{"id":805,"date":"2015-05-11T20:17:07","date_gmt":"2015-05-12T03:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/re-tales.net\/?p=805"},"modified":"2015-05-16T06:37:08","modified_gmt":"2015-05-16T13:37:08","slug":"18-mouthwatering-facts-about-in-n-out-burger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/re-tales.net\/?p=805","title":{"rendered":"18 Mouthwatering Facts About In-N-Out Burger"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"primary-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.mentalfloss.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/article_640x430\/public\/in-n-out_header_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"430\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"node-inline\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<div class=\"fb-msg\"><\/div>\n<p>I have always admired the In-N-Out chain, not just because they make the tastiest burgers anywhere (just ask my friend from Tennessee what he misses most about not living in California any more) but also because they do \u00a0one thing well and stick to it. \u00a0While virtually every other chain has bastardized their brand by expanding their menu and freezing their items and putting them in grocery stores, you won&#8217;t see any of those shenanigans going on at In-N-Out. \u00a0Kudos to the founders (and their heirs) who have managed to stay true to the company&#8217;s original business plan and not opening zillions of locations just because they can. \u00a0I have NEVER seen an In-N-Out that is not extremely busy. \u00a0 They also pay their managers and employees well, I have heard that a store manager makes over $100,000 which, well, is a lot for flipping burgers.<\/p>\n<p>You may know about their<a href=\"http:\/\/www.in-n-out.com\/menu\/not-so-secret-menu.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"> secret menu,\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0but here&#8217;s some things you may not know about the chain:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>1. IN-N-OUT WAS CREATED BY A COUPLE OF NEWLYWEDS.<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/fVijOvpcP7\/embed\/captioned\/?v=4\" width=\"300\" height=\"410\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>When it opened in October 1948, In-N-Out was California\u2019s first drive-thru hamburger stand; its founders, Harry and Esther Snyder, were <a href=\"http:\/\/priceonomics.com\/the-church-of-in-n-out-burger\/\" target=\"_blank\">newly married<\/a>. Harry was known to visit the local Baldwin Park markets every morning to pick up fresh ingredients, and Esther was in charge of the accounting.<\/p>\n<h4>2. IN-N-OUT REVOLUTIONIZED FAST FOOD.<\/h4>\n<p>In-N-Out is credited as the first chain to have a two-way speaker system for drive-thru ordering. The forward-thinking Harry installed the intercom system in 1948 so that you truly could get &#8220;in and out&#8221; of his tiny hamburger shack in a hurry.\u00a0Until that point, drive-ins with carhops who took your order and delivered your food were the norm.<\/p>\n<h4>3. THAT YELLOW ARROW WASN&#8217;T ALWAYS THERE.<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"instagram-embed-1\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/fVSPyrJcG1\/embed\/captioned\/?v=4\" width=\"300\" height=\"395\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The iconic large yellow arrow on the logo first appeared in 1954, replacing the original \u201cNo Delay\u201d sign.<\/p>\n<h4>4. THEY DIDN&#8217;T SERVE FOUNTAIN SODA FOR THE FIRST DECADE.<\/h4>\n<p>In 1958, the company added fountain soda to the menu,\u00a0replacing the bottles they had been selling for a decade. A 12-ounce drink was only 10 cents, and you could actually choose between Coke and Pepsi in the same location!<\/p>\n<h4>5. &#8216;X&#8217; ACTUALLY MARKS THE SPOT.<\/h4>\n<div id=\"file-194375\" class=\"file file-image file-image-jpeg\">\n<div class=\"content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.mentalfloss.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/insert_main_wide_image\/public\/6830708665_c811a340ea_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"imagecaption\"><\/div>\n<p>In 1972, Harry Snyder introduced the crossed palm trees that stand outside most In-N-Out locations. The idea came from the 1963 movie <em>It\u2019s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World<\/em>, where the characters hunt for a buried treasure hidden beneath four crossed palms.<\/p>\n<h4>6. THE COMPANY HAS A LONG ASSOCIATION WITH DRAG RACING.