Burger King's new owners continued their purge of headquarters Monday, dismissing a large number of workers there in an effort to catch-up with McDonald's in the fast-food wars.
The Miami-based company announced 413 dismissals company-wide, including 261 in South Florida. Most of those jobs came from the No. 2 burger chain's headquarters in the Blue Lagoon commercial park.
The company refused to say how many people worked at headquarters before the cuts, but in recent years Burger King put the number at between 500 and 700, according to the Beacon Council, Miami-Dade's economic development agency.
“It's significant news,'' said Frank Nero, the Beacon Council's president. “They've told us they remain committed to having a headquarters here. Obviously, a much smaller headquarters.''
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