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Krystal Hamburger Heirs Buy Chattanooga, Tenn.-Area Burger King Franchise.

By Dave Flessner, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Dec. 23--In America's burger wars, Gordon and Elliott Davenport are flipping sides.

The cousins in a family famous for building the Krystal and Central Park restaurant chains announced Monday they have purchased the Chattanooga area franchise for Burger King and its 15 local restaurants.

"We see this as an exciting opportunity to build on a great national brand in our home town," said Gordon Davenport Jr., a former vice president of marketing and develo

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