.
Why? Is this so now Burger King can make much more money in Anti-Israel countries? I have eaten in Israel and Pizza Hut Egypt.
This is a confusing sentence. Do they mean the outlets will be converted in the near future and yet still close in August? Because if they're converting in August, they're not ceasing operation. They must mean "stop operating as Burger Kings in August" but if they meant that, they should have just said they'll be converted to Burger Ranches. The cessation of Burger King operations would be obvious.
May this be a lesson to Red Lobster.
ML/NJ
Naw, it's about money. Probably about franchise fees and expansion into new markets.
How about Burger Judge instead?
The stalker is leaving Israel...
sounds like it is a regional chain. see below. also found a post where the primary difference appears to be the condiments: local vs. US.
now I am hungry.
Orgad has owned Burger King locally since 2005. Just over a year ago, it bought out the local hamburger chain, Burger Ranch, for more than NIS 100 million....
With its origins in South Africa, Burger Ranch made its way to Israel in the early 1970s, and by the end of that decade, it had two branches in Tel Aviv. When McDonalds entered the fast food market here in 1993, Burger Ranch had nearly 50 restaurants and was the largest restaurant chain.
How so?
I’ll bet the real reason is because that freaky and weird Burger King guy reminds them too much of Obama.
Ruvy, who managed a Burger King in the U.S. for 13 years before moving to Israel, insists that the burgers served by both restaurants are largely identical, and that the main differences have to do with ketchup choices.
The only difference in the two burgers is in the catsup and mayonnaise. Burger King, as per the recipes worked out in its kitchens in Wisconsin, uses Heinz catsup and mustard, as well as Heinz mayonnaise. Burger Ranch uses local brands of the same products. So, the sources of the taste differences between the two hamburgers are in the catsup, mustard, and mayonnaise.
Heinz catsup is not as sweet as the Israeli catsup sold here; the Heinz mayonnaise has a different flavor from the local brands; and the local mustard is sharper than the mild Heinz mustard used on the hamburgers and double hamburgers at Burger King. The result is that there is a distinctly different flavor of the Burger Ranch hamburgers compared to the analogous Burger King products.
http://consumerist.com/m/2010/05/burger-king-out-of-israel.html
From the Wiki:
“From the original South African owners, Burger Ranch moved to the ownership of Paz, the largest gasoline company in Israel”
I’ve seen one at a gas station in Israel. Now I know why they are there.
Heinz catsup?
‘There I thought the simple hamburger I tried was distinctly different from the simple McDonalds hamburger here in the States.”
“How so?”
He’s tasting the kosherness of it.
I think this change is maybe coming about for the owners to avoid paying the franchise tax and fees? IMO.
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