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

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

[10] Not included in the sale were the eight locations in Santa Barbara County, California, which remained under the ownership of the Reichard brothers.

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.