Kewpee, Inc.
Type	Private
Industry	Fast Food
Founded	Flint, Michigan, U.S., (1923)
Founder(s)	Samuel V. Blair
Headquarters	Lima, Ohio, United States
Number of locations	5 Restaurants (2010) 3 corporate 2 franchisee
Area served	Midwest United States
Key people	Harrison E. Shutt, President Myrna Shutt, VP Scott Shutt, VP & GM
Products	Fast food, including hamburgers, french fries, pies, and Frozen Malts
Services	franchising
Revenue	$6+ million (2009)
Owner(s)	Harrison E. Shutt
Website	Racine, WI Lansing, MI

Kewpee Hamburgers is the second known chain of hamburger fast-food restaurants, and was founded in 1923 in Flint, Michigan under the name "Kewpee Hotel Hamburgs". Kewpee's current headquarters is located in Lima, Ohio. The chain is named after the Kewpie doll. Kewpee was one of the first to institute curbside service, which morphed into drive-in service, and then finally was transformed into drive-thru service. Its founder, Samuel V. Blair, also claims to be the first to use the flat bun and developed the "deluxe" hamburger. The Lima Kewpee locations have locally raised, boneless beef delivered daily to each Kewpee restaurant.