Talk:Hungry Jack's

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50's Music?

There's an entry about a Jukebox and playing 50's music in Hungry Jack's stores, down the bottom of '2002 to the present day'. I have been in many of Melbourne's Hungry Jack's Stores and find this rather odd, as I have seen nor heard nothing of the sort. Is it a regional thing, does anyone know? Because from my personal experience (and the fact the addition seems a poorly attempt at a new section in the article) I don't think it has any basis in fact. - 12:15, January 22 2010, Curious Reader —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.241.13.185 (talk) 13:16, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

The 50's style is common in Perth at least. Maybe it is a regional thing? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.39.248.108 (talk) 04:27, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Hungry Jack's have had Nineteen-Fifties-themed restaurants in Sydney. Eligius (talk) 03:25, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

Hungry Jack's move

Hello,

The user Michaelbeckham recently made a unilateral decision to excise a large section of the Burger King article, delete the redirect from Hungry Jack's to the BK page and place all about HJ information from the BK article on to the former redirect page. This edit was done without consulting any other editors and see if there was consensus about doing this. He also failed to properly note the move and the reasons for the move in the edit log and failed to correct any redirect errors that were created as a result of the move. I have reinstated the text and am asking that Michael please refrain from doing this again without first posting an appropriate discussion on this page about this type of move.

If you would like to move section to a new article, please take the following steps:

1. Tag the section with the {{splitsection}} template
2. Create the discussion on the proper talk page
3. Wait for consensus

While understand his reasoning for the move, from personal experience I know that an editor must follow the Wikipedia guidelines when making major changes to the structure of an existing article so that other contributors work can be properly credited, that the changes are done following accepted consensus and why doing something like this improperly can cause issues (like on the BK products section move in April of this year).

- Jeremy (Jerem43 07:06, 1 October 2007 (UTC))

Consensus is fine in some cases, but there is enough material to move to its own article. It is notable and a separate entity. I am puzzled why its part of the BK article in the first place seeing as they have separate ownerships. - Mike Beckham 08:32, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

All of the international operations have separate ownership, because all international BK restaurants are a licensed franchisees of BKC. (In fact 90% of all BK restaurants are separately owned.) BK has sells the international expansion rights for its name and products to companies who in turn either own and operate or sub-license with in those regions. Another example similar to HJ is in the Middle East where a company called Hama Foods runs all the Burger Kings, except in Israel where BK is run by a company called Rikamor, Ltd. The reason it is listed separately is because Australia is the only place in the world where BK does business under a different name due to trademark issues. Each BK is given some leeway in running the company in regards to advertising and menu, but they are all BKs, even Hungry Jack's.

-Jeremy (Jerem43 16:59, 1 October 2007 (UTC))

Hungry Jacks is different enough, has enough content and is notable enough for its own article. Not a section on this. I see no GOOD reason to not move it. Unless you can get a consensus against it, I think it is time for it be moved. - Mike Beckham 03:22, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

The consensus must be for the move, not against it. Since you request it, I will put forth a split request. Dems da rules. - Jeremy (Jerem43 04:55, 3 October 2007 (UTC))

There is no consensus or even any interest either way. Your the only one contesting a move. - Mike Beckham 04:58, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

Split proposal

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section.

The result was split. Non- admin close by Jeremy (blah blah) It has been proposed that the Hungry Jack's section of this article be moved into its own article by Mike Beckham. Please take this time to comment on the proposal. Please remember that there must be a consensus for the move, not against it. - Jeremy (Jerem43 05:02, 3 October 2007 (UTC))

