It's Your Business: Burger King franchisee adds 12 stores

Photo by: Heather Coit/The News-Gazette

Renovation work continues at Burger King at 2105 W. Springfield Ave. in Champaign on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014.

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The Burger King franchise in the Champaign-Urbana and Danville area is becoming a Whopper.

Maruti Seth, president of the Danville-based Group 2029 franchise, started out with three stores in Danville 11 years ago.

He gradually expanded to nine stores, adding two locations in Champaign and one each in Urbana, Savoy, Rantoul and Tuscola.

On Oct. 21, the franchise added 12 new stores, largely in the Bloomington-Normal and Peoria areas. It acquired those from the previous franchisee, Downers Grove-based Heartland Foods.

Most of the new stores are along the Interstate 74 and 55 corridors, Seth said, noting they include three in Bloomington-Normal, two in Peoria and one each in East Peoria, Canton, Pekin, Morton, Pontiac, Wenona and Dwight.

Seth said remodeling of the Burger King at 2105 W. Springfield Ave., C, should finish some time early this month.

When complete, the dining room will have new floors and tiles, LED lights, soft-seating booths and a Coke Freestyle beverage center offering more than 120 flavor combinations of soft drinks.

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It's Your Business: Burger King franchisee adds 12 stores