Halo Burger

Infobox Company
name = Bill Thomas Halo Burger

type = Private
foundation = Flint, Michigan, U.S., (1923)
founder = Samuel V. Blair/Bill Thomas
location_city = Flint, Michigan
location_country = United States
locations = 10 Restaurants (2008)
area_served = Genesee County, Michigan
Saginaw County, Michigan, United States
key_people = Terry Thomas, CEO
William "Tiger" Thomas, VicePresident [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |author=Marlon Vaughn |coauthors= |title=Teens losing jobs to older workers |url=http://www.mlive.com |format=PDF |work=Flint Journal |publisher=Booth Newspapers |location=Flint, Michigan |id= |pages= |page= |date=2004-04-01 |accessdate=2008-06-13 |language= |quote= |archiveurl=http://www.teens4hire.org/articles/docs/Media-Flint%20Journal%204%201%2004.pdf |archivedate=2008-06-13 ]
industry = Fast Food
products = hamburgers, french fries, pies, and Frozen Malts
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owner = William "Bill" V. Thomas Family
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homepage = [http://www.haloburger.com Haloburger.com]
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Halo Burger, sometimes known by its full name Bill Thomas' Halo Burger, is a fast-food restaurant chain based in Flint, Michigan, USA. cite web |url=http://home.comcast.net/~steelbeard1/flinn052104.htm |title=A Tasty Part of Flint History |accessdate=2008-05-30 |author=Gary Flinn |date=2004-5-21 |work=Flinn's Journal |publisher=Gary Flinn ] Begun in 1923 as the original Kewpee location and separating from the Kewpee chain in 1967 with two locations, the chain has since grown to ten locations in the region. All but one of these is located in Genesee County.

History

Samuel V. Blair open Kewpee Hotel restaurant in downtown Flint and expanded to approximately 200 locations by 1939 through licensing the name. In 1933, William "Bill" V. Thomas came to Flint and started working at Kewpee in 1938. Thomas began leasing the Harrison Street, Flint location from Blair upon his retirement on April 1, 1944. Blair dies in 1945 and Thomas continues to leases the location and pay royalties for use of the Kewpee name from the estate until the Kewpee trademark and Blair estate owned locations go up for sale in 1958. Thomas is able to purchase the Flint location but the Kewpee trademark goes to Ed Adams of Toledo, Ohio. Thomas's Flint Kewpee Hamburgs expands to a second location with the purchase of Vernor’s Ginger Ale building in 1951. Adams switched from a trademark license of Kewpee to a full franchising arrangement in 1967. Thomas rejects this new arrangement and changes name of this restaurants to Bill Thomas' Halo Burger. cite web |url=http://home.comcast.net/~steelbeard1/flinn052104.htm |title=A Tasty Part of Flint History |accessdate=2008-05-30 |author=Gary Flinn |date=2004-5-21 |work=Flinn's Journal |publisher=Gary Flinn ] In 1979, the Harrison location was vacated to make way for University of Michigan-Flint parking.cite news | first = | last = | authorlink = | author = Christy Ryan | coauthors = | title = Halo Burger reluctant to leave in fall | url = http://media.www.themichigantimes.com/media/storage/paper620/news/2008/04/21/Campus/Halo-Burger.Reluctant.To.Leave.In.Fall-3341091.shtml | format = shtml | work = Michigan Times | publisher = University of Michigan-Flint | location = Flint, Michigan | id = | pages = | page = | date = 2008-04-21 | accessdate = 2008-06-02 | language = | quote = | archiveurl = | archivedate = ] The staff of the former Harrison Street location were transferred to a newly opened Halo Burger serving Flint's east side.cite web |url=http://home.comcast.net/~steelbeard1/flinn052104.htm |title=A Tasty Part of Flint History |accessdate=2008-05-30 |author=Gary Flinn |date=2004-5-21 |work=Flinn's Journal]

Due to the new housing and 24-hour food service, Sodexho, that goes along the housing, the University of Michigan-Flint University Center location closed April 21, 2008. cite news | first = | last = | author = Christy Ryan | coauthors = | title = Halo Burger reluctant to leave in fall | url = http://media.www.themichigantimes.com/media/storage/paper620/news/2008/04/21/Campus/Halo-Burger.Reluctant.To.Leave.In.Fall-3341091.shtml | format = shtml | work = Michigan Times | publisher = University of Michigan-Flint | location = Flint, Michigan | id = | pages = | page = | date = 2008-04-21 | accessdate = 2008-06-02 | language = | quote = | archiveurl = | archivedate = ]

Menu

* Q.P.: Original called the Kewpee, its name is a phonetic of that name and has been served since 1923 and of its size, a quarter pound hamburger. The burger consisted of flat bottom bun with deluxe toppings (mayo, lettuce, tomato). This still today remains one of the Halo Burger's most popular sandwiches, especially with olives.

List of locations

As of 2008, Halo Burger operates ten restaurants. Seven are located in Flint proper, while three more are located in surrounding towns.
*Birch Run - 9130 E. Birch Run Rd.
*Fenton - 1464 N. LeRoy St.
*Flint:*800 S. Saginaw St.:*G-3388 S. Linden Rd.:*G-4451 W. Pierson Rd.:*3805 E. Court St.:*4805 Fenton Rd.:*4474 Richfield Rd.:*3410 Corunna Rd.
*Grand Blanc - 2248 E. Hill Rd.

Awards

*1983 Voted Flint's #1 hamburger by a Flint Journal Newspaper survey
*2000 Voted Michigan's #1 hamburger by a Detroit News Reader Survey [ cite web |url=http://www.micuisine.com/portal/?q=node/45 |title=Restaurants of Interest |accessdate=2008-06-02 |author=Dave |date= |work=Cuisine, A Semi-Exhaustive Guide |publisher=Frog Leg Productions ]

See also

*Kewpee

References

External links

* [http://www.haloburger.com/main/ Halo Burger's official web site]
* [http://home.comcast.net/~steelbeard1/flinn052104.htm A Tasty Part of Flint History--The former Vernor's outlet in Flint, MI, now Halo Burger]
* [http://www.kewpee.com/flinthistory.php Explain history at Kewpee's site]