Burger Ranch (Israel)
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| Type | Private |
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| Founded | 1972 |
| Founder(s) | Barry Scop and Ron Lapid |
| Headquarters | Rishon LeZion, Israel |
| Number of locations | 107 stores |
| Area served | Israel |
| Products | Fast Food (hamburgers • chicken • french fries • soft drinks • salads • desserts) |
| Website | Burgeranch.co.il |
Burger Ranch (Hebrew: בּורגראנץ׳) is an Israeli fast-food chain. In 2010, the Burger Ranch chain included 107 restaurants with over 1500 employees, competing primarily with McDonald's Israel.[1]
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[edit] History
The first Burger Ranch in Israel opened in 1972 on Ben Yehuda Street in Tel Aviv. In 1978, a second restaurant opened on Ibn Gvirol Street. Two more branches opened in 1979 in Ramat Hasharon and Dizengoff Center. By 1993, when McDonald's entered the Israeli market, Burger Ranch was the largest restaurant chain in Israel, with 49 restaurants.
In 1992, when Burger King entered the Israeli market, it discussed a deal with Burger Ranch chain but the talks failed. Burger King went on to open 50 restaurants. Burger Ranch tried to take over Burger King in Israel, but was blocked by monopoly laws. In 2005, after Burger King declared bankruptcy, it was purchased by Orgad Holdings.
In 1997, 74 percent of Burger Ranch was acquired by Paz Oil Company Ltd.. At the end of 2001, Paz completed the acquisition, becoming 100 percent owners of the chain. New branches of Burger Ranch were opened at Paz gas stations. In 2006, Paz sold the chain to the Israeli businessman Yossi Hoshinski. In early 2008 Hoshinshki died of a heart attack, and the company went into bankruptcy.
In 2008, Orgad Holdings bought out Burger King Israel for over NIS 100 million. In 2010, it announced that Burger King would be re-branding as Burger Ranch.[2]
[edit] Kashrut
Although the separate ingredients of the hamburgers are kosher, not all of the Burger Ranch restaurants are certified as kosher. Burger Ranch does not sell cheeseburgers, non-kosher meats (such as bacon) or seafood, as a matter of franchise policy.
Some Burger Ranch restaurants are certified as being even more strictly kosher (Glatt Kosher). One is in Jerusalem, two are in Bnei Brak and one in Petah Tikva, all are under Bet Yosef supervision.
Some of the restaurants offer hamburgers in gluten-free buns. During Passover, all of the restaurants offer kosher-for-Passover buns. These unleavened buns are available also in non-kosher-certified restaurants.
