Burger King franchise owner with over 1,000 stores may apply for small business loan
Carrols Restaurant Group, which owns 1,036 Burger King restaurants in 23 states, making it the largest Burger King franchisee in the nation, said in a late Friday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it had amended a credit agreement with Wells Fargo “to incur and, if necessary, repay indebtedness incurred pursuant to the Paycheck Protection Program under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act.”
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