- Burger King shut its 39 restaurants in 1997
- It opened again Saturday at Marseilles airport
- It will open a second restaurant next year
PARIS (AP) — For the first time in 15 years, Burger King this weekend served its flame-grilled Whoppers in France, a country better known for gastronomy than fast food.
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The burger chain, the world's second biggest behind McDonald's, closed its 39 French restaurants in 1997 because they were not profitable.
Burger King says their next restaurant is planned at a highway service station in Champagne in the first half of 2013.
