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Going local
All Burger Kings in Minot are now 100 percent
locally owned
Jun e 22 , 20 15
By MARISSA HOWARD - Staff Writer (mhoward@minotdailynews.com) , Minot Daily
News
The two Burger King restaurants in Minot, located at 1509 South
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Owner and operating partner Don Hummel bought out his Burger
King business partner on June 1 of this year, and on June 2, Josh
Hummel, Don Hummel's son, became an owner in Minking, Inc.
Born and raised in Minot, Don Hummel opened the first Burger King,
out of college and with experience as a manager at McDonald's, Don
Hummel saw the opportunity and took it.
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"If you can get into ownership at a young age, you do it," said Don
Hummel. "I was familiar with running a hamburger restaurant so it
was an easy choice. The Burger King we opened was the first drivethrough fast food hamburger restaurant in Minot."
The second Burger King, located in Dakota Square Mall, opened in
1990. The opportunity that presented itself, said Don Hummel, was
too good to pass up.
"It's been a great location for us," said Don Hummel. "Business is
very good at both locations and we have constant growth in our
industry and in our Burger King restaurants."
Josh Hummel, current owner and director of operations and a Minot
native as well, started working at Burger King when he was just 14
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years old, making his total employment at Burger King an impressive
23 years to date.
"I've done every job at Burger King that you can think of over the
years," said Josh Hummel. "I started working there just a few days
after I turned 14 so I've been there for pretty much as long as I had
the chance to."
Burger King runs even further into the family, as Don Hummel's wife,
Sherry Hummel, is the assistant secretary and assistant treasurer of
the corporation. She has been with the company "ever since I
opened the first Burger King in Minot," Don Hummel said. Josh
Hummel's sister, Monica Haugen, even worked at Burger King for six
or seven years in the past.
With such a tight-knit board of ownership, Don and Josh Hummel
have been known to treat employees like family as well.
"We're very people-oriented, and we have to be because without
employees there is no business," said Josh Hummel. "We're proud
that we've been able to attain so many long-time employees,
because that is not very common in this industry. We feel like it's
because we treat them like family."
Don Hummel nodded. "The most important thing is that we get to be
with people every day, and most days it's even fun." He finished with
a laugh.
Of the 45-50 employees total at both Burger King locations, around
10 have been employees for 15 years or longer. Dan Olson,
restaurant manager at the Burger King on South Broadway, is in his
38th year working for the company. Michael Tickerhoof, restaurant
manager at the Burger King in Dakota Square Mall, has worked for
the company since April 2007. Josh Hummel explained that the
number is a testament to how they strive to treat their employees.
"There are thousands of people who have worked for us over the
years and I see many of them every day," said Don Hummel. "It's
these connections that we have with the community that you don't
get any other way."
Other goals of the Hummels include providing a quality dining
experience for customers, developing community leaders, providing
a positive and fun environment for the team and for customers and
encouraging their Burger King team to be involved in the community.
Walking into the Burger King on South Broadway, the walls are
covered with colorful plaques that read, "Why Not Minot," "Minot:
The Magic City," "North Dakota State Fair," and even some plaques
and frames rooting for the Minot State University Beavers and the
Minot High School Magicians. Community is, in a sense, written all
over the restaurant.
The importance of community in the Burger King restaurants in Minot
began deep in the Hummels' roots.
Josh Hummel is president of the Minot coin club, active in his church
and helps coach his son's sports teams, among other involvements,
while Don Hummel is or has been a member of the Bethany Lutheran
Church Foundation, the Trinity Foundation, the Board of Regents at
Minot State University, a Y's Men's Club member, a chairman of the
Minot Planning Commission and more.
And, Don Hummel said, Burger King has been there through it all.
"It's been my job and my whole life," said Don Hummel. "It's been
there through my married life, my kids were brought up in it. I've
seen the changes, the ups and downs that we have been there for
through the years, and we love what we do."
Josh Hummel said his experience with Burger King has been
rewarding both mentally and emotionally, and in the future hopes to
open a third Burger King in Minot, the previous third restaurant
having been destroyed in the flood.
Both Josh and Don Hummel expect to be with Burger King for a long
time still, and the business may even continue in the family in the far
future as Josh Hummel's 10-year-old son Parker dressed up as a
Burger King manager on career day at his school.
"I'll support my kids no matter what they want to do, but if they
decide to follow the Burger King path, I think it'd be great."
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