<\/h4>\n<p>From Harry Snyder&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhra.com\/blog\/blog.aspx?BlogAlias=dragster-insider&amp;BlogPostYear=2011&amp;BlogPostMonth=07&amp;BlogPostDay=29&amp;BlogPostAlias=food-for-thought&amp;AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1\" target=\"_blank\">50 percent\u00a0investment in a new track in Irwindale in 1965<\/a> (where his burgers were sold in the concession stands)\u00a0to Harry and Esther\u2019s only grandchild (and heiress) Lynsi Snyder\u2019s occasional trips out on the track, In-N-Out is a mainstay name around drag racing. According to the National Hot Rod Association, Lynsi has competed in the Super Gas and Top Sportsman Division 7 categories. &#8220;I like an adrenaline rush,&#8221;\u00a0Lynsi <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orangecoast.com\/features\/in-n-outs-burger-queen\/\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> last year. &#8220;My dad took me to the racetrack for the first time when I was 2 or 3. \u2026 Anything with a motor, that was in my blood.&#8221; Lynsi, who\u00a0has taken\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.orangecoast.com\/features\/in-n-outs-burger-queen\/\" target=\"_blank\">auto mechanic classes<\/a>, often works on her own cars.<\/p>\n<h4>7. IN-N-OUT EVEN HAD A CAR.<\/h4>\n<div id=\"file-194401\" class=\"file file-image file-image-jpeg\">\n<div class=\"content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.mentalfloss.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/insert_main_wide_image\/public\/5034563806_15a6cb98da_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"412\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"imagecaption\"><\/div>\n<p>The company sponsored drag racer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhra.com\/story\/2010\/1\/19\/troxel-returns-to-funny-car-with-in-n-out-burger-support\/\" target=\"_blank\">Melanie Troxel<\/a> in 2010.<\/p>\n<h4>8. IN-N-OUT HAS ITS OWN &#8220;UNIVERSITY.&#8221;<\/h4>\n<div id=\"file-194455\" class=\"file file-image file-image-jpeg\">\n<div class=\"content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.mentalfloss.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/insert_main_wide_image\/public\/8378967845_c7c571cf9c_k.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"337\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"imagecaption\"><\/div>\n<p>Established in 1984, the university\u2019s classes aimed to train service staff and managers on how to maintain quality across the board. According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/bw\/stories\/2009-04-08\/in-n-out-burger-professionalizing-fast-food\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg Business<\/a>, roughly 80 percent of the chain\u2019s store managers rose through the ranks to become career team members.<\/p>\n<h4>9. &#8220;LOVE WALKS IN&#8221; AN IN-N-OUT.<\/h4>\n<p>Van Halen\u2019s chart-topping 1986 album <em>5150<\/em> was fueled by In-N-Out burgers. &#8220;When I first joined the band, we must have eaten there at least three days a week,&#8221; Sammy Hagar told Stacy Perman for her 2009 book <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.harpercollins.com\/books\/9780061346712\/InNOut_Burger\/index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">In-N-Out Burger: A Behind-the-Counter Look at the Fast-Food Chain That Breaks All the Rules<\/a><\/em>. &#8220;We were in the studio recording <em>5150<\/em>, and we&#8217;d send someone to go get food, and we&#8217;d talk about sushi or pizza and always end up with In-N-Out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h4>10. MANY CELEBS LOVE IN-N-OUT.<\/h4>\n<p>Speaking of famous fans, high-brow chef Julia Child once told Larry King that In-N-Out was &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/TRANSCRIPTS\/0208\/15\/lkl.00.html\" target=\"_blank\">awfully good<\/a>,&#8221; and she reportedly kept a list of store locations in her purse. And, famously,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.people.com\/people\/article\/0,,1532335,00.html\" target=\"_blank\">Paris Hilton<\/a> explained away a DUI arrest in 2006 by telling Ryan Seacrest, &#8220;I was just really hungry and I wanted to have an In-N-Out burger!&#8221;<\/p>\n<h4>11. THEIR JINGLE IS SUPER CATCHY.<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_UUmpogN-RM\" width=\"640\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>You can even get an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.in-n-out.com\/downloads\/ringtones.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">In-N-Out Burger ringtone<\/a>!<\/p>\n<h4>12. THERE ARE HIDDEN BIBLE VERSES ON THEIR PACKAGING.<\/h4>\n<div id=\"file-194422\" class=\"file file-image file-image-jpeg\">\n<div class=\"content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.mentalfloss.