Proof I was down under…
May 31, 2008
Here’s a bit of proof that I was in Australia recently. I’m not very good with pictures (by “with” I mean being in them or ever doing anything with the pics I do take), but I was able to do a couple here for posterity.
“Burger King” by any other name tastes just as scrumptious…
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May 31st, 2008 at 9:09 pm
I’m confused. I understand Royale With Cheese, due to the metric system, but Why TF is Burger King called Hungry Jacks?
++Alan
May 31st, 2008 at 9:29 pm
This wikipedia article has more than you’d want to know.
My reading is that the original franchisee (Colwin) chose the name from a list US BK gave, because the name BK was already used in Australia.
Original BK trademark lapsed, and US BK and Colwin got in to dispute. BK claimed he hadn’t opened enough stores based on original agreement. BK started opening their own stores (with Royal Dutch Shell?).
Colwin sued BK for breach of contract and won. BK quit in Australia and sold operations to a New Zealand company. Apparently then BK allowed HJ to rename existing BK stores to HJ stores, but not all have undergone a name change, so you still have some BK and some HJ near each other.
Much more detail there at wikipedia.
June 2nd, 2008 at 4:47 am
What sort of tasty meat were you devouring at Hungry Jacks
June 2nd, 2008 at 5:49 am
@AG - we went there twice. First time I had a ’spicy chicken’ sandwich, which was on a long baguette. Not quite like a Wendy’s “spicy chicken” but still good. Second time I had a Whopper.