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Another bankruptcy hits Burger King

The Week in Restaurants: This week’s episode features a discussion on Burger King, a look at Raising Cane’s and KFC and more takeaways from the Restaurant Leadership Conference.

Another Burger King franchisee filed for bankruptcy.

This week’s episode of The Week in Restaurants includes a discussion on the bankruptcy filing of a 57-unit Burger King operator in Florida and Georgia. 

In addition, we talk about Raising Cane’s surpassing KFC, and other topics from the Technomic Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report. 

We talk about the big takeaways from the Restaurant Leadership Conference. Also, Joe Guszkowski talks about technology and his recent profile of the bankrupt casual-dining chain Hooters. 

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