Burgerville, USA

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Exterior of Burgerville, USA location in Beaverton, Oregon.

Burgerville, USA is a privately held chain of 39 restaurants found only in Oregon and southwest Washington. As the chain's name suggests, Burgerville's sandwich menu consists mostly of hamburgers, though it also offers chicken and turkey sandwiches, gardenburgers, and halibut fish and chips. Most Burgerville locations are located in the Portland metropolitan area.

Reflecting its limited presence, the chain has used the slogan "Inconveniently located for most of America".

Burgerville may well be the largest restaurant chain in the world that serves mostly natural beef and other natural meat and animal products.^{[citation needed]}

Although at first glance Burgerville looks like a "fast food" restaurant, the emphasis is on food quality, not speed. Thus, the drive-through lanes typically take longer than those at its larger competitors, and eat-in diners order then have their food brought to them when it is ready. Prices and variety more closely reflect slightly more upscale restaurants, deliberately not competing in the commodity-based fast-food arena.

The chain's most significant differentiation is in its use of local ingredients and natural ingredients, such as Country Natural Beef and Tillamook Cheese in its burgers, and locally grown strawberries in its milkshakes and sundaes. Throughout the year it offers seasonal items such as milkshakes made with hazelnuts, Fresh Pumpkins, Fresh Raspberries, Egg Nog,huckleberries, and blackberries, and side orders such as Walla Walla onion rings , sweet potato fries and Yukon Gold Potatoes.

[edit] History

Burgerville was founded in 1961 by George Propstra in Vancouver, Washington.

Burgerville uses 100% wind power for all of its Restaurants and headquarters, and is the largest chain in America to do so. Burgerville use only Trans fat free canola oil that is transformed into bio diesel.

Their new slogan is, "Choose Fresh, Local, Sustainable, Choose Burgerville"

[edit] Locations

As of March of 2007, there were 39 locations.

In Washington, Burgerville USA has restaurants in Battle Ground, Camas, Centralia, Kelso, Vancouver, and Woodland.

In Oregon, restaurants are located in the Portland metropolitan area, including Portland proper, Aloha, Beaverton, Gladstone, Gresham, Hillsboro, Lake Oswego, Oregon City, and West Linn. Burgerville is also located in Albany, Canby, Monmouth, Newberg, St. Helens, and The Dalles.

In 2005 the company announced plans to start an expansion into the areas of Seattle, WA and Bend, OR, opening up to 10 new restaurants. However, as of March 2007, those expansion plans have not been started yet.

On major highways leaving Burgerville's reach, there is usually a billboard resembling an overhead highway warning sign alerting drivers that there will not be another Burgerville location for approximately another 24,700 miles (39,750 km) (distance varies on the actual signs depending on location): The distance to the next Burgerville should you continue around the globe in that direction.