Record 4,500 burgers sold during Burger Week
Fleming Windsor wins Best Burger for second year in a row
March 16, 2026, 10:05 am
Nicole Taylor, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Moosomin Chamber of Commerce Burger Week has once again smashed a record, with 4,500 burgers sold at 11 local restaurants from Monday, March 2 to Sunday, March 8.
Last year over 4,200 burgers were sold at 10 local restaurants, with Burger Week spanning a longer, two-week period in February. In 2024, there were 2,776 burgers sold over the course of one week.
This year restaurants from Moosomin, Rocanville, Fleming, Wapella, and Maryfield participated in Burger Week.
The Fleming Windsor Bar & Grill was the winner of Best Burger for the second year in a row, with their Dill Burger.
Moosomin Chamber of Commerce President Kevin Weedmark says he’s not surprised that once again a record was broken.
“Burger Week was a phenomenal success this year, bigger and better than ever. Eleven restaurants involved, 4,500 burgers sold—that’s amazing. Moosomin never does anything half-way and we proved once again what we can do. Thanks to the restaurants for taking part and thanks to everyone for coming out and supporting burger week!”
Before Burger Week got underway, a number of the local restaurants said that people started asking them about their burgers right after Christmas.
“Burger Week appeared to be very successful this year. Moving the event to March likely helped increase engagement, as it takes place during a quieter period for restaurants and gives people something fun to do,” says Morgan Kerr with Dairy Queen.
“The event has also built a strong reputation over the years, and many people now look forward to it annually. This growing excitement is reflected in the increasing number of restaurants choosing to participate, which suggests that businesses are seeing the value in being part of the event.
“Overall, the timing change and continued community interest seem to have contributed to a very positive outcome.”
“We had a busy week,” said Melinda Griffin with the Red Barn, which sold 722 burgers over the week. “Overall we had good feedback and it brought in a lot of people.”
Griffin says they had lots of good feedback on their Barn Burner burger. “We had quite a few people come in multiple time, actually,” she says.
Griffin says she noticed on the Burger Week stamp cards that people were really trying to get to as many restaurants as possible.
“People were all over the place. It was great to see. So many people were getting really into it and trying all the burgers. Fifty of our burger sales went up to the mine one day. So it creates a buzz kind of everywhere, in all the industries, it leads to things like team bonding, and people having a burger meal together.”
Blueberry Kitchen in Rocanville sold 531 burgers and went through 450 pounds of potatoes for fries, at one point selling 190 burgers in one day.
“It was fantastic. It was one of the better burger weeks, and it was probably our best,” says Myrna Dingman with the Fleming Windsor Bar & Grill, which sold 600 burgers that week. “I think people were just out more and maybe a little bit more recovered from Christmas. I think that made a difference, it was really good.”
“It was another great year. This has definitely become an annual event because people really look forward to it,” says Jarrod Slugoski with the Cork & Bone Bistro.
Wendy’s Place in Wapella was new to Burger Week this year. Owner Wendy Holloway says they were somewhat caught off guard at first by how many burgers people wanted. “We didn’t know what to prepare for, but will be better prepared next year now that we know,” she says. “We definitely saw some new customers come in that week to try our burgers.”
“What a great week! Changing the week to the first week in March made a big difference,” says Brendan Paliuk, the owner of the Arlington in Maryfield.
