Restaurant Brands International is buying Carrols Restaurant Group , the largest Burger King franchisee in the U.S., for about $1 billion in cash.
Restaurant Brands will pay $9.55 per share to acquire Carrols, which operates more than 1,000 Burger King restaurants and 60 Popeyes locations.
Burger King sales had been lagging behind the competition, and Wendy's overtook it as the second-largest burger chain by U.S. sales.
Restaurant Brands plans to remodel 600 of Carrols' Burger King locations rapidly over the next five years and then sell them back to franchisees, Tom Curtis, president of Burger King U.S. and Canada, said.
Correction: Restaurant Brands International currently owns 175 Burger King locations.
Persons:
Burger, Wendy's, Tom Curtis, Josh Kobza, I've, Curtis, Burger King
Organizations:
Brands, Burger King, Restaurant Brands, Burger King's, Burger King U.S, Restaurant, Carrols, CNBC, Burger, CNBC PRO
Locations:
U.S, Burger King's U.S, Burger, Canada