It was back in 1954 that two guys by the name of James McLamore and David Edgerton decided to give the hamburg business a try. They opened their first restaurant in Miami, Florida, and called it Burger King. Business was not that great, but they hung in there. Today, Burger King Corporation and its franchises operate more than 9,700 restaurants in all 50 states and 56 countries around the world, with plans to open 500 additional Burger King restaurants in Europe in the next 20 years. Burger King employs 300,000…
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