Fast-food hamburger restaurants

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Answer 1

Burger King (Alberta)

Burger King was a fast food restaurant chain in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Also known as Burger King Drive-Inn, it was founded by former Imperial Oil executives William R. Jarvis (1926-21 July 2014) and James Duncan Rae (3 September 1923 - 17 December 2014) in 1956. Among the first American-style fast food restaurants in Edmonton, it was not related to the worldwide Burger King chain. Company headquarters was in offices above one of the restaurants, at 9501 111 Avenue. Its signature item was a mushroom burger.

By 1975, when McDonald's opened its first Edmonton restaurant near Capilano Mall, Burger King had 12 outlets. At the time, the company held a franchise for Kentucky Fried Chicken in Edmonton, with its outlets using dual branding. However, as the market became more competitive, the relationship between the two companies deteriorated, with KFC taking legal action to end the partnership. Burger King was ultimately forced to stop selling Kentucky Fried Chicken at the end of 1979.

Jarvis and Rae sold their restaurants in 1990 but retained the "Burger King" trademark, which they held for northern Alberta following an earlier dispute with the worldwide chain. In August 1995, they sold the naming rights for $1 million to their former rival. It immediately announced its intention to enter the market, the last region of North America where it had been unable to operate, other than Mattoon, Illinois, where another restaurant uses the name.

Several Burger King restaurants became Burger Barons.

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Burger King (Mattoon, Illinois)

Burger King is a restaurant founded by the Hoots family and operated by Burger King LLC of Illinois in Mattoon, Illinois, United States; it is not related to the fast food chain Burger King. The restaurant's founders claim it is the "original" Burger King and predates the fast food chain. A 1968 court case between this restaurant and the larger Burger King chain is a well-known case in United States trademark law regarding the Lanham Act.

Mattoon residents Gene and Betty Hoots bought the successful Frigid Queen ice cream shop from Gene's uncle, Bill Paullin, in 1952. In 1954, Gene expanded the business, adding hamburgers, French fries and other items to the menu. In 1957, they fixed up a two-car parking garage behind the Frigid Queen, adding a grill and a counter for customers. When it came time to give the new business behind the Frigid Queen a name, Gene wanted to go with The Hot Dames but Betty said that a queen needs a king, and chose the name Burger King instead.

In 1959, after prompting by his uncle, Gene registered the name "Burger King" as a state trademark in Illinois, and the Hootses were official owners and operators of the only "Burger King" restaurant in Illinois at the time.

The Hoots retired in February 2015 and sold the company to a local businessman, Cory Sanders. Sanders announced he would continue to operate the restaurant but would be making several changes including a planned remodel of the interior, menu expansion and price reductions. He also said he intends to host car shows, fundraisers for local charities, and increase web and social media presence of the restaurant.

Things went smoothly for the business for several years until the Hootses learned of the Burger King in Florida and that company's plans for Illinois. The Hootses and their lawyer thought their state trademark, which was in use before the Florida chain moved into the state, gave them exclusive rights to the "Burger King" name all over the state. However, the Florida chain opened its first Illinois restaurant in Skokie in 1961; by 1967, the chain had 50 restaurants in Illinois, and the Hootses felt they needed to take action.

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Burger King Israel

Burger King Israel
(ברגר קינג)

Burger King Israel (Hebrew: ברגר קינג) is the Israeli franchise of international fast food chain Burger King. Burger King first entered the Israeli market in 1993. It eventually closed in 2010, after the franchise owner Orgad Holdings purchased local chain Burgeranch and converted all Burger King locations in the country into Burgeranch locations. In July 2013, it was announced that Burger King was attempting to re-enter Israel. Initial discussions with its original Israeli franchise owner Yair Hasson were unsuccessful, and it finally secured re-entrance to the country by entering into a deal with a French company. The first restaurant, under the new franchise group opened in February 2016, at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv.

Burger King first entered Israel in 1993, under the ownership of Yair Hasson, Meshulam Riklis and Kamor Motors. In 1998, Hasson and Riklis bought out Kamor for USD$14.8 million. In 2001 Hasson sold his share to Riklis, making Riklis the sole owner.

Upon Hasson's departure, the company's management underwent several changes, including several new CEOs over the next few years. Each CEO tried to change the chain's strategy, all of which proved ineffective. Eventually, this led to the franchise's collapse after Burger King slowed down the deployment of its branches. In 2003, Burger King Israel had accumulated ₪98 million (USD$27 million) in debt. Brothers Eli and Yuval Orgad bought the chain's fifty-six restaurants for ₪30 million (USD$8.3 million).

The owner of Burgeanch, Yossi Hoshinski, died of a heart attack in early 2008; shortly thereafter, Burgeranch entered bankruptcy. Orgad Holdings bought Burgeranch from bankruptcy for over NIS 100 million. In 2010, it was announced that Orgad Holdings would be re-branding its Burger King locations as Burgeranch. At the time the two chains were merged there were 55 Burgeranch locations and 52 Burger King locations, creating 107 locations in the country.

