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France lets Burger King swallow up Quick

French competition authorities on Thursday gave the green light for Burger King's takeover of the 405 outlets of fast-food rival Quick.

Published: 10 December 2015 18:06 CET
France lets Burger King swallow up Quick
Do you prefer Burger King or Quick? Soon you won't have a choice. Photo: AFP
“The deal does not harm competition (in France),” the watchdog said.
   
The only obstacle to the deal negotiated through Quick's owners Qualium Investissement has been overcome with Burger King agreeing to cancel a franchise contract on the island of Corsica.
   
The deal makes Burger King the second-largest fast-food chain in France behind US rival McDonald's.
   
Quick employs 19,000 people and registered turnover of €1.029 billion ($1.12 billion) last year, of which 818 million euros was in the French market.
   
Burger King currently operates 30 restaurants in France.
   
No financial details of the deal have been released.
   
While the traditional ham-and-butter baguette once reigned in France, hamburgers now account for one in four restaurant meals eaten in the land of gastronomy, according to a March report by food marketing group Gira Conseil.
 

STAVANGER

Norway Burger King ordered to close for breaking corona rules

A branch of Burger King in Norway was ordered to close on Saturday night after inspectors judged it was allowing customers to rub up too closely together.

Published: 25 May 2020 18:19 CEST
Norway Burger King ordered to close for breaking corona rules
The branch of Burger King in Stavanger's main square. Photo: Google Maps
The restaurant in Stavanger, the capital of the country's oil industry, was visited by inspectors from the city government late on Saturday night, and judged not to be meeting infection control requirements.  
 
“The restaurant was closed because they did not comply with the guidelines for distance between the customers,” Øyvind Berekvam, a spokesperson for the municipality, told Norway's state broadcaster NRK. 
 
Norway requires all bars and restaurants to ensure that customers and personnel can maintain a distance between one another of at least one metre. 
 
Heidi Moss, the marketing manager for King Food, which has run Burger King's Norway franchise sine 1988, said that the chain was looking at how to make sure there could be no infringements at its other 109 restaurants in the country. 
 
“We are of course taking the event in Stavanger very seriously,” she told NRK. “We want to avoid similar situations and are right now looking at measures that can be implemented.”
 
She said she was considering where possible putting place a one-way system in restaurants with separate entrances and exits, and also perhaps hiring security guards. 
 
 
The closure marked the first time a bar or restaurant has been shut down for non-compliance in Stavanger since the coronavirus pandemic began in March. 
 
Runar Johannessen, the head of infection control in Stavanger, said he believed that all nightspots should employ security guards to make sure customers follow distancing requirements. 
 
“It is a challenge to adhere to the guidelines when there is as little contagion as there is now, but with no idea how this develops,” he said. 
 
For example, it may be to return to stay open day and night, guard when there are many guests waiting and differentiated entrance and exit so that there is a one-way walk through the restaurant, according to the marketing manager.
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