{"id":24099,"date":"2020-08-09T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-09T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=24099"},"modified":"2020-08-09T09:42:35","modified_gmt":"2020-08-09T13:42:35","slug":"24099","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=24099","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Burger Chef, Star Wars, Mike Kott and Me!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2020\/z080920burgerchef_kott_redo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"262\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you&#8217;re of a particular age, it is almost a certainty that you&nbsp;<del>dined<\/del> ate at a Burger Chef.&nbsp; If you&#8217;re younger, then you may not have ever heard of the one-time fast food giant.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Back in the 1970s, Burger Chef was second only to McDonalds as far as fast food franchises went.&nbsp; Burger Chef was a hit and as a result their investors were earning returns where 50% wasn&#8217;t unheard of.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Burger Chef&#8217;s popularity was because they served a comparable (some would say even better) meal than other fast food joints and Burger Chef was making innovative moves.&nbsp; Burger Chef was the first with&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Funmeals<\/strong>: geared towards kids.&nbsp; Each Funmeal came with a sandwhich, small fries, small drink and a toy!&nbsp; Five years later McDonalds started serving Happy Meals using the same concept.\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Works Bar<\/strong>:&nbsp; Burger King said you could have it &#8220;your way&#8221;.&nbsp; Burger Chef took things a step further with the Works Bar.&nbsp; Each Works Bar contained everything you might want to doctor up your sandwhich!\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Salad Bar<\/strong>:&nbsp; Burger Chef offered a fully stocked salad bar and this was waay before the health craze hit.\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Media Tie-Ins<\/strong>:&nbsp; Burger Chef saw the importance of media tie-ins and so they made deals linking their food to kid popular franchises like <em>Star Wars<\/em> and <em>The Brady Bunch<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I worked at a Burger Chef when I was in college.&nbsp; I&#8217;ve shared this story before but if you missed it or would just like to revisit it, check out <a style=\"font-size: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=9708\">Star Wars, Burger Chef, Mike Kott and Me<\/a><span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I have good memories of the folks I worked with and the food we served at Burger Chef.&nbsp; It&#8217;s too bad the chain didn&#8217;t survive.&nbsp; MeTV posted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metv.com\/stories\/what-ever-happened-to-the-burger-chef-chain\">What ever happened to the Burger Chef chain?<\/a> that explains their rise and fall.&nbsp; 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