Is Hungry Jack's Australian Burger King?

As well as being a proud Aussie company Hungry Jack's is the master Australian franchise of the Burger King Corporation.

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Is Hungry Jack's Burger King?

Hungry Jack's Pty Ltd. is an Australian fast food franchise of the Burger King Corporation. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Competitive Foods Australia (with licensing from Restaurant Brands International), a privately held company owned by Jack Cowin.

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Why is Hungry Jacks not called Burger King in Australia?

The US chain Burger King couldn't use their own brand in Australia, as the name had been trademarked by takeaway chain based in Adelaide. The Hungry Jack's brand was established instead, and the first store opened in Innaloo, Perth on 18 April 1971.

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What is Australia's version of Burger King?

Burger King Is Hungry Jack's in Australia.

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Why did Burger King sue Hungry Jack's?

In November 1996, Burger King purported to terminate the agreement between itself and Hungry Jack's, on the basis that Hungry Jack's had not opened the required number of stores.

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What is Burger King called in England?

Burger King (United Kingdom) Ltd.

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What is the Hungry Jacks controversy?

A Hungry Jack's store in Perth has stirred up controversy by posting a sign on its front door announcing a ban on people under the age of 17. The sign, posted on the glass doors of the chain's Whitford store, has gone viral on social media.

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Who owns Burger King in Australia?

Hungry Jack's owns and operates or sub-licences all of the Burger King/Hungry Jack's restaurants in Australia.

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What is the Big Mac in Australia called?

In Australia it was discontinued and replaced by the Grand Big Mac. The Double Big Mac is the biggest regular hamburger the chain produces and it has 680 calories.

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Is Australia the only country that calls Burger King Hungry Jacks?

Except you won't find Burger King in Australia because it's the only place in the world where Burger Kings are called Hungry Jack's. When Burger King got to Australia in 1971, it discovered there was already a local restaurant there called Burger King.

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Is Australia getting Wendy's?

Wendy's, which has more than 7000 locations worldwide, is slated to open hundreds of stores across Australia.

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What is Burger King called in America?

Burger King Corporation, restaurant company specializing in flame-broiled fast-food hamburgers. It is the second largest hamburger chain in the United States, after McDonald's, and one of the most successful brands in fast-food history.

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Are Hungry Jacks burgers real beef?

Great burgers need great ingredients. At Hungry Jack's that's 100% Aussie beef, flame-grilled to perfection. Plus big fresh salads, chunky hot chips and sensational sauces.

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Who supplies Hungry Jack's beef?

Hungry Jack's said that all of its beef is sourced from Australian farms and the beef patties are produced at its own manufacturing facility in Queensland.

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Are Hungry Jacks and KFC owned by the same company?

It is owned and operated by Jack Cowin. Its units are Hungry Jack's and, previously, some KFC stores.

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Why does Burger King have a different name in Australia?

The U.S. Burger King brand, not to be deterred, allowed its Australian franchisee Jack Cowin (who is, incidentally, a Canadian by birth; he moved to Australia in 1969, via Domino's Investors) to name his Australian Burger King franchise something different, according to The Sydney Morning Herald.

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Who owns the most McDonald's franchises in Australia?

No, make that Australia's Mr Maccas. He owns 12 McDonald's stores in Canberra. Twelve. That's more than anyone else in Australia.

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What is an Australian burger?

It's simple: minced beef, possibly cut through with diced onion, bound with an egg. Well-done is the word, even if it's a little dry, that's where the sauce, beetroot and the pineapple come into play.

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What do Aussies call ketchup?

Ketchup is underrated. We call it tomato sauce in Australia.

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What do Aussies call Brits?

Pommy or pom

The terms pommy, pommie, and pom used in Australia, South Africa, and New Zealand usually denote a British person.

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What do Aussies call french fries?

Australian, British and New Zealand English uses "chips" for what North Americans call french fries. When confusion would occur between the two meanings, "hot chips" and "cold chips" are used.

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Did Hungry Jacks get sued by Maccas?

The fast-food giant filed Federal Court proceedings on August 28 against Hungry Jack's over the registered trademark "Big Jack", which McDonald's claims is "substantially identical with or deceptively similar" to its Big Mac trademark.

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What's better Hungry Jacks or Mcdonalds?

The company surveyed more than 3000 Australians, asking them to review the last of the two burgers they consumed. Things like ingredient quality, taste, price and overall satisfaction were factored into the total score. In a surprising result, Hungry Jack's controversial burger scored the highest across all categories.

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Does the US have Hungry Jacks?

But what is little known is that far from being a completely invented name, Hungry Jack's also exists in the US — and there it's something completely different. Similar to the humble Mars bar, when you go stateside, something gets lost in translation and the product with the same name is not the same thing at all.

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