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James Whitman McLamore (May 30, 1926 – August 8, 1996) was an American entrepreneur, the founder and first CEO of the Burger King fast food franchise, along with David Edgerton. He also created the Whopper sandwich. After selling Burger King to the Pillsbury Company in 1967, he remained CEO for five years.
The Insta-Broiler oven proved so successful at cooking burgers, they required all of their franchises to carry the device. After the original company began to falter in 1959, it was purchased by its Miami, Florida, franchisees James McLamore and David R. Edgerton. The two initiated a corporate restructuring of the chain; the first step being to ...
This quarter-pound (4 oz (110 g)) hamburger was created by Burger King's new owners James McLamore and David Edgerton as a way to differentiate BK from other burger outlets at the time. [160] Since its inception, the Whopper has become synonymous with Burger King and has become the focus of much of its advertising. [161]
This whopper of a restaurant chain traces its roots to 1954, when James McLamore and David Edgerton bought franchise rights to a burger joint called Insta-Burger King in Miami. They would buy out ...
Entrepreneur. Known for. Co-founding Burger King with James McLamore. David Russell Edgerton Jr. (May 26, 1927 – April 3, 2018) [1] was an American entrepreneur and co-founder of Burger King, in what would become the second-largest burger chain after McDonald's. [2] After serving as a manager of another restaurant, Howard Johnson's, on March ...
James McLamore and David Edgerton founded Burger King in 1954, when as the company's website notes "flame-broiled beef [began] fulfilling its destiny." There are more than 12,500 Burger Kings today.
While that may sound like a good deal for some employees, Burger King co-founder David Edgerton, Fast-food workers staged protests worldwide on Wednesday as part of a "Fight for 15" campaign ...
It was established by James McLamore and David Edgerton, both of whom were students at the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration. [62] McLamore had visited the original McDonald's in San Bernardino, California, when it was still owned by the McDonald brothers, and saw the potential that existed for the mass production of hamburgers ...