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/insert_main_wide_image\/public\/209478010_60ceb556bf_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"imagecaption\"><\/div>\n<p>The chain discretely prints Bible verses on the bottom of their cups and wrappers, though they\u2019ve never discussed the inclusion publicly. The Snyders&#8217; son Rich, who ran the company after Harry\u2019s death, began the practice in the late \u201880s, telling the company\u2019s spokesman &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/usatoday30.usatoday.com\/news\/religion\/2005-10-19-starbucks-quote_x.htm\" target=\"_blank\">It\u2019s just something I want to do<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Around Christmas 1991, Snyder, a born-again Christian, aired a radio ad that <a href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/1993-12-17\/news\/mn-2812_1_vice-president\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a>, &#8220;Ask Jesus to come and live in your heart today. Choose life by choosing Jesus. In-N-Out Burger wishes you a full and abundant life forever.&#8221; The company took some flak for the ad.<\/p>\n<h4>13. LYNSI DOESN&#8217;T DISCUSS HER PERSONAL LIFE BECAUSE SHE&#8217;S WORRIED ABOUT OUTSIDE THREATS.<\/h4>\n<p>The In-N-Out president and heiress says <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orangecoast.com\/features\/in-n-outs-burger-queen\/\" target=\"_blank\">she\u2019s almost been kidnapped twice<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>14. ALL OF THE IN-N-OUT HEIRS WORKED IN THE BACK.<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"instagram-embed-2\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/fVUQCFpcKM\/embed\/captioned\/?v=4\" width=\"300\" height=\"395\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-2\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Harry and Esther made their two sons, Guy and Rich, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lamag.com\/longform\/fat-burgers\/\" target=\"_blank\">do entry-level work so that they wouldn&#8217;t be spoiled<\/a>. And even though she would own the company by the time she was 24, Guy&#8217;s daughter Lynsi\u2019s first job at In-N-Out was in the kitchen at a new store in Redding. &#8220;She started out like everyone else in prep work, coring tomatoes, peeling potatoes, and slicing onions,&#8221;\u00a0<em>Orange Coast Magazine<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orangecoast.com\/features\/in-n-outs-burger-queen\/\" target=\"_blank\">reported last year<\/a>. &#8220;&#8216;Of course, I would cry every time,&#8217; she recalls with a laugh. Nevertheless, &#8216;I was really excited to work there, because it was the family business. It was fun, and I thought it would make my dad happy.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<h4>15. IN-N-OUT HAS MADE A<em> LOT<\/em> OF MONEY.<\/h4>\n<p>Lynsi is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2013-02-04\/youngest-american-woman-billionaire-found-with-in-n-out\" target=\"_blank\">potentially America\u2019s youngest female billionaire<\/a> (emphasis on potentially). But even if she\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/calebmelby\/2013\/03\/06\/why-in-n-out-heiress-lynsi-torres-isnt-a-billionaire-yet\/\" target=\"_blank\">not an actual billionaire yet<\/a>, she might get there when she inherits full control of the company\u2019s trusts when she turns 35.<\/p>\n<h4>16. HARRY WAS ON ATKINS BEFORE IT WAS A THING.<\/h4>\n<div id=\"file-194421\" class=\"file file-image file-image-jpeg\">\n<div class=\"content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.mentalfloss.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/insert_main_wide_image\/public\/5703979518_cc165160e8_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"imagecaption\"><\/div>\n<p>The &#8220;protein burger&#8221; on the Secret Menu is just the meat wrapped in lettuce, but it\u2019s not a fad addition. Back in the \u201870s, Harry Snyder began <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orangecoast.com\/features\/in-n-outs-burger-queen\/\" target=\"_blank\">ditching the bun<\/a> because he was dieting. &#8220;Some people think that the protein burger came about recently because of all the Atkins dieters,&#8221; general manager Carl Van Fleet <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lamag.com\/longform\/fat-burgers\/\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> in 2004, &#8220;but it\u2019s been around since the late 1970s.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h4>17. IN-N-OUT ISN&#8217;T ABOUT TO START CHANGING ITS MENU.<\/h4>\n<p>Once in a generation, something new might officially be added to the menu. The only item Lynsi has added is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orangecoast.com\/features\/in-n-outs-burger-queen\/\" target=\"_blank\">sweet tea<\/a>\u2014and that&#8217;s only in the newer Texas locations. The only other major menu addition of the past two decades? They <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lamag.com\/longform\/fat-burgers\/\" target=\"_blank\">started serving Dr. Pepper<\/a> in 1996.<\/p>\n<h4>18. THE EAST COAST IS JUST NEVER GOING TