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Consolidated Burger Holdings, a Burger King franchisee, owns 57 stories in Florida and Southern Georgia. Two of those stores are in Collier County, including this site off Immokalee Road in Naples.

Burger King franchisee with two Collier sites of 57 files bankruptcy

WGCU Staff

Consolidated Burger Holdings, which operates 57 Burger King locations — including two restaurants in Collier County — has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Volunteers pack boxes of food for Harry Chapin Food Bank’s Care and Share Senior Feeding Program. The program serves 2,600 seniors each month in the southwest Florida area.

Human Interest

Care and Share program decreases food expenses for Southwest Florida seniors

Emma Rodriguez

One in 12 seniors in Southwest Florida experiences food insecurity. That number is a result of many factors that include inflation, expensive housing in the region, and aging-related medical expenses. Harry Chapin Food Bank’s Care and Share senior feeding program seeks to alleviate these economic pressures by giving seniors monthly free meal kits.

Cargill Kitchen Solutions, a Lake Odessa, Michigan establishment, is recalling approximately 212,285 pounds of liquid egg products that may contain a cleaning solution with sodium hypochlorite.

Health

Cargill Kitchen Solutions recalls liquid egg products due to an unapproved substance

WGCU Staff

More than 212,000 pounds of liquid egg products that may contain a cleaning solution with sodium hypochlorite is being recalled nationwide, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Friday.The liquid egg items, from Cargill Kitchen Solutions, a Lake Odessa, Michigan establishment, were produced on March 12 and 13, 2025.After conducting an investigation and thorough assessment of the contents of the cleaning solution, FSIS scientists concluded that use of this product should not cause adverse health consequences, or the risk is negligible, resulting in a Class III recall.