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Burger King: Franchise Research Proposal

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TRINITY HOUSE PALM-LAKES page1
FRANCHISE ARTICLE RESEARCH
TERM: 1 (13 February 2018)
LUTHANDO NZUZA
BUSINESS STUDIES
GRADE 10 “BURGER KING ADMITS IT HAS BEEN SELLING BEEF page2 BURGERS AND WHOOPERS CONTAININNG HORSEMEAT”
Burger king has finally admitted that they have been selling burgers which contain horsemeat in them. This franchise have been denying these claims for the past two week’s straight.
A thorough amount of tests have been run on their patties through the weeks .this franchise was suspected to be covering up so they would get a new meat supplier for their franchise in time to cover up for their scandal.
Burger king has finally admitted to the claims of selling burgers which contain of horsemeat. This franchise round about sells about 1 million burgers per week in the United Kingdom. This scandal will be bringing in a lot of bad business to the business. The Franchise had …show more content…

They organization has done meat sample investigation on Subway, Wendy’s, Tim Horton’s and A&W. The restaurants averages weren’t to surprising, finding out the average was 80%. The one that stood out the most for them was that subways only had 50% chicken volume.
Subway have stood out the most. They have bad figure standing at a very high compared to the other franchises. CBC was expecting such a shocking discovery and their chicken strips were found to only have 43% chicken volume.
There have been a lot of chemicals found in this meat like cellulose. Although there isn’t a problem legally. This just embarrasses the restaurant in a lot of ways. The sales are dropping. This franchise should focus on selling healthier food to their consumers. This scandal has involved artificial food. Things like this make people think twice before entering a

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