But in 1966, an American immigrant registered the 'Burger King' trademark & had already expanded to 17 locations. Unable to buy the trademark, Cowin and Burger King moved ahead with the name "Hungry Jack's" instead. On April 18th, 1971, the first Hungry Jack's opened.
When Burger King was founded in 1954, it was originally called Insta-Burger King and grew quickly through franchising. Simplifying the name to Burger King, the fast food restaurant created its flagship burger, the Whopper, in 1957.
As well as being a proud Aussie company Hungry Jack's is the master Australian franchise of the Burger King Corporation.
The name “Hungry Jack's” was a variation on “Hungry Jack” – a brand Pillsbury had registered for a pancake mix. It was chosen by the Australian franchisee, Jack Cowin, when he found the Burger King name was unavailable in this country. Cowin, a Canadian by birth, was no stranger to the fast food business.
“Yay Frosties for all in Australia! But also wouldn't there be some legal issues with the name as we have a Wendy's here that's different,” another wrote.
HJs/Hungry Jacks: Burger King.
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Hungry Jack's Pty Ltd. As the master franchise for Australia, the company is responsible for licensing new operators, opening its own stores and performing standards oversight of franchised locations in Australia.
So, in a trademark sense, at least, McDonald's “owns” the name MACCA'S, despite the fact that the nickname was not invented by McDonald's, but coined and popularised by the Australian public.
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Burger King's co-founder, Jim McLamore created the Whopper to compete with other rival restaurants who were selling larger burgers, The Washington Post reported in 2012. In his autobiography, McLamore said he chose the name because he knew it “would convey imagery of something big,” the newspaper said.
Product description. The Big N' Tasty consists of a seasoned quarter-pound (4 oz or 110 g) beef meat patty with ketchup, mayonnaise, slivered onions, two dill pickle slices, leaf lettuce, and one tomato slice on a sesame seed bun.
McDonald's first opened in Australia in 1971, and it wasn't long before the locals started calling it "Macca's" - a nickname that has stuck ever since. There are several theories about how this came about, but the most likely explanation is that it was simply a shortened form of "Macdonald's".
The “Jack” in the title, as declared by the band members, is Australian slang for gonorrhea (clap), a sexually transmitted disease that Angus and company had to deal with at the beginning of their careers.
But what is little known is that far from being a completely invented name, Hungry Jack's also exists in the US — and there it's something completely different. Similar to the humble Mars bar, when you go stateside, something gets lost in translation and the product with the same name is not the same thing at all.
The 1992–1993 Jack in the Box E. coli outbreak occurred when the Escherichia coli O157:H7 bacterium (originating from contaminated beef patties) killed four children and infected 732 people across four states.
… therefore replaced with J for jack. Originally this was the name applied to the knave of trump in the old game of all fours, which had already achieved wide popularity in preference to the archaic-sounding knave in other games.
For example, Jack in the Box states that it uses 100 percent beef in its burgers, but a comprehensive Ingredient & Allergen Statement lists a slew of other ingredients found in the patty including saturated-fat-filled hydrogenated cottonseed oil, natural flavors, corn fiber, corn starch, and sugar.
Alexander Govor replaced the brand with Vkusno i tochka ("Tasty and that's it"). The restaurants offer replacements for all menu items, but most are rebranded.
Chinese media reported on Wednesday evening that McDonald's Chinese business changed its company's name from Maidanglao, a loose transliteration of the English name, to Jingongmen, or Golden Arches, on Oct. 12.
Snag. Source. [Noun] Definition: sausage, also used to refer to sliced bread and sausage combo, Australian hot dog. Example: “Grab a few snags for the party tonight!”
Australian and New Zealand English uses "chips" both for what North Americans call french fries and for what Britons call crisps. When confusion would occur between the two meanings, "hot chips" and "cold chips" are used.