Hero Certified Burgers is a Canadian restaurant chain

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that sells hamburgers and other

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fare. It is based in

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, Canada, and was founded in 2004. It had almost 60 locations as of March 2017, and opened its first store in the United States in 2015 in

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, New York. The Buffalo location closed at the end of 2016. The company uses

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-sourced beef. The chain serves

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branded french fries from

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. The restaurant locations have

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machines on site. The chain was founded in 2004 by John Lettieri, who opened the first store in

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in Yorkville. Lettieri also owns the restaurant chain Lettieri café, based in Toronto. The company was the first Canadian franchise to focus on the provision of fast foods using food products from vendors that adhere to

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practices.

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* Companies based in Toronto Fast-food hamburger restaurants {{Canada-restaurant-stub

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