24 Facts About In-N-Out Burger

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In-N-Out Burger is an American regional chain of fast food restaurants with locations primarily in California and the Southwest.

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In-N-Out Burger has chosen not to franchise its operations or go public; one reason is the prospect of food quality or customer consistency being compromised by excessively rapid business growth.

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Second In-N-Out Burger was on the corner of Azusa Canyon Road and San Bernardino Road, the third was in Pasadena and the fourth was opened west of the intersection of Grand Avenue and Arrow Highway in Covina, California, in the late 1950s.

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In-N-Out Burger remained a relatively small southern California chain until the 1970s.

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In June 1988, In-N-Out Burger opened its 50th location which was located in Thousand Palms, California.

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In 1992, In-N-Out Burger opened its first non-Southern California restaurant in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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In-N-Out Burger was president for six years, expanding In-N-Out from 93 to 140 locations.

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In 2008, In-N-Out Burger expanded into a fourth state by opening a location in Washington, Utah, a suburb of St George.

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In January 2017, In-N-Out Burger announced plans to expand into Houston with multiple sites planned in the area, the first being in Stafford.

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In January 2015, In-N-Out Burger opened its 300th restaurant, which was located in Anaheim, California.

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Until 2005, In-N-Out accommodated burger orders of any size by adding patties and slices of cheese at an additional cost.

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In January 2018, In-N-Out Burger added hot chocolate with marshmallows, the first addition to the menu in fifteen years.

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In-N-Out Burger seldom uses celebrities in ads, although John Cleese and John Goodman have voiced radio spots.

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14.

In-N-Out Burger helps devoted customers advertise its brand by selling souvenir clothing with the In-N-Out logo.

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For example, In-N-Out Burger is still considered acceptable in some areas with strong opposition to corporate food restaurants, such as McDonald's.

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In-N-Out Burger said he tried to open an In-N-Out Burger restaurant in New York, but was unsuccessful.

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Anthony Bourdain reportedly said that In-N-Out Burger was his favorite fast food meal; later naming the restaurant as "the best restaurant in Los Angeles".

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In-N-Out Burger was one of the few restaurant chains mentioned positively in the book Fast Food Nation.

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In-N-Out Burger then responded with a lawsuit of its own, alleging Boyd had construction work done on his personal property and charged it to the company, as well as favoring contractors with uncompetitive bids.

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Company learned about this from Utah customers contacting the customer service department asking if In-N-Out Burger opened a location in Utah under a different name or if they had any affiliation with the restaurant in any way.

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In 2009, In-N-Out Burger opened a restaurant in American Fork less than a mile from the Chadder's restaurant.

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In-N-Out Burger has been plagued by similarly named imitators in Australia that confuse consumers into thinking that the similarly-sounding Australian businesses is associated with the Californian-based chain.

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In-N-Out Burger built a replacement restaurant on the other side of the freeway next to the original In-N-Out Burger University .

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In-N-Out Burger was ranked number 28 among America's Best Employers 2019 by Forbes.

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