When I first saw the story about the two guys riding their bicycles to every Burgerville fast food joint in the Northwest, I thought I'd be reading a cross between “Super-Size Me” and “Breaking Wind Away.”
No such deal here. Brent Krebsbach of Redmond, Wash., and Paul LaFrance of Wasilla, Alaska, are visiting a chain of restaurants in Washington and Oregon that strives to do the right thing toward its customers and employees.
Krebsbach and LaFrance bicycled more than 500 miles in four days to visit all 39 Burgervilles in Oregon and Washington.
Challenge
The Albany, Oregon, Democrat-Herald reports the two had been talking about how many of the Burgerville joints they've been to over the years, and hit on the idea of visiting them all by bicycle. LaFrance said:
“We thought we’d tell Burgerville about our plans and they thought it was funny. They wanted to help and offered to provide us with free meals and shirts. They are also sponsoring a drawing for a stationery bicycle and other cycling gear.”
Burgerville prides itself in partnering with local businesses, serving natural beef, offering affordable insurance to employees, purchases 100% of its electricity from wind power sources and recycles trans fat canola oil into biodiesel.
In addition to non-frozen burgers, the chain also sells menu items of free-range chicken, Coho salmon and Oregon hazelnut salad (can you tell I'm getting hungry here?).
There's more about the good works of Burgerville at Forbes, “Want a cause with that?” (.pdf), and at its website.
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