# KRON 4: "Dethroned? Burger King set to close hundreds of restaurants"
**URL:** https://community.clark.com/t/kron-4-dethroned-burger-king-set-to-close-hundreds-of-restaurants/2752
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**Created:** [May 6, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/kron-4-dethroned-burger-king-set-to-close-hundreds-of-restaurants/2752 "2023-05-06T16:13:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@PropofolMask](https://community.clark.com/u/PropofolMask)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/kron-4-dethroned-burger-king-set-to-close-hundreds-of-restaurants/2752/1 "2023-05-06T16:13:37Z")
I wonder if **my** local Burger King will be affected.
> **[‘Dethroned’: Burger King set to close hundreds of stores](https://www.kron4.com/news/national/dethroned-burger-king-set-to-close-hundreds-of-restaurants/?utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=facebook.com&fbclid=IwAR23Sj3n9Y5iPs5GML0e7qoTUkhvG6YBM5ldV2sdfmt1ycMeBjlsnAOPdUo)**
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> In a “whopper” of bad news, Burger King announced that nearly 400 locations of the popular fast-food chain will be closed by the end of the year.
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### Author:  [@rjratnip](https://community.clark.com/u/rjratnip)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2023, 2:41am UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/kron-4-dethroned-burger-king-set-to-close-hundreds-of-restaurants/2752/2 "2023-05-07T02:41:38Z")
No surprise. A friend of mine and I got out to lunch every Thursday and go to places where we can get deals. Have not seen a coupon or deal at BK for a couple of years, so we have not been there since then. The number of places sending out coupons these days is getting very small. Even when we get Subway coupons most of our local stores don’t accept them.
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### Author:  [@PropofolMask](https://community.clark.com/u/PropofolMask)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2023, 10:12pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/kron-4-dethroned-burger-king-set-to-close-hundreds-of-restaurants/2752/3 "2023-05-24T22:12:16Z")
Well, rjratnip, I still receive Burger King coupons in the mail periodically.
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### Author:  [@rjratnip](https://community.clark.com/u/rjratnip)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2023, 11:26pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/kron-4-dethroned-burger-king-set-to-close-hundreds-of-restaurants/2752/4 "2023-05-24T23:26:37Z")
Oh man, I’m jealous. BK does accept expired coupons though, at least they used to. I have not seen them in the mail in a couple years, but still have a pile of old ones.
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### Author:  [@PricePerformer](https://community.clark.com/u/PricePerformer)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2023, 12:47pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/kron-4-dethroned-burger-king-set-to-close-hundreds-of-restaurants/2752/5 "2023-05-26T12:47:46Z")
We get a sheet of BK Coupons in the Sunday Paper… yes, we still get that.
2 Problems.
- The restaurants are dowdy
- The food is worse than Wendy’s and McDonalds.
Got a coupon for a Super Sized Big King… made an effort to use it… very disappointed. Not the Big King of old.
With the newer upscale Burger places like Culvers and Henrys, BK looks even worse.
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### Author:  [@rjratnip](https://community.clark.com/u/rjratnip)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2023, 1:59pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/kron-4-dethroned-burger-king-set-to-close-hundreds-of-restaurants/2752/6 "2023-05-26T13:59:57Z")
> [@PricePerformer](#):
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> The restaurants are dowdy
Same here. Probably the main reason we haven’t been back in a while. The self-serve drink area was always sticky.
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### Author:  [@PricePerformer](https://community.clark.com/u/PricePerformer)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/kron-4-dethroned-burger-king-set-to-close-hundreds-of-restaurants/2752/7 "2023-05-26T15:37:06Z")
> [@rjratnip](#):
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> Same here. Probably the main reason we haven’t been back in a while. The self-serve drink area was always sticky.
Well at least they have not gone to the Soda Computer that Wendy’s has.
2 Problems
- Frequently out of the most selected drinks
- Waiting while someone either selects a drink or figures out how to use the drink computer.
Putting 2 of them in each Restaurant would solve most of the problems.
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### Author:  [@rjratnip](https://community.clark.com/u/rjratnip)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2023, 3:53pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/kron-4-dethroned-burger-king-set-to-close-hundreds-of-restaurants/2752/8 "2023-05-26T15:53:30Z")
> [@PricePerformer](#):
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> Putting 2 of them in each Restaurant would solve most of the problems.
Had that exact problem at our Wendy’s until they installed a second machine.
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### Author:  [@PricePerformer](https://community.clark.com/u/PricePerformer)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2023, 4:46pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/kron-4-dethroned-burger-king-set-to-close-hundreds-of-restaurants/2752/9 "2023-05-26T16:46:03Z")
BTW, these are called Coke Free Style Machines.
Here is an explanation of how they work.
> **[How do coke freestyle machines work?](https://www.quora.com/How-do-coke-freestyle-machines-work)**
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> Answer (1 of 2): Here’s the user manual for a Freestyle machine:
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> GFS-SHEAR COCA COLA FREESTYLE DISPENSER User Manual Users Manual The Coca-Cola Company
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> This is a really cool system. It doesn’t work like any other fountain soda dispenser.
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> On a...
So it is Instant Coke, sort of like Instant Coffee.
Coke would not like that comparrison!
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### Author:  [@SonoranSilkies](https://community.clark.com/u/SonoranSilkies)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2023, 3:23am UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/kron-4-dethroned-burger-king-set-to-close-hundreds-of-restaurants/2752/10 "2023-05-27T03:23:22Z")
I avoid fast food restaurants… I can’t recall the last time I went to Burger King. In general, the cost of fast food has risen to match the cost of small local, but not upscale, restaurants who cook from scratch with better quality ingredients.