In July 2013 it was announced that Burger King was attempting to return to the Israeli market, three years after the dissolution of its franchise in the country. The company's desire to re-enter Israel stemmed from recent ownership changes in the parent company. In late 2010, the chain was acquired by Brazilian private equity fund 3G Capital for USD$4 billion. The new ownership enacted an aggressive strategy of entering markets Burger King was currently not operating in, in a bid to chip away at the market share of its competitors. Discussions for a new franchise owner included Yair Hasson, Burger King's former franchisee in Israel. If the negotiations had proved successful, twelve new Burger King restaurants were expected to open within the first year it reentered the Israeli market, with fifteen more set to open in 2014.

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Burger Lounge

Burger Lounge

Burger Lounge is an American fast casual restaurant chain that specializes in hamburgers made from American grass-fed beef, salads, shakes, French fries and onion rings. Burger Lounge is headquartered in San Diego, California. In 2007, J. Dean Loring and Michael Gilligan founded the company in La Jolla, California. J. Dean Loring is the President and CEO of Burger Lounge.

J. Dean Loring, the son of a butcher, opened three restaurants prior to founding Burger Lounge. Loring established Stars Hamburgers, in Northern California's Humboldt County, in 1989. In 2007, he partnered with Michael Gillian, a bank CFO, to open the first Burger Lounge in La Jolla, California. Burger Lounge partnered with Karp Reilly, a private equity firm based in Connecticut, in 2011. In 2012, Forbes travel guide included Burger Lounge in its list of "America's 10 Best Burgers". Fastcasual.com ranked the restaurant 21st on its list of "Top 100 Movers and Shakers" in 2012.

In April 2013, Burger Lounge opened a second location, in North County, part of San Diego, California. That year, the restaurant opened seven locations in San Diego and four in the Los Angeles area.LA Weekly named the restaurant "Best New Restaurant" in 2013. The restaurant was also voted "Best Burger" by San Diego Magazine in 2014. The restaurant previously received the title in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2012. In 2014, the restaurant group had 13 locations.

Burger Lounge serves hamburgers made from grass-fed beef. The meat is sourced from two ranches. The menu also includes organic quinoa veggie burgers, free-range turkey burgers, chicken tenders (referred to as "Chicken Digglers"), Albacore tuna sandwiches, salads, French fries, onion rings and shakes. The restaurant uses locally sourced, organic, farm-raised, regional and seasonal ingredients.

The restaurants' food waste is composted, post-industrial packaging is biodegradable, and used cooking oil converted to biofuel is used to power its delivery vehicles. In July 2012, the restaurant donated proceeds from sales to local student-run community-supported agriculture (CSA) and school gardening programs. Burger Lounge uses recyclable products and is green certified.

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Burger Queen

Druther's Restaurant

Druther's is a restaurant, formerly a chain of fast food restaurants that began as Burger Queen restaurants based in Louisville, Kentucky from 1963 until 1981. The name was a play on the word , and the mascot was a giant female bee named Queenie Bee. In 1981, Burger Queen changed to Druther's restaurants, although the changes were mostly cosmetic. One reason given for the name change was to eliminate the perception that they served "just burgers,” when they also had fried chicken and a serve-yourself salad bar. Druther's featured a character named "Andy Dandytale" on its kids meal items (and a live-action version in early TV advertising). The chain's slogan was "I'd Ruther Go to Druther's Restaurant."

The first Burger Queen was built in Middletown, Kentucky, in 1963, and the original building still stands across from Dairy Queen at 11806 Shelbyville Road. Burger Queen's second location in Middletown is now a Dairy Queen. The chain's mascot was Queenie Bee.

The company originally started in Middletown in 1963 as a franchise of a Florida-based company by Louisville partners James Gannon and brothers George and John Clark. The Louisville company eventually bought the Florida-based company. George Clark eventually became CEO while his other partners left the company.

The company opened its 50th location in December 1973 in Danville and had locations in Kentucky, Indiana and Tennessee at the time of the opening.

In June 1981, Burger Queen Enterprises Inc. announce that it was changing its name to Druther's International Inc. and changing the names of it restaurants from Burger Queen to Druther's Restaurant. Despite the change in names, management and the menu remained the same. At the time of the announcement, the company operated 171 company-owned and franchised locations in seven states within the United States and also had international franchised in England, Canada, the Republic of China, and the United Arab Emirates.

In September 1990, privately-owned Druther's International Inc. became a Dairy Queen franchise and was able converted most of its restaurants to the Dairy Queen brand by the end of first quarter of 1991. The Druther's brand was retired as the result of the conversion. At the time of the conversion, Druther's had operated 145 restaurants in Kentucky and surrounding states. Druther's International later rename itself Druther's Systems Inc. to better fit its new roll as a Dairy Queen franchise operator.

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Burger Street

Burger Street

Burger Street is an American fast food restaurant chain specializing in hamburgers and chicken sandwiches. As of January 2015^[update], the chain has 14 locations in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex and 4 locations in the greater Tulsa, Oklahoma, area.

Burger Street was started by Bill Waugh, creator of the Taco Bueno, Casa Bonita, and Crystal's Pizza restaurant chains. The first restaurant, built in Lewisville, Texas, opened in 1985. Each location is a small building with drive-up windows on both sides. A small outdoor eating area next to the building also sits between the lanes.

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Answer 7

Burger Time

BTND, LLC

Burger Time is a regional chain of drive-through fast food restaurants that is headquartered in West Fargo, North Dakota. Its original restaurant was founded in Fargo, North Dakota, in 1987 and currently has eight locations in North Dakota, Minnesota, and South Dakota.

Burger Time's first location opened in Fargo, North Dakota, in August 1987, and it quickly opened more locations upon its initial success. The company was initially privately owned. Doug Geeslin, a Fargo-based investor, purchased the company from its founder. In 2004 Sterion, a medical devices company later renamed Sten Corporation, purchased Burger Time from Geeslin. Sten was controlled by Gary Copperud, president of CMM Properties, and CEO Kenneth Brimmer, a former president of Rainforest Cafe. On April 29, 2007, Sten sold Burger Time to BTND LLC, a Colorado limited liability company owned by Copperud and Jeffrey A. Zinnecker and accepted all liabilities. The duo resigned from Sten's board of directors.

Burger Time primarily operates outdoor restaurants which offer only drive-through or walk up service. Most restaurants offer two drive through lanes (one on each side, so the left side is typically used by vehicles with someone sitting in the front seat). There is typically an outdoor seating area available as well as extra parking for customers who wish to eat in their vehicles.

Burger Time offers hamburgers, french fries, soft drinks, and other typical fast food fare, sold in combinations or a la carte. Their signature item is the "Bigger Burger", a 1/3 pound flame broiled burger. Burger Time also offers barbecue pulled pork and chicken sandwiches as well as apple pie. The "Bigger Burger" combo accounts for 80% of a typical location's sales.

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Answer 8

Burgeranch

Burgeranch

Burgeranch (Hebrew: בורגראנץ'‎‎) is an Israeli fast-food chain. In 2010, the Burgeranch chain included 107 restaurants with over 1500 employees, competing primarily with McDonald's Israel and Burger King Israel. In October 2014, according to the company website, there were 79 restaurants in the system.

The first Burgeranch in Israel opened in 1972 on Ben Yehuda Street in Tel Aviv by Barry Scop and Ron Lapid. In 1978, a second restaurant opened on Ibn Gvirol Street. Two more branches opened in 1979 in Ramat Hasharon and Dizengoff Center. By 1993, when McDonald's entered the Israeli market, Burgeranch was the largest restaurant chain in Israel, with 49 restaurants.

In 1997, 74 percent of Burgeranch was acquired by Paz Oil Company Ltd. At the end of 2001, Paz completed the acquisition, becoming 100 percent owners of the chain. New branches of Burgeranch were opened at Paz gas stations. In 2006, Paz sold the chain to the Israeli businessman Yossi Hoshinski. In early 2008 Hoshinshki died of a heart attack, and the company went into bankruptcy. In 2008, Orgad Holdings bought out Burgeranch for over NIS 20 million.

In 1992, when Burger King entered the Israeli market, it discussed a deal with Burgeranch chain but the talks failed. Burger King Israel went on to open over 50 restaurants. Burgeranch tried to take over Burger King in Israel, but was blocked by monopoly laws. In 2005, after Burger King declared bankruptcy, it was purchased by Orgad Holdings.

In 2010, it announced that Orgad Holdings would be re-branding Burger King Israel as Burgeranch. At the time the two chains were merged there were 55 Burgeranches and 52 Burger Kings, creating 107 Burgeranches

In November 2014, news began to report that Burger Ranch was in talks to sell 51 of their 72 locations to a group of investors (Yair Hasson, The first Burger King franchiser was among them) that would convert them into Burger Kings. The remaining 21 locations would be shut down. The talks failed since no agreement was reached (Burger King was relaunched In Israel in December 2015).

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Answer 9

BurgerFi

Burgerfi is an American fast casual restaurant chain focused on hamburgers, french fries, hot dogs, and custard. The first location was opened in February 2011 in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Florida, inside a former Burger King.

They chain has expanded to over 90 locations since its foundation, and was one of the fastest growing fast food chains in the U.S. in 2015.

In 2017, the chain introduced a vegan burger.

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Answer 10

Burgers Bar

Burgers Bar (בורגרס בר)

Burgers Bar (Hebrew: בורגרס בר‎‎ Burgers Bar) is an Israeli burger chain with 30 locations around Israel, and previously had three locations in the United States.

Burgers Bar opened their first location in 1998 in the German Colony of Jerusalem. Due to the restaurants popularity, they began expanding quickly striving to bring our burgers with quick and quality dining all over Israel. Burgers Bar was able to carve out a niche for themselves and in 2005 became the only nominee in Haaretz's Best Kosher Burger in Israel. Many attribute Burgers Bar's success to them offering burgers at a similar price to McDonald's Israel, but of better quality.

All locations are kosher Mehadrin certified. Additionally they offer a wide variety of toppings and side dishes not found at typical burger restaurants.

After experiencing success in Israel with the American tourists, Burgers Bar expanded to the United States with 3 locations. The locations were in Teaneck,Cedarhurst, and Brooklyn however all three locations were closed within a couple of years.

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