Partner Yildiz and Kobolov - Who are the men behind the Burger King empire?

Burger King: “Because it tastes better!” This former slogan is likely many of the company’s employees seem like a joke, since the RTL report “Team Wallraff – Reporter undercover” on Monday evening untenable hygienic conditions in five different Burger King outlets documented. They belong to the Yi-Ko Holding from Stade, which in May 2013 bought from the U.S. company, the Burger King GmbH together with its 91 restaurants. A year earlier the fast food chain had gone for the second time on the stock market and heralded a radical change of course. Within a short time the Americans wanted all branches, they still led in-house sell to franchisees. Thus came into play Yi-Ko

The goal:. 500 restaurants

was the company from Stade in one fell swoop largest franchisee of Burger King Corporation in Germany with the acquisition. How much the paid previously unknown Holding, nothing came about in public. However, the holding company undertook to rebuild nearly 60 stores within 18 months and to open more restaurants.

Here you find a list of the restaurants of the Yi Ko Holding.

Countless germs at Burger King?

same time seems Yi-Ko in every nook and cranny to save. Shortly after the takeover, the union urged the Food and restaurants (NGG), Yi-Ko will do business structures overridden reported “AGHZ” , a portal for gastronomy. The fears seem to come true: For months, local newspapers reported anywhere in Germany on grievances and often incomprehensible redundancies. Also in the RTL report was described on Monday as the management of the holding is unpleasant staff under pressure, so that they leave the company.

But who is behind the four letters Yi-Ko? They stand for the last name of their owner and CEO: Turkish origin Ergün Yildiz and Russian Alexander Kobolov. Kobolov is one of the largest Burger King partner in Russia. The objective of both is to open more than 500 restaurants in Germany and Russia in 2017, reported the catering business newspaper “Food Service”

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Partner Yildiz and Kobolov - Who are the men behind the Burger King empire?