It started with a disgust scandal – and ending with 3000 employees in job-anxiety: Burger King 2014 came not from the headlines – although the holding the controversial franchisee Yi Ko announced. What’s next with 89 branches, is uncertain.
In April 2014 an undercover reporter for the television station RTL cover serious abuses in various Burger King outlets to , The journalist Alexander Romans decried lack of hygiene: no dishwasher, no hot water, intestinal bacteria. And he criticized the poor working conditions. The pay was low pay, workers had to work long hours and the pay was paid only irregularly.
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89 branches and 3,000 employees affected
The branches criticized Burger King Europe has sold to a franchisee in May 2013. The buyer is the Yi Ko Holding, behind the two men standing: Russian Alexander Kolobov, which occurs only as a donor, and the Turkish-born Ergün Yildiz, until recently CEO of Yi Ko Holding. The company from Stade in Lower Saxony now has 89 stores, where 3,000 people work.
Here are the branches of the Yi Ko Holding
Burger King Europe is shocked by the revelations of the “Team Wallraff,” will take action immediately. Managing Yildiz must resign his office, according to hygiene inspections and personnel training, the states are to improve. But this is not so. A re-examination by the RTL reporter in late summer shows that little has changed. The research also found that Ergün Yildiz still affects business operations in the background
Summary dismissal
Burger King Europe then draws conclusions. On November 18, Germany announces the Office of the Franchisenehmerfristlos. “Based on the results of our own research and the repeated violations of the agreement by the Yi Ko, Burger King Europe has made the decision to stop all franchise agreements with the Yi Ko with immediate effect,” said Burger King Europe in a press release .
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The result: A long dispute
The stores must close with immediate effect, it wants to Burger King. But first, they stay open. The staff know at this point nothing about it that Burger King has a delivery stop imposed. Yi-Ko will let the restaurants opened further, but the goods only reaches a few days. . What follows is a week-long dispute
Immediate closing
Burger King Europe an injunction: The 89 Yi-Ko-branches must immediately remove any trademark, the branches thus close final. Yi-Ko sets a contradiction and also makes an application for preliminary injunction from the Landgericht München: The delivery stop should be repealed. The Oberlandesgericht München are not granted this request, however.
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In late November, the last of the 89 branches will be closed. The staff do not know how it goes. Ergün Yildiz has its shares of Burger King GmbH – this is the Yi-Ko-daughter – sold to the Russians Alexander Kolobov and thus completely withdrawn from the business. Whether Kolobov may operate stores or more new investors take over the business, is not yet known. Burger King Europe has become even go looking for investors ..
agreement is imminent
On December 8, should Burger King and its license Yi Ko actually meet in the District Court of Munich. Three hours before the hearing of the appointment was canceled. Yi-Kos law firm Graf von Westphalen explained that the agreement was imminent
Two days later followed by disillusionment. The negotiations between Burger King and Yi-Ko failed. Hours later, the Burger King GmbH, which operates 89 restaurants, bankruptcy. For the 3000 staff, there are now only once insolvency money. The November salaries were secured, Burger King Europe says. But its future is uncertain
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