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GOOD TO GO: Mr Plunkett, the burger entrepreneur, is already planning breakfast and late-night menus to keep the orders coming in around the clock.

PHOTO: REUTERS

Sydney

AFTER three decades running McDonald's Corp restaurants, Tony Plunkett thought he knew everything about flipping burgers for a profit, and last year went out on his own with a startup franchise in the Australian city of Melbourne.

But he soon learned his industry was being...

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