Meridian Restaurants Unlimited

Name

Meridian Restaurants Unlimited

Website

https://meridianrestaurantsunlimited.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Meridian Restaurants Unlimited is a private, multi-unit franchisee headquartered in Ogden, Utah, operating 114 Burger King restaurants across the United States. Founded in 2002, it is a traditional QSR franchise operator whose business is entirely dependent on the Burger King franchise system.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Quick-Service Restaurant (Burger King Franchise Operations)

NAICS

Limited-Service Restaurants (722513)

SIC

Retail-Eating Places (5812)

akta.pro primary industry

Burger QSR (THAFAAAA)

Keywords

• Burger King franchisee
• Quick service restaurants
• Multi-unit restaurant operator
• Fast food franchise
• QSR franchise operations

Headquarters

HQ city

Ogden

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Core offering

Meridian Restaurants Unlimited operates 114 Burger King restaurants, functioning as a multi-unit franchisee that delivers the standard Burger King quick-service menu to in-store and drive-thru customers. The business is restaurant operations-centric rather than technology, manufacturing, or branded-product focused, with the parent brand (Burger King) defining the menu, marketing, and customer experience.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Burger King Quick-Service Restaurant Operations Operating 114 Burger King restaurants as a multi-unit franchisee, delivering the standard Burger King quick-service menu to local consumers through dine-in, carry-out, and drive-thru channels. Targeted at individual consumers in the markets served by the franchise estate.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Direct peers

• Flynn Restaurant Group: Largest U.S. franchise restaurant operator (Taco Bell, Wendy's, Applebee's, Panera); directly comparable as a scaled, multi-unit franchisee platform with similar operational complexity to Meridian's 114-unit portfolio.
• Carrols Restaurant Group: Was the largest Burger King franchisee in the U.S. with hundreds of locations; acquired by Restaurant Brands International in 2024. Direct comparable as a large multi-unit BK franchisee operator.
• GPS Hospitality: Multi-unit Burger King and Popeyes franchisee; directly comparable as a similarly scaled BK-focused franchisee operator with overlapping unit economics and franchise-system dynamics.
• NPC International: Was one of the largest U.S. QSR franchisees (Pizza Hut / Taco Bell) before its Chapter 11 filing. Comparable as a large multi-unit QSR franchisee whose scale did not insulate it from franchise-system and balance-sheet stress.

Broad incumbents

• The Wendy's Company: Burger QSR franchisor with a comparable large-franchisee structure; relevant because large Wendy's franchisees face similar dynamics (royalties, reimages, advertising fees) to Burger King operators like Meridian.
• Restaurant Brands International: Parent company of Burger King, Tim Hortons, Popeyes, and Firehouse Subs. Comparable as the franchisor whose royalty, advertising, and reimage policies directly govern Meridian's unit economics and contract risk.
• Wendy's/Arby's Group (now TriArtisan Capital / Trian): Historical large-scale multi-brand QSR franchisee operator; adjacent peer illustrating the multi-unit franchisee model and its financial fragility that Meridian's bankruptcy-adjacent signals resemble.

Market position

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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