Burger King boss warns of UK job cuts

The boss of Burger King UK has warned that economic damage triggered by the coronavirus pandemic may push the fast food chain to permanently shut up to 10% of its restaurants.Government schemes to help the restaurant industry do not do enough to overcome the combination of fixed costs and lost sales, he said.Burger King has reopened about 370 of its 530 restaurants in the UK, Mr Murdoch

On Wednesday, Chancellor Rishi Sunak said the government would subsidise 50% of restaurant bills up to £10 per person in August, in an effort to jumpstart consumer spending.But despite that scheme and other government support, he said the chain could close 5% to 10% of its stores as a result of costs such as rent and"taking absolutely no money".

Such closures would lead to between 800 to 1,600 job losses, he said. The chain has more than 16,500 UK staff, he said."We don't want to lose any. We try very hard not to, but one's got to assume somewhere between 5% and 10% of the restaurants might not be able to survive," he told the BBC's Newscast.The firm has been pushing to re-negotiate rents, but he said:"Some of these High Streets - they're not coming back.

Mr Murdoch, who has previously said Burger King would withhold its payments, called rents the"decisive issue". He said he hoped the government would consider more proactive support on the matter.Related Topics

Good . It’s unhealthy crap

flipping-eck!!

Have you been in a Burger King lately, last few years that is, utterly awful with untrained staff who do not give a shit because of crap management. Cold miserable and terrible food so blaming lock down is rubbish covering poor management.

Stuff BK.... What about industry ?

So this is the best news the biased Brussels broadcasting corporation can come up with,🤔 always first in the queue,these Prophets of doom and gloom.

Then change ur bloody prices.. Way over priced

I don't see how as they have never got enough staff

Prefer burger king to McDonald's all day long

Ya like the conglomerate doesn't have enough money to pay anyone. Get fucked

I guess Covid didn’t help but this must be partly due to greater automation in the fast food reatraunt industry and competition.

Because people have begun to realise they can do without all this cheap fast food and a £3 coffee per day .... plus it saves them money !

BURGER KING FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY

BURGER KING

Love BK.

Hope you shut permanently

Thought most of BK restaurants like McDonald's were franchised. Which means people work for the franchise owner and not the burger chain.

night Karma

BurgerKing £8 burger sucks 👎

Noooo! I love BK

night What even with Dishy Rishi and his half price meal deal?

Burger King is too expensive burgerking

Too expensive. Maccy and KFC won’t be short of customers

Major fast food outlets like Burger King cutting jobs is a very bad sign for the economy as a whole.

Bring back wimpy

Burger King shuts, obesity down, win win

Filthy places close the who chain down.

The BBC is not affected as the licence payers foot the bill.

Cut the Stourport Road branch it's fucking dog shit

In my 50s, I remember curly wurlys being huge. I also remember Burger King having decent burgers. Has 30 + years changed that, or is my memory wrong?

Is a global pandemic really the time for job cuts, seriously wtf Burger King.

BK is bad for you.

Do some of these job cuts have to do with future automation of these low skilled jobs I wonder? 🤔If so, can media and govt cut to the chase and tell us how they will feed and house the millions of unemployed workers? Is it a UBI or WHAT?

And yet another employer clearing staff.

Not big cuts but Whopping big ones i bet

Just here waiting for the people who identify as a burger desperate to find offence in this story.

Hope this junk food will wipe out from the world

Down with the King!

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