Burgerville history

1935: George Propstra leaves college to begin working at his father's business.

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You could grow slowly and carefully, opening one restaurant at a time." In 1957, The Holland added a $30,000 bakery addition, located in the restaurant building; the bakery sold Danish and French pastries and all types of cakes.

On March 10, 1961, the first Burgerville USA opens on Mill Plain Boulevard in Vancouver, Washington, three miles east of downtown.

Building at a steady rate in Oregon and Washington for the next twenty years, the chain had 22 outlets and was building new executive offices in Vancouver by 1978.

In 1982, it opened Henry's Fish Co., a pet project of George Propstra, north of Vancouver.

In 1986, as part of its year-long 25th anniversary promotion, the company aired a 3-D commercial, giving away glasses for viewing at all of its stores.

The chain, which had been expanding at the rate of up to three new Burgervilles a year, began franchising its establishments in mid-1987.

1992: George Propstra retires.

The prototype, opened in the summer of 1995, was expected to do about $1.2 million in annual sales, rather than the typical Burgerville's $900,000.

Revenues from 1996 were $35 million, up 18 percent from $30 million the year before.

In 2000, it expanded upon its first efforts to advertise its regional nature with promotions of fresh strawberry shakes, shortcake made with fresh biscuits, walla walla onion rings, and burgers.

In 2009, it started using its drive-through windows so that bicyclists could order too.