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Home Is Where the Burger Is

During this period, customers who longed for White Castle hamburgers could now buy frozen patties and ship them to their homes. This led to the creation of a White Castle frozen food division in 1987, selling burgers to supermarkets across the US and helping people like me fulfill my long-distance cravings.

White Castle’s Contemporaries Profiles

In chronological order.

Kewpee Hotel Hamburgs

Year Founded: 1923

City Founded: Flint, Michigan

Founder: Samuel V. Blair

Number of Locations at the Chain’s Peak: over 400

Slogans: “Mity Nice Hamburger,” “Your Granpappy ate here!” and “Hamburg pickle on top, makes your heart go flippity-flop!”

▶Kewpee was one of the first drive-in restaurants.

▶In 1958, Bill Thomas purchased the Kewpee franchise in Flint, Michigan. Due to a trademark dispute in 1967, he switched the name to Bill Thomas’ Halo Burger. As of 2019, Halo Burger has ten locations operating in Genesee County, Michigan.

Entry door along to Kewpee Hotel Hamburgs in the 1930s with large Kewpie doll looking down.