How much does it cost Burger King to make a burger?

The B.K. Dollar Menu may be the best value in town, but some franchisees find the promotion hard to stomach..While food and packaging costs just 45 cents for a cheeseburger, franchisees also have to pay for rent, labor and utilities.. read more

An Original Burger King Whopper creates a profit margin of about 100 - 150%. So if the burger costs lets say $4.00. The cost to make it would be about $1.60 - 2.00. The average food cost in the US is about 30% of the selling price. For a Burger King burger it would be around 40% a pop. read more

As Burger King rose in popularity, restaurants began to open across the United States. In 1963, Burger King opened its first international restaurant in Puerto Rico. In 1975, drive-thru service began, and by 1977, Burger King had opened 2,000 restaurants on three continents. read more

Environmental Working Group’s “Meat Eater’s Guide” (2011) estimates the carbon footprint of beef cattle at 27 pounds of CO2 equivalent per pound; the use of “spent” dairy beef in burger meat reduces that slightly, but we can say that each pound of burger meat accounts for roughly 25 pounds of CO2 emissions. read more