{"id":1040,"date":"2009-11-12T22:10:24","date_gmt":"2009-11-12T22:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expandsmtest.com\/franchiseking\/is-burger-kings-1-double-cheeseburger-a-losing-proposition-for-its-franchisees\/"},"modified":"2013-07-28T04:44:06","modified_gmt":"2013-07-28T04:44:06","slug":"is-burger-kings-1-double-cheeseburger-a-losing-proposition-for-its-franchisees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/is-burger-kings-1-double-cheeseburger-a-losing-proposition-for-its-franchisees","title":{"rendered":"Is Burger King&#8217;s $1 Double Cheeseburger A Losing Proposition For It&#8217;s  Franchisees?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c00000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefranchiseking.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341ca59e53ef012875945e38970c-pi\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bk\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341ca59e53ef012875945e38970c \" src=\"https:\/\/thefranchiseking.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341ca59e53ef012875945e38970c-320wi\" style=\"width: 210px; height: 142px;\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c00000;\"><br \/><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/tweetmeme.com\/i\/scripts\/button.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c00000;\">I&#39;m thinking it must be.<\/span><\/strong> Some franchisees are suing<strong> Burger King<\/strong> corporate because it&#39;s just not a good deal, according to them.<\/p>\n<p>According to Yahoo Finance News;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The National Franchise Association<\/strong>, a group that represents more<br \/>\nthan 80 percent of Burger King&#39;s U.S. franchise owners, said the $1<br \/>\npromotion forces restaurant owners to sell the quarter-pound burger<br \/>\nwith at least <em>a 10-cent loss<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>While costs vary by location, the<br \/>\n$1 double cheeseburger typically costs franchisees at least $1.10, said<br \/>\nDan Fitzpatrick, a Burger King franchisee from South Bend, Ind. who is<br \/>\na spokesman for the association. That includes about 55 cents for the<br \/>\ncost of the meat, bun, cheese and toppings. The remainder typically<br \/>\ncovers expenses such as rent, royalties and worker wages.<\/p>\n<p>I wonder of the term &quot;<strong>at participating locations<\/strong>&quot; will start applying&#8230;. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.anrdoezrs.net\/click-2568962-10570504\" onmouseout=\"window.status=&#39; &#39;;return true;\" onmouseover=\"window.status=&#39;https:\/\/www.carbonite.com&#39;;return true;\" target=\"_top\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Protect your files with Carbonite Online Backup.\" border=\"0\" height=\"60\" src=\"https:\/\/www.awltovhc.com\/image-2568962-10570504\" width=\"468\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #c00000;\">(I use Carbonite for my back-up. It saved me big time this past spring.)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m thinking it must be. Some franchisees are suing Burger King corporate because it&#8217;s just not a good deal, according to them. According to Yahoo Finance News; The National Franchise Association, a group that represents more than 80 percent of Burger King&#8217;s U.S. franchise owners, said the $1 promotion forces restaurant owners to sell the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[242],"class_list":["post-1040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food-and-drink-franchises","tag-food-franchises"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Is Burger King&#039;s $1 Double Cheeseburger A Losing Proposition For It&#039;s Franchisees? &#8212; The Franchise King\u00ae<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Is Burger King&#039;s $1 Double Cheeseburger A Losing Proposition For It&#039;s Franchisees?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/is-burger-kings-1-double-cheeseburger-a-losing-proposition-for-its-franchisees\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Is Burger King&#039;s $1 Double Cheeseburger A Losing Proposition For It&#039;s Franchisees?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Is Burger King&#039;s $1 Double Cheeseburger A Losing Proposition For It&#039;s Franchisees?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/is-burger-kings-1-double-cheeseburger-a-losing-proposition-for-its-franchisees\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Franchise King\u00ae\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-11-12T22:10:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2013-07-28T04:44:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/thefranchiseking.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341ca59e53ef012875945e38970c-320wi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Joel Libava\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/is-burger-kings-1-double-cheeseburger-a-losing-proposition-for-its-franchisees#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/is-burger-kings-1-double-cheeseburger-a-losing-proposition-for-its-franchisees\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Joel Libava\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b560fd324f6df9be52ac875e631beb66\"},\"headline\":\"Is Burger King&#8217;s $1 Double Cheeseburger A Losing Proposition For It&#8217;s Franchisees?\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-11-12T22:10:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-07-28T04:44:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/is-burger-kings-1-double-cheeseburger-a-losing-proposition-for-its-franchisees\"},\"wordCount\":162,\"commentCount\":3,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/is-burger-kings-1-double-cheeseburger-a-losing-proposition-for-its-franchisees#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefranchiseking.typepad.com\\\/.a\\\/6a00d8341ca59e53ef012875945e38970c-320wi\",\"keywords\":[\"food franchises\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Food and Drink Franchises\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2009\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/is-burger-kings-1-double-cheeseburger-a-losing-proposition-for-its-franchisees\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.thefranchiseking.com\\\/is-burger-kings-1-double-cheeseburger-a-losing-proposition-for-its-franchisees\",\"name\":\"Is Burger King's $1 Double Cheeseburger A Losing Proposition For It's Franchisees? 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