MOS Burger

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MOS Food Services, Inc.
Type Publicly Traded TYO: 8153
Founded Tokyo (1972)
Headquarters Shinjuku, Tokyo
Key people Atsushi Sakurada, President and CEO
Industry Foodservice
Products Fast food, Finance, Sanitation
Revenue Yen 59,345 million (2005)
Employees 461 (March, 2005)
Website http://www.mos.co.jp/

MOS Burger (モスバーガー Mosu bāgā?), from the initial letters of "Mountain Ocean Sun", is a fast-food restaurant chain (fast-casual) that originated in Japan. It is now the second-largest fast-food franchise in Japan after McDonald's, and owns numerous overseas outlets over East Asia, including Mainland China, Taiwan, Singapore, Hawaii, Hong Kong and Thailand. It is also the name of the standard hamburger offered by the restaurant, being its first product when the restaurant was founded in 1972.

The publicly-traded company also runs 80^C stores, MOS's-C, MOTHER LEAF, Shanghalichiba, Mamedori, and Stefan GRILL outlets. The company had 1327 stores in 2005, down from 1458 in 2001. Slogans used within its stores are "HAMBURGER IS MY LIFE" and "Japanese Fine Burger and Coffee."

In Japanese, "MOS" is pronounced as /mosɯ/.

MOS Burger in Singapore
MOS Burger in Singapore


MOS Burger
MOS Burger

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[edit] Unique Burgers

MOS Burger Suminodo shop
MOS Burger Suminodo shop

[edit] MOS Rice Burger

The MOS Rice Burger uses a bun made of rice mixed with barley and millet.

Rice was first used as a bun in 1987, when the restaurant served the Tsukune Rice Burger, filled with ground chicken and daikon, and seasoned with soy sauce. The Tsukune Rice Burger is no longer on the menu in Japan.

The MOS Rice Burgers currently on the menu are: the 'kaisen kakiage rice burger' (fresh seafood shrimp fritter rice burger), the 'kinpira rice burger' (fried burdock and carrot rice burger), and the 'buta shōga yaki rice burger' (grilled pork and ginger rice burger). There also used to be a 'yakiniku rice burger' (grilled strips of beef rice burger) (available in Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan branches).

[edit] Takumi Burger

In 2005, MOS Burger introduced the ultra-premium Takumi Burger (meaning artisan taste), a 10-level burger, featuring slices of avocado, Tasmanian beef, grated wasabi, and other rare seasonal ingredients. This burger costs 1,000 yen (6.66 Euros or 8.98 USD), making it one of the most expensive burgers in a fast-food chain.

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