Visir.is reports that the hamburger chain Burger King will close its doors in Iceland today for the last time. Burger fans are dismayed.
Burger King has been operating in Iceland since 2004, but currently has just two outlets. The franchise is owned by a company called Tankur ehf , along with (T.G.I.) Fridays.
The company reports that Fridays is doing well, but Burger King will be discontinued due to the high cost of the franchise and difficulty with imports.
As every high-fat cloud has a silver lining, the chain has not come to the end of the line completely: it will reopen again very soon under a new name.
The Chain Formerly Known as Burger King intends to keep up the same standards of variety and quality and also keep on many existing staff members.
Phew.
I’ve travelled 450km going 200km/h to get a Whopper. Luckily, I’m not from Iceland. I would certainly fly over to Scotland to do so.
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I LOVE CRAP FOOD HERE AND THEN. BURGER KING IS NICE. BUT IN ICELAND WE HAVE VERY GOOD MEAT, I CAN TELL, SO NO PROBLEM TO MAKE OUR OWN DELICIOUS HAMBURGERS HERE. THE COWS AND LAMBS ARE MOSTLY EATING GREEN GRASS THE YEAR AROUND. THAT IS WHY THE MEAT TASTES SO GOOD HERE. I LOVE LAMBALÆRI A LOT WITH POTATOES AND THE BROWN SAUCE.
WE COULD OPEN A VIKING BURGER. ALSO WITH HAMBURGERS OF LAMB AND REINDEER MEAT THAT WOULD BE SO GREAT AND DELICIOUS…
I HAVE TO TELL THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE BETTER IN ICELAND THAN ABROAD. IS LIKE THE WINE. YOU CAN FIND GOOD WINE IN FRANCE AND SPAIN ETC… BUT THE BEST LAMB MEAT AND SALMON, AT LEAST IN EUROPE, THAT I HAVE TRIED ARE THE ICELANDIC.
WE ALSO HAVE LEARNED HOW TO MAKE GOOD CHEESE AND HAVE MANAGED TO GROW A VARIETY OF VEGETABLES. SO WITH SO MUCH SKYR, MEAT, FISH, VEGETABLES, MILK, ETC… , WELL, I DON’T THINK WE REALLY NEED TO BUY TOO MUCH FROM ABROAD.
WE CAN HAVE PLENTY TO EAT JUST WITH THE FOOD THAT IS PRODUCED IN THE COUNTRY. WE SELL A LOT OF FISH AND LAMB MEAT TO EU AND USA. WHEN THE FAMINE STARTS NEXT YEAR IN MANY PLACES IN THE WORLD AS THE CRISIS DEEPENS I AM SURE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE IT VERY GOOD HERE WITH ALL THAT FOOD WHO CARES ABOUT MONEY?
Good news to me, we need too cut of all the fat.
we eat trash, are controlled by trash,
listen to trash read trash
its making me sick
reopen under a new name? how does a rebranding solve the mentioned problems with cost and imports? But no worries, it is the same ‘high quality blah blah’. yuck. perhaps Nicelanders aren’t going to the crap burger joints enough to satisfy corporate.
Well that’s one good news item to come out of the kreppa.
No one should eat the crap anyway. That’s not food.