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Burger King cooking up renewable energy

Reality and mythSo you are going to take a diesel powered truck that pulls 80,000 pounds and make it electric.Get real...Nothing more than Al Gore and Obama spending Trillions of dollars to crash the economy.Reality and realitySo you are going to take a diesel powered locomotive that pulls 6,000 tons...

Tags: Get Real, Burger King Corp., renewable energy

Discussion threads 2009-09-08

Burger King cooking up renewable energy

Drive up to Burger King, stop your car, generate electricity. That's the plan being tested right now at the Burger King in Hillside, New Jersey. The tech being used is called MotionPowerâ„¢ Kinetic Energy Harvesting System. It is made by New Energy Technologies, Inc. They used...

Tags: Vehicle, Renewable Energy, Energy, Burger King Corp., MotionPower, New Energy, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-09-08

The Groundswell of Social Media Backlash

There appears to be a fully fledged backlash against 'social media' marketing emerging, with commentary in both areas you'd expect and in places you might not. This is tough on the people who have solid foundations for what marketing messaging is all about,...

Tags: Facebook, Procter & Gamble Co., Social Media, Burger King Corp., Josh, Desktop Publishing, Marketing Research, Software, Marketing, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-05-23

Burger King Finder 1.0 (Mobile)

To get directions, press the pin of the desired restaurant, then the white arrow on blue ground and choose "directions to here". Start and End fileds open - the end field is already filled. Press the start field, then the blue book symbol on the right side and choose "current...

Tags: Mobile, Apple iTunes, Burger King Corp., IntelligentMobiles, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2009-01-11

BK Finder 1.0 (Mobile)

This simple and handy app finds the closest Burger King Restaurants to your current location using the iPhone's built in GPS.Shows the 5 closest Burger King restaurants to your current location.Distance measurements automatically convert from Miles to Kilometers depending on what country your in. Note: The "Download Now" link...

Tags: Mobile, Apple iTunes, Burger King Corp., iDelux, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2008-12-23

Outsourcing innovation at Burger King

Outsourcing innovation at Burger KingComplete your postWhere the context? I'm not american.What they're doing that is so great?Incomplete post?"Not only is the fast food giant driving customer loyalty with its amusing new advertising campaign, but it also is leveraging the latest outsourcing models to drive down costs and improve the...

Tags: Outsourcing Innovation, outsourcing, Burger King Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-01-12

Outsourcing innovation at Burger King

Not only is the fast food giant driving customer loyalty with its amusing new advertising campaign, but it also is leveraging the latest outsourcing models to drive down costs and improve the customer experience.... by Phil Fersht

Tags: Innovation, Burger King Corp., Outsourcing, Food & Beverage, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Manufacturing, Phil Fersht

Blog posts 2008-01-12

Microsoft Online Services Customer Story: Burger King

Equity Marketing, promotions agency for Burger King, approached Microsoft to produce three Burger King-branded Xbox games to sell exclusively at company locations in North America for only $3.99 each - a fraction of the typical cost of a retail game - and do it all in less than a year....

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Burger King Corp., Games, Personal Technology

Case studies 2007-11-17

Burger King, AOL join digital music 'burger war'

Burger King, AOL join digital music 'burger war'I guess I'll just have to miss outI don't do burger whopper or mcfood. Oooops I see this is a prootion for the "younger" clientel. NevermindClear identity?'Burger King, with 7,700 restaurants in the United States, has suffered in recent years from...

Tags: Burger King Corp., digital music, America Online Inc.

Discussion threads 2004-09-07

Burger King drive-thru hacked

Burger King drive-thru hackedProbably......nervous IT workers looking down the road to their imminent career change, thanks to outsourcing.Carl Rapson

Tags: Burger King Corp.

Discussion threads 2004-01-14

Australian Burger King cautious on virtual ordering

The Australian branch of Burger King does not plan to implement the online ordering system currently being trialled in the US. Burger King Australia says it doesn't have the supply complexity to warrant introducing the new system, having only about 60 stores nationwide. "We have...

Tags: Burger King Corp., Burger King Australia, Channel Management, Marketing, James Pearce, Warning: DOMDocument::loadXML() [domdocument.loadxml]: Empty string supplied as input in /var/opt/include/classes/traxapi.class.php on line 47, Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/opt/include/classes/traxapi.class.php on line 55

News items 2002-03-13

Burger Kings chomps into the Web

Next time you sink your teeth into a Whopper, it may be thanks to the fast food chain's recent foray into virtual food distribution. Next time you sink your teeth into a Burger King Whopper, it may be thanks to the fast food chain's recent foray into virtual food...

Tags: Food, Web, Burger King Corp., Amphire Solutions, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Alorie Gilbert, Technology News

News items 2002-03-06

Broadband speeds portal access

To give its field personnel speedy access to its intranet portal, a large Burger King franchisee turns to broadband Internet connections. Aside from the obvious issues related to building its intranet portal, one of the big hurdles Burger King franchisee AmeriKing has faced with its portal involves the way...

Tags: Broadband, Burger King Corp., Portals, Web Technology, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Internet, Networking, Sarah L. Roberts-Witt

News items 2002-02-19

Burger King site whopped again

The UK Web site of the fast food chain Burger King was defaced on Tuesday for the third time this year, this time by a hacker operating under the nickname of MrAgent. The Burger King homepage at www.burgerking.co.uk was replaced with an attack on the...

Tags: Burger King Corp., Hacking, Marketing Research, Security, Marketing, ZDNN Staff, Technology News

News items 2001-06-27

Fries or ZDNN with your Whopper?

While trendy cyber cafes fade, Burger King experiments with Net access draw raves. With once trendy cyber-cafes fading faster than the foam on a double decaf Cappuccino, will fast food restaurants fill the order for Web surfing with lunch? Inspired by a gutsy franchisee, Burger King is winning raves...

Tags: Internet Access, Food, Restaurant, Computer, Burger King Corp., Internet, Food & Beverage, Productivity, Manufacturing, Jane Weaver, Technology News

News items 1999-09-03

Burger King: The Web your way

Manhattan franchisee already has Internet access for customers. Next on the menu: Webcams. NEW YORK -- The next time you order a Whopper in Manhattan's financial district, be ready to say cheese. Last summer, Burger King franchisee Peter Allen Abramson launched the first wired Burger King,...

Tags: Web, 3Com Corp., Video, Burger King Corp., Internet, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Timothy Hanrahan, Technology News

News items 1999-02-23

Additional Resources

Priceline goes to Europe

Priceline Inc. has formed a new company that will focus on the European market. Priceline.com Europe, formed with General Atlantic Partners, will be headed by Dennis Malamatinas, who is currently a director of Diageo plc. and CEO of Burger King Corp. The new company plans to begin offering...

Tags: Priceline.com Inc., ZDNN Staff, Technology News

News items 2000-06-28

Selling Windows CE to the real world

Microsoft unveils plans to build mini-OS into everything from gas pumps to your TV. DENVER, Colo. -- Microsoft Corp.'s vision for Windows CE goes beyond mere handheld devices and the AutoPC, the company told attendees of its developers conference here Monday. The company hopes to make...

Tags: Microsoft Windows CE, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Hardware, Lisa Bowman, Technology News

News items 1999-06-07