Carrols (Finland)

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This article is about the Finnish restaurant chain. For the American restaurant company, see Carrols Corporation.

Carrols was a chain of fast-food restaurants in various cities in Finland.

The company originally came to Finland as a franchise of an international chain named Carrols Corporation. However, it was eventually completely bought by the Finnish company chain Kesko and became a completely Finnish-owned company. In the process it was renamed from Carrol's to Carrols, losing the apostrophe.

The most famous hamburger in Carrols is the Club Burger, which is similar to the Big Mac in McDonald's. The chain also regularly served limited-time special hamburgers.

The chain was eventually bought out by another Finnish fast-food chain, Hesburger, which integrated it to itself almost fully. Almost all Carrols restaurants were converted to Hesburgers. This event caused a minor upset among the residents of Helsinki, since Hesburger is based on a rival city, Turku. Today, only a few of the most famous Carrols restaurants still remain under their original name, all of them located in the Greater Helsinki region (Three in Helsinki, one in Espoo). Although Hesburger serves the Club Burger in its menu, the limited-time special hamburgers have been discontinued.