MIAMI, Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Burger King Corporation today announced
that its September 2004 results show U.S. system-wide same store sales up
5.3 percent with U.S. franchise sales up 5.2 percent and company restaurant
sales up 7.2 percent year-over-year. September marks the eighth consecutive
month of positive U.S. same store sales.
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"We finished September with very good results despite a series of
hurricanes that hit some of our top-performing BURGER KING(R) markets," said
Greg Brenneman, Chief Executive Officer, Burger King Corporation. "We continue
to find new and innovative ways to meaningfully expand our HAVE IT YOUR WAY(R)
brand positioning beyond food choice in a way that contributes to our product
superiority across all consumer touch points."
About Burger King Corporation
The BURGER KING(R) system operates more than 11,220 restaurants in all 50
states and in 61 countries and territories around the world. Ninety-one
percent of BURGER KING restaurants are owned and operated by independent
franchisees, many of them family-owned operations that have been in business
for decades.
Burger King Holdings, Inc., the parent company, is private and
independently owned by an equity sponsor group comprised of Texas Pacific
Group, Bain Capital and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners. In fiscal year ending
June 30, 2004, Burger King Corporation had system-wide sales of $11.1 billion.
To learn more about BURGER KING, please visit the company's website at
http://www.burgerking.com .
SOURCE Burger King Corporation
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CONTACT:
Laina Kawass of Burger King Corporation,
+1-305-378-7277
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