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Burger King woos couch potatoes with delivery

After a spate of bad publicity over hygiene and staff conditions at some of its franchises, Burger King is hoping to win consumers back with a new home delivery service in Germany.

Published: 12 February 2015 16:24 CET
Burger King woos couch potatoes with delivery
Photo: DPA

The company announced on Thursday that the fast-food chain will take telephone orders from Thursday between 11 am and 10 pm, or 11 pm at the weekend.

“The desire for a delivery service among our customers is huge”, said Christian Bauer, European marketing director for Burger King.

Customers are expected to receive their deliveries within 40 minutes by car, scooter or electric bike, and can pay with cash or by debit card.

However, only eight out of 685 branches nationwide are currently taking part in the scheme, which was piloted at one restaurant in Mannheim at the end of January.

This second phase of testing allows customers within a radius of eight minutes' travel time to order from new branches in Berlin, Chemnitz, Gera, Zwickau, Dresden, Waiblingen and Singen.

The company had a tricky end to 2014 after a franchise operator, Yi-Ko, had to close its 89 branches after going into administration.

Yi-Ko had been hit by allegations of staff mistreatment and accusations of poor hygiene at the franchises it operated.

Its branches have since reopened under control of the administrators.

SEE ALSO: Burger King axes 89 franches over scandals

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Danish chef wants to launch gourmet dining to stratosphere

Danish chef Rasmus Munk wants to take high-end cuisine to the edge of space, with plans to serve up a stratospheric dining experience in 2025, his restaurant said Thursday.

Published: 14 March 2024 16:38 CET
Danish chef wants to launch gourmet dining to stratosphere

“The expedition will take place aboard Space Perspective Spaceship Neptune, the world’s first carbon-neutral spaceship,” Alchemist, the Copenhagen restaurant that has earned Munk two Michelin stars, said in a statement.

“They will dine as they watch the sunrise over the Earth’s curvature” at an altitude of 100,000 feet (30,000 metres) above sea level, it said.

For $495,000 per ticket, six tourists will embark on a six-hour journey in a pressurised space capsule that will rise into the stratosphere in a hydrogen-filled “SpaceBalloon”.

The 32-year-old chef and self-confessed space enthusiast will be joining the trip.

READ ALSO: World-famous Copenhagen restaurant to close after 2024

Munk promises “dishes inspired by the role of space exploration during the last 60 years of human history, and the impact it has had on our society — both scientifically and philosophically”.

His menu will be restricted only by his inability to cook food over an open flame.

Many of the ingredients will be prepared on the ship from which the capsule is launched, according to Alchemist, which is ranked fifth among the world’s restaurants in 2023 according to the World’s Best 50 Restaurants guide.

In recent decades, Denmark has emerged as a gastronomical powerhouse on terra firma, with the Copenhagen restaurants Noma and Geranium both having held the title of the world’s best restaurant.

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