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Burger Chef was an American fast-food restaurant chain. It began operating in 1954 in Indianapolis, Indiana , expanded throughout the United States, and at its peak in 1973 had 1,050 locations, including some in Canada. [1]
Dec 16, 2020 · In just ten years, Burger Chef became the second-largest burger chain, with only about one hundred fewer locations than McDonald’s. General Foods Corporation purchased the Burger Chef chain in 1968, which helped to fund its rapid expansion. Under General Foods, they reached their peak of 1,200 locations in 1972.
Burger Chef, once a beloved fast-food chain with a massive presence across the United States, has vanished from the fast-food landscape. Founded in 1958 in Indianapolis, Indiana, Burger Chef quickly became a competitor to the then-popular McDonald’s.
In 2011, Fieri partnered with Carnival Cruise lines creating Guy's Burger Joint to sell Fieri's burgers fleet-wide. As of October 2017, there were 19 restaurants on Carnival's cruise ships, including some serving beer-and-BBQ, Guy's Pig & Anchor Smokehouse Brewhouse.
Sep 1, 2009 · It was the 1960's and McDonalds was going great guns with their fast food hamburgers and fries. Burger Chef's were beginning to spring up all over the place as well. But my personal favorite was the BBF. The initials stood for Burger Boy Food-O-Rama, but we kids at Beverly Hills Junior High jokingly said it stood for "Badly Burnt Food".
Jun 8, 2018 · Burger Chef There was a time – the late 1960s and early 1970s – when Burger Chef, founded in the Midwest in 1958, was the second-largest restaurant chain in the country, only slightly...
Burger Chef: During the 1960's. Burger Chef reached into 38 states as the chain grew steadily. In 1968. General Equipment sold Burger Chef Systems to General Foods for $20 million. Burger Chef -which peaked at 1.200 stores-went into a tailspin. General Foods sold Burger Chef to Hardee's in 1982.
