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Scratch pad edit
- King Supreme
- Burger King: getting its house in order (DataMonitor)
- Burger King Sees How New Menu Stacks Up (SS)
- Burger King fans the flames in menu war (Chicago Times)
- The Whopper turns 45 (press release)
- Corporate circus (St. Petersburg Times)
- Three new tastes at Burger King (QSR)
- Breaking down the segments (QSR)
- B.B. King's Mixed Messages Give Some Fans the Blues (WSJ)
- Texas Pacific Group Prepares Revival Plan for Burger King (WSJ)
- B.B. King featured in new Burger King ads
- Burger King drafts Shaq to star in ads.
- Texas Pacific Group Prepares Revival Plan for Burger King
- Burger King Sees How New Menu Stacks Up
- Press relaese for introduction
- Big King
- 1997
- Burger King Campaign Is Promoting New Fries (NYT)
- Big King, Big Mac, Big Battle (Sun-Sent)
- Burger King Plans To Put Bigger Burger On Menu (Beaver County Times)
- BK to launch 'Big King' burger (AdAge)
- If It’s Beef You Want, You’ll Go For Big King (Spokesman-Review)
- Burger King Courts Big Mac Fans (Wash Post)
- Burger King’s latest Big Mac attack a success here (Tuscon Citizen)
- Burger King turns up flame on new products (Crains)
- 2013
- Burger King re-rolls out Big Mac-buster Big King (USAT)
- Burger King’s Big Mac Clone Becomes Even More of a Knockoff (Bloomberg)
- Burger King’s Big King: A Big Mac By Any Other Name? (WSJ)
- Burger King Clones the Big Mac (Time)
- Drive-thru gourmet: BK brings back Big King (Daily Herald)
- Burger King to bring back Big Mac copycat (AP/NYDP)
- 2014
- Chicken Big King
- Burger King Hatches Chicken Big King
- Burger King's Subservient Chicken Is Back, and He's Crying Fowl
- Burger King Replaces Beef With Chicken to Create New Chicken Big King
- Burger King Is Bringing Back The Subservient Chicken
- Burger King Brings Back Subservient Chicken on His 10th Birthday, and Immediately Loses Him
- Burger King Now Offering Burgers at Breakfast
- Burger King’s Big King Hamburger Gets a Chicken Makeover
- Burger King brings back Subservient Chicken
- Demand for chicken prompts Burger King to extend Big King line
- Toppers
- Review: BK Toppers from Burger King
- News: Burger King - New BK Toppers Burger Line
- Burger King rolls out BK Toppers line
- Burger King Adds a "Bacon and Cheddar" BK Topper to the Menu
- New Burgers Fail to Boost BK Sales
- Burger King Launches Limited-Time Burger Line
- Burger King's new menu plays catch-up − and kung-pao - with McDonald's
- General
- What's Slaying the All-American Burger? - General article on how chix has supplanted beef, with Big King mention.
- Why Are Burger King and Domino’s Pizza Pushing Chicken? The Answer May Surprise You - General article on how chix has supplanted beef, with Big King mention.
Copy edit
Introduced as a direct challenge of corporate rival McDonald's, the Big King is Burger King's response to the Big Mac and had a similar style and taste. The sandwich was originally introduced in 1993 under the name Double Supreme during its testing stage. The name was switched to Big King when it was introduced nationally in 1997, and again to the King Supreme when reintroduced in 2002. The sandwich was discontinued in the North American market in the mid-2000s. In November 2013, Burger King brought the Big King back to the North American market as a permanent menu item. The Big King sandwich's recipe is exactly the same as the original 1990s recipe, including a three-piece roll. The Big King sandwich is also sold in many of the company's international markets in several forms.
Burger King edit
I think the wiki linked term "Burger King" needs to be used very early in the lede. Instead it gets an unlinked passing mention in the final sentence. I am not familiar with this product, so I'm not sure if there is a good reason why this is so. Atlas-maker (talk) 05:10, 18 July 2014 (UTC)
US Trademark Issues edit
The references to the Justia links in the Notes are all "broken". Not sure why they are there. I have included a link to the USPTO live TSDR reference for the cancelled registration of BIG KING. I have deleted the mention of the completely unrelated registration for "frozen confections". BK's registration was NOT "assigned" to anyone. The reason for cancellation of the US registration was administrative, i.e., failure to file Section 8 declaration of continued use. Lupinelawyer (talk) 18:26, 13 January 2016 (UTC)
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Middle roll edit
The middle roll is missing in Germany too and probably in more European countries. That's kind of unfair. Is it because it would look too much like a Big Mac? --2001:16B8:2E8A:9400:D895:D82E:A3CF:C246 (talk) 19:41, 19 April 2018 (UTC)