• Against - HJ is just BK, but under under a different name due to a trademark issue and some legal issues, each international location is its own company similar to HJ and is no different. -Jeremy (Jerem43 05:02, 3 October 2007 (UTC))
  • Grumble, gripe, bitch, groan - split the damn article. I looked at the size and it is at 49 KB and if I continue the citations, expansions and corrections I am planning, it will just get bigger. Logical place to split it, I will be watching you with googly eyes.  :-P - Jeremy (Jerem43 07:25, 3 October 2007 (UTC))
• Split, firstly it isn't "just BK". It has entirely different ownership in Australia. Burger King is owned Burger King Holdings Inc. HJ is owned by Hungry Jack's Pty. Ltd. It has nothing to do with franchises. HJ has rights to products and trademarks but is not owned by BK Holdings. Burger King existed in Australia but sold the stores to BK when exiting the country a few years ago. International variants are different to this situation as they owned by BK Holdings, HJ is a separate entity. - Mike Beckham 06:05, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
• Split I hate to disagree with you Jeremy because I consider you a Wikipedia friend but you should see this as a compliment to your work. You have shown that Hungry Jack's has it's own separate culture which has fed off from BK but it has gone in a different direction. As with many larger articles it is better to take another notable topic inside of t and let it grow and give a summary for it in the parent article. I would like to hear a lot more about Hungry Jack's eventually and perhaps having the second article would promote that. I honestly do not think that the topic should be expanded on here though, and should have a summary with a direct to a "main article." This is just an attestation to your work Jeremy.--Chef Christopher Allen Tanner, CCC 06:34, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

• Split I just looked up Hungry Jacks Wiki out of curiosity as I'd heard a whisper of the legal disputes between Burger King and Hungry Jacks and wanted to know why Burger Kings cropped up around Australia for a while then got renamed. I figured it was some kind of corporate wrangling or an experiment in marketting and this article gave me a concise answer while the Burger King article would've given me a lot of off topic talk. For someone curious about Hungry Jacks this article is appropriate!--60.224.17.54 (talk) 13:23, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

HJ/BK in Australia

Remove the statement "All Australian outlets are now under the Hungry Jack's name." This may have been the case for a long time, but sadly, Burger King branded outlets have started appearing in recent years. There are several in Melbourne's CBD alone. (Unsigned comment, undated, moved into relevant section - thewinchester 13:06, 27 December 2006 (UTC))

The naming of franchises in Australia has been mentioned in the article. Does anyone else think it would be worthwhile mentioning details as to what areas were labelled with which name, and when they changed? That is, if we can source the info? -- Chuq 02:18, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

Most shops in Australia were Hungry Jacks until recently. How recently? Wouldn't know. I haven't seen any that have changed unless they've been renovated which isn't many in my area, except for new shops. I think some were actually changed back to HJ. Can anyone else confirm this? In my area (Gold Coast, QLD,Australia) they are all HJs. rmccue 06:51, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

I'm in Melbourne and i'm farely certain all the Burger Kings that suddenly appeared have since been reverted to Hungary Jack's. I remember hearing somewhere that they'd baught them out, also the adds for Burger King have completely dissapeared.

Most burger kings in Australia were bought by hungry jacks about 2 years ago. The burger kings only lasted about 2 years. In sydney all of them are hungry jacks now....

Have significantly rewritten this section of the article adding approrpiate legal case citations and other relevant material. Will continue to watch and improve this section. thewinchester 13:06, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

Not all Burger Kings are Hungry Jacks in Sydney, actually. I have seen at least one, located in South-East Sydney, near Sylvania/ Miranda. 143.238.255.95 11:00, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Hungry Jack's separate chain?

From [1]:

Hungry Jack's (former Burger King franchisee, but now a separate chain)

If this is true then there should be two separate articles. It may also explain why Burger King labeled stores have popped up in Melbourne CBD as noted by another commenter above.--ZayZayEM 06:22, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

It is not a separate chain at this time, it is still listed as a franchisee as of 29 September 2007 by BKC - Jeremy (Jerem43 16:48, 29 September 2007 (UTC))

I've looked into it and that entry is factually incorrect, I will change it. - Jeremy (Jerem43 06:46, 15 October 2007 (UTC))

Products

We have a BK Products page, I can create one for the HJ products as I work there, if required? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Scoreed/in_Progress/Hungry_Jacks_Products

Scoreed (talk) 09:02, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Please do not as they are the same chain. The products do not vary enough to warrant a separate page. --Jeremy ( Blah blah...) 16:30, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Disambiguation needed?

"Hungry Jack" directs here but there is another company of that name - [2].--209.7.195.158 (talk) 17:37, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

try Pillsbury. --Jeremy ( Blah blah...) 17:59, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

Done --Chiefmartinez (talk) 06:14, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Early store locations

Can anyone say where there were Hungry Jack's stores, in Sydney, in the late 70's to early 80's ? Thanks.DaveDodgy (talk) 04:33, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

The only one I remember is the one on the corner of Liverpool and George Streets, Sydney. Eligius (talk) 03:30, 6 January 2012 (UTC)

Hungry Jack's on Habbo

To anyone interested Habbo Group: Hungry Jack’s®. Not worthy of adding it to the main article right? The group is now "closed" anyway. It was just an ad. Hintswen  Talk | Contribs  01:53, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Hungry's?

Is there any proof online that Hungry Jack's is often referred to as Hungry's? I've never met anyone who has called it that, unless it's a regional nickname in some cities or states? "Scungie Scraps" doesn't get a mention, but it's certainly a wide-spread, commonly used term. I'm not going to revert anything, but I think it would be wise to show a bit of proof that "Hungry's" is a commonly used term. -- Smacca | Talk 05:25, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

I can't offer anything to support it beyond the anecdotal evidence that all my friends and myself called it "Hungries" while I grew up in WA.Mandurahmike (talk) 04:53, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

Pay Dispute

I would like to get a yes or no vote on adding the Pay Dispute to the article, one of the editors removed the edit I added under good faith, but should it be returned?

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8236329/hungry-jacks-fined-for-underpaying-staff In April 2011 the Fair Work Australia Ombudsman fined Hungry Jack's $100,500 after they admitted to underpaying 693 of its Tasmanian employees a total of $665,695 between 2006 and 2008 in the Federal Magistrates' Court in Melbourne. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Amckern (talk • contribs) 06:29, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

I Bill Mulcahy of Panton Hill Victoria wrote the slogan “the Burgers are better at Hungry Jacks”. About 17 years ago they (Hungry Jacks) ran a competition to compose a slogan. My wife and I were having a meal at the Plenty Rd. Bundoora franchise and there was a book of entry cards at the counter, as we ate we were filling out the forms with various slogans and our contact details and placed them in a box on the counter. About 3 weeks later we were holidaying in Mildura when I got a call on my mobile to say that I had won with the slogan “the Burgers are better at Hungry Jacks” and could I give them a time to pick up the prize of a television from the Plenty Rd. store as there would have to be a photographer there and I would have to sign a waiver form. I arranged to be at the store at 5pm the following Sunday and drove from Mildura to be there. The TV was presented at the counter and a photo was taken with me shaking the managers hand, I signed the waiver and the TV was used until it was put out in the hard rubbish a couple of years ago when we brought a new digital one. A couple of weeks later (after receiving the TV) my brother-in law rang to say that there was a photo of me on the notice board in the store. I hadn’t thought about it until about 6 months ago when the guys at work were having Hungry Jacks for lunch and I saw the slogan on the bag and I said “see that slogan, I wrote that” well they didn’t believe me and thought that I was a bull artist. I wrote a letter to Hungry Jacks asking for recognition just to save face but heard nothing back so I will just put this out there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bill Mulcahy (talk • contribs) 01:10, 18 June 2015 (UTC)

Unlimited refills

There is a refill "buffet" at Hungry Jacks. It's what makes Hungry Jack's unique. It's something Maccas doesn't have. Everything else is basically the same. It needs to be on here 182.255.99.214 (talk) 11:10, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

This made me laugh, out loud.

"...and slightly changed the name to a possessive form by adding an apostrophe and "s" to form the new name..." Just me? -rudyard (talk) 19:21, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 2 August 2024

Under the "Products" heading, "Baconator" is listed as a product of Hungry Jack's. The Baconator is, in fact, a Wendy's burger and is trademarked by Wendy's, and is NOT on the Hungry Jack's menu at all. "Baconator" should be removed from this article. Bentwrenches99 (talk) 06:07, 2 August 2024 (UTC)

 Done Apparently they did in fact sell an item titled the "Baconator" in the past, but alas, I cannot find modern sourcing for it. So, snip snip, it is now gone. 💨 —Sirdog (talk) 02:39, 3 August 2024 (UTC)

"misleading but it did not affect the final verdict."

Well that is false or misleading (and should not be in the article). Part of the final verdict was "Hungry Jack's has engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct in breach of section 18 of the Australian Consumer Law."

I can guess that the author of this article was trying to refer to some other part of the final verdict, but if so, making a false statement is a bad way of doing it. 1.159.91.86 (talk) 02:24, 22 September 2024 (UTC)