Big Hollywood : In-N-Out Burger, the living testament to the art of the perfect cheap cheeseburger, only operates a few hundred stores in a handful of West Coast states–and the chain’s owner says the company will “never” go public.
“The only reason you would do that is for the money and I, I wouldn’t do it,” In-N-Out president Lynsi Snyder told CBS This Morning on Friday. “My heart is totally connected to this company because of my family and the fact they’re not here, you know. I have a strong tie to keep this the way they would want it.”
The legendary burger chain has been in the Snyder family since 1948, when Lynsi Snyder’s grandparents started one of the first (if not the first) drive-thru burger joint in California. According to CBS, the McDonald brothers were selling hamburgers just down the road, but while that company had plans to take over the world with its Big Macs, In-N-Out was content to stay close to its West Coast roots.
Today, In-N-Out operates 304 stores (McDonald’s operates more than 35,000) in just six Western states: California, Arizona, Utah, Texas, Oregon and Nevada. Each In-N-Out store must be located within 600 miles of the company’s three distribution centers, which ship fresh burgers out daily. The company boasts that it never freezes or otherwise re-heats its burger patties. More
I wish you well. Unfortunately, if bakers can be forced to make cakes against their beliefs, I am sure the state will be after you soon.
I can see Malcolm McDowell as their pitch man.
I wish they had an In N Out around here, could sure go for one of their burgers right now.
Haven’t ate at McDonalds in years. I like beef in my burgers.
A well run business with a great product and great service.
They make pretty good burgers, and I’m glad they finally made it to central Texas. They pay a decent wage for fast-food, and they hire friendly people very carefully. That said, they do have some stiff competition on taste with Whataburger here. In particular, I’d say Whataburger makes a better milkshake.
Now if I could just get Nation’s Giant to open a location back here…
I assume you are ordering your In and Out “Animal Style”. If not you are missing out.
Can someone inform Michelle Obama that the entire east coast is an In & Out food desert??? Out of ‘fairness’, shouldn’t they be forced to open locations closer to me? #hamburgersmatter
I have never met an unfriendly, slow or surly employee at any In-n-Out!
We just got the first one in Oregon (bonus: it REALLY pissed off Portland). Fast food done right, and good people.
That’s how it’s done right there-as local as possible.
greatest burger in the planet. Kudos for keeping it all in the family
Always fresh, fast and reasonable prices. Glad he is sticking to his principles.
Every time I venture out west all my friends and family want me to cook southern for them, I just want some real SoCal Mexican and IO burgers. If you’re ever in La Habra, birthplace of the Hass avocado, El Cholos, it’s awesome.
Portland wanted an In-N-Out Bugger.