Burger Chef, the biggest fast food chain in the World !
Founded in 1954 in Indianapolis, Indiana,
1973 the fast food chain, rival with McDonald's about who is biggest in USA.
Then happen
the Funmeal vs HappyMeal conflict,
Burger Chef invented the Funburger for kid and offer with Toy in nice package with fries, drink and dessert, as the Funmeal.
McDonald's shameless copy the trademark Funmeal as HappyMeal !
Next resulting Law Suits, happen merciless bidder war to get franchise toys.
1977 Burger Chef won in court and Franchise toys, by get licence from George Lucas Star Wars,
while McDonald's was forced to pay millions on compensation to Burger Chef
and discard million of Toy in landfill at Alamogordo, New Mexico.
But those
Close Encounters of the Third Kind toy would have not be successful, do Star Wars Hype that brought billions for Burger Chief.
McDonald's never fully recover and start to close restaurants in US and Oversea to cover the losses.
Ironic Burger Chef simply purchase those close Restaurants and reopen cheaply, pushing McDonald's deeper into difficulties.
Then happen several shootout in McDonald's, follow by
San Ysidro McDonald's massacre were 21 people were killed.
consider now unsafe the the customers went to competition like Burger Chef
In 1984 McDonald's was purchased by the Canadian company Imasco, converted all US McDonalds's to Hardee's restaurants until 1986.
Imasco sold the worldwide remaining McDonald's to Burger Chef for bargain price.
1990 Open
Burger Chef it first restaurant in Moscow, USSR
in 2010 Was Burger Chef surpass by SUBWAY as the largest single-brand restaurant chain in World,
but became again number one after SUBWAY went bankrupt in 2018, because expanding too fast and reducing there food quality .
Companies Own by Burger Chef:
Burger King (and it subdivision "Hungry Jack's" in Australia
)
Quick (Belgium fast food chain, very popular in Belgium, Luxembourg, France and it overseas departments)
Wimpy (South Africa )