National Franchisee Association

Sales at the 1,000 Burger King units operated by giant franchisee Carrols Restaurant Group improved through the last three months of 2021. Until omicron hit, that is. The Syracuse, New York-based company said that the surging omicron variant likely hurt its sales in the last two weeks of the month.

Congratulations to several of our NFA members who were awarded with the 2021 Franchisee of the Year Awards at BURGER KING Convention in December. Read more about all of the winners in 2021 Issue 4 of Flame, which will be in your mailboxes soon!

In observance of New Year's, our office will be closed today. Best wishes for a great start to the new year!

Wishing a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all our members! Our office will be closed tomorrow, Dec. 23, and Friday, Dec. 24, in observance of Christmas.

We were saddened to hear the news of the tornadoes that devastated areas across the Midwest. Some of our franchisees had offices or restaurants in the affected areas, but thankfully no one was injured. The NFA is always available as a resource to our members for assistance please don’t hesitate to contact us!

The NFA supports the Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC) Reinstatement Act and thanks Reps. Carol Miller, Stephanie Murphy, Kevin Hern and Terri Sewell for sponsoring a bill that will reinstate the ERTC for the fourth quarter of 2022, giving BURGER KING owners and their employees the stability needed in these uncertain times. To learn more about the ERTC Reinstatement Act, click the link below.

Further immerse yourself in the 2021 NFA LEAD Conference by downloading our event mobile app! Utilize the app to view your schedule, reserve spaces in the ARL breakout sessions, connect with attendees and further network with vendor suppliers. Be on the lookout for an email containing instructions on downloading the app.

Whenever Restaurant Brands International CEO José Cil dives into Burger King’s breakfast performance, he knows exactly what stakeholders are thinking.

Burger King’s latest spot is a darkly humorous depiction of the post-pandemic world, where confusion reigns supreme.

On Monday, six members of the House Education and Labor Committee visited a BURGER KING restaurant to discuss some of the NFA’s legislative priorities. Thank you to Reps. Fred Keller, Burgess Owens, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, Lisa McClain and Congresswoman Virginia Foxx for taking the time to see us! Read more about the visit here.

NFA Member JSC Management Group of Rochester, New York, recently completed renovations on its BK restaurants in Fall River, Massachusetts. This is just a small part of the renovations planned for their restaurants across New England.

After its successful United States launch, Burger King’s Impossible Whopper has finally arrived in stores across Canada. The burger first rolled out in the U.S. before becoming available in Ontario locations last month. Now it’s gone national.

If there was ever a year when it would have been ideal to hop into the DeLorean and change the path of history then 2020 would have been it. Alas, dreams of Doc Brown and going all Back to the Future feel a bit futile as we look ahead to 2021. Nevertheless, today we are rolling back the years with some of the best and brightest minds in marketing to ask them about what advice they would offer to their younger selves.

It’s been over 90 years since Burger King cofounder David Edgerton was born in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, but the recent rebranding of the fast-food chain prompted the community to take a brief look back at the few roots he had in the city. Edgerton is credited with introducing the franchise’s broiler technology after witnessing the shop’s broiler break down and declaring that he could build a better one. Before his death in 2018, he also told the New York Times that he named the Whopper, the signature burger conceived in 1957, and drew the first king for the company logo.

Burger King has just undergone its first redesign in 20 years, but that’s not all that’s changing for the fast-food giant in 2021. Here, Fernando Machado, global chief marketing officer of Restaurant Brands International, reveals the creative and career lessons gleaned from a critical 12 months and what’s next for the Home of the Whopper.

Burger King is kicking off 2021 with its first complete rebrand in more than two decades. The company revealed a new visual design that will thread throughout all touchpoints of the guest experience.

Burger King is doubling down on value with a new $1 Your Way menu set to debut Dec. 28. The menu will feature the Bacon Cheeseburger, Chicken Jr., value fries and value soft drink. We know that value is extremely important to our guests, especially now, said CMO Ellie Doty, in a statement. That’s why we set out to create a menu that offers craveable products, like our Bacon Cheeseburger, that can’t be found at the same price anywhere else."