11 Facts About Hungry Jack's

However, one of the conditions of the agreement was that Hungry Jack's had to open a certain number of stores every year for the term of the contract.

In 1996, shortly after the Australian trademark on the Burger King name lapsed, Burger King Corporation made a claim that Hungry Jack's had violated the conditions of the renewed franchise agreement by failing to expand the chain at the rate defined in the contract and sought to terminate the agreement.

Hungry Jack's intends to open more than 20 new stores per year in future, with an upper aim of 700 stores in total.

Only Burger King trademarks that are currently sold at Hungry Jack's are the Whopper range of beef burgers and the TenderCrisp range of chicken burgers.

In 2021 Hungry Jack's released two new breakfast menu items, the Turkish Brekky BLAT and the Turkish Brekky BLAT with egg.

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In 2022 Hungry Jack's launched its Jack's Cafe coffee chain brand as a response to McDonald's McCafe offering.

Hungry Jack's argues that the burger's name is simply a play on the company's name and that of its founder Jack Cowin, and that a burger's appearance and composition cannot be protected by a trademark, noting that their product features "common characteristics of hamburgers" sold everywhere.

Hungry Jack's eventually released a number of variants of the burger to the range, including a larger version — the Mega Jack, the Outlaw Big Jack, and the Chicken Big Jack.

Hungry Jack's logo is still based on the 1994 Burger King logo, despite subsequent revisions to the logo used by Burger King in other markets.

Hungry Jack's retains strong links with Perth: the city's first team in the Australian Football League, the West Coast Eagles, have been sponsored by Hungry Jack's since their entry into the league in 1987.

On 5 October 2017, Hungry Jack's became the naming rights sponsor for the National Basketball League.