“Team Wallraff” again undercover at Burger King: exploitation, disgust, scandals

Expired groceries, mice, vegan botch

Disgust, exploitation and scandals: “Team Wallraff” again undercover at Burger King

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“Team Wallraff” undercover at Burger King

Employee: “They eat every piece of shit”

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“Team Wallraff” researched undercover in these branches of Burger King

  • Burger King in Bernau (Berlin)

In 2014, “Team Wallraff” reporter Alexander went undercover for the first time at Burger King. Now the journalist is once again following up indications of serious hygiene deficiencies in the Bernau branch near Berlin.

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  • Friesenplatz and Lövenich in Cologne

Burger King’s franchisee “F&S Olympia GmbH” has a total of 27 branches throughout Germany, three of them in Cologne alone. The investigative reporters received several indications of hygiene deficiencies and poor working conditions, particularly from the fast-food restaurants on Cologne’s Friesenplatz and in Lövenich. The undercover reporters Julia and Silan follow up on these and apply for jobs in the kitchen.

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“Team Wallraff” also received further letters with references to abuses, especially with regard to the preparation of vegan products, from a Munich Burger King branch of the “Schlossburger” franchisee. With 112 fast food restaurants, it is the largest Burger King restaurant operator in Germany. In addition, this is the same franchisee that made headlines in 2014 together with managing director Ergün Yildiz. Undercover reporter Lea investigates the renewed allegations and applies for a kitchen job.

This is how Burger King reacted to the research results

“Team Wallraff” confronted Burger King with the research results after the undercover operations. The company’s response: “After we found out about your allegations, we – together with our franchise partners – acted immediately and took appropriate measures. We immediately closed the named restaurants and ordered an extraordinary, external audit for all 750 Burger King restaurants in Germany, which will be completed by the end of September 2022 at the latest.”

The burger giant has already apologized in the past after “Team Wallraff” research and promised improvements. Will they really be implemented this time? “Team Wallraff” stay tuned.

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“Team Wallraff” from September 29th

Are the working conditions at Burger King that bad everywhere? Does the company now have the extreme lack of hygiene uncovered by “Team Wallraff” years ago under control – or do you rather get the impression that customers continue to eat at their own risk here? And is everything going right with the burger giant’s current vegan campaign?

Watch the chilling results of the undercover operation and the fast-food giant’s response in the entire “Team Wallraff” episode from September 29 online on RTL+.

“Team Wallraff”: The podcast

Accompanying the TV broadcast, a new episode of “Team Wallraff – The Podcast” will also appear on AUDIO NOW and everywhere else where there are podcasts. In it, reporter Lea and reporter Alexander from “Team Wallraff” talk about their personal experiences during the undercover operations at “Burger King” and about the things that weren’t shown on TV. They describe how they noticed the grievances up close and what made them think about it.

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