Brands, the parent company of KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell, acquired The Habit Burger Grill.

[4][5][6] The Habit Burger Grill was founded on November 15, 1969, in Santa Barbara County, California, as a family-owned business.

[9] In 2007, KarpReilly, a private equity firm, acquired a majority ownership in the company and began to rapidly expand the chain, including franchising.

Brands, the parent company of KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and WingStreet, acquired Habit.

[22] In mid-2014, The Habit's "Charburger" was named the best burger in America by Consumer Reports, a nonprofit organization dedicated to independent product testing, scoring an 8.1 out of 10 among 53,745 participants.