Eighty-nine Burger King locations in Germany have been shut down following reports of "poor hygiene" as well as negative treatment of staff, placing a drain in revenue for the country with approximately 700 franchise locations.
"After the hygiene scandal in May there were many improvements, but since the summer there were fresh breaches of existing agreements," the head of Burger King's German operations, Andreas Bork, told Bild newspaper, according to the Daily Sabah.
"We are now putting an end to it with this decision."
Officials have confirmed that the remaining German locations will operate normally. A number of the 89 locations have been temporarily shut down since May following investigative news coverage by local media.
Despite the Germany shutdowns, Burger King continues to increase its number of international locations annually.
There are even talks of the fast food franchise returning to Israel, a country which once had unfavorable conditions for the company's growth. Despite the company becoming host to Burger King in 1993, its locations were eventually sold by franchise owners to local investors.
Burger King was founded in 1953 in Miami, Florida.
