December 30/St. Louis/States News Service -- Burger King has announced that it is about to begin selling beer, an effort to better compete with casual dining restaurants, the St. Louis Business Journal reports.
The burger giant will begin selling Anheuser-Busch and MillerCoors products at a new Whopper Bar opening next month in South Beach, Florida, the company's first U.S. location to sell beer. Beer will be sold in special aluminum bottles and cost $4.25. As part of a Whopper-beer combo, the total will be $7.99, roughly $2 more than the same combo meal with a fountain drink.