King Beef

King Beef is an American Fast Food Restaurant based out of the United States and is known for their Cheese Butter Burgers.

1978-1990
King Beef was started by New Yorker Reginald Dorman in 1978 in Saratoga Springs, The restaurant for the first year in financial terms was ok at best however usually struggling to pay the bills or at least until 1979 when Reginald created the recipe for what would become their famous Cheese Butter Burgers and would begin selling them at King Beef, Sales were at first slow however word of mouth got people flocking from across New York to have a taste of their burgers and fries (which were also popular) after seeing the success of the first restaurant, Dorman began opening up new locations across the Northeastern United States with 20 Locations being opened by 1982, In 1984 the company introduced to compete with competitors a kids meal called the "Little Kings Meal" which came with small toys, The meal was a financial success for the company and boosted their popularity.

1991-Present
In 1992 the founder Reginald Dorman stepped down from CEO with the new CEO being his son Daniel, In 1993, Daniel began expanding the company worldwide with locations opening in Western Europe by 1994, However in 1996 when the company attempted to expand into Eastern Europe specifically in Belarus and Ukraine, It was a massive failure mostly due to local restaurants being more trusted and having better offerings than a fast food joint which resulted in most stores closing by the end of 2000, Trying to get back on track the company created a pork rib sandwich called the Rib King (which has similarities in taste with McDonald's McRib) The Rib King was released in 2002 and got the company back into the spotlight, In early 2020 the company partnered with Beyond Meat to create non-meat versions of the Rib King and Cheese Butter Burgers which was also to compete with Burger King's Impossible Whopper.

Products

 * Cheese Butter Burger: Introduced in 1979.
 * Fries (including variants): Introduced in 1978.
 * Chicken Nuggets: Introduced in 1980.
 * Bacon Cheese Butter Burger: Introduced in 1985.
 * Mozzarella Sticks: Introduced in 1990.
 * Ice Cream: Introduced in 1991.
 * Rib King: Introduced in 2002.
 * Beyond Meat Butter Burgers and Rib King: Introduced in 2020.