Burger King Worldwide Inc on Friday reported a 94 per cent rise in fourth-quarter profit as menu additions drove comparable sales gains in the United States and Canada.The results landed as the fast-food chain and other companies with European operations grapple with a scandal involving horsemeat in products labeled as beef. Burger King said traces of horse DNA were found in samples of hamburger patties from a food-processing plant in Ireland but that the meat never reached its restaurants.
The third-largest US hamburger chain, known for its "Whopper" hamburgers, said net income rose to US$48.6 million, or 14 cents per share, in the quarter ended Dec 31 from US$25 million, or 7 cents per share, a year earlier.
On an adjusted basis, Burger King earned 23 cents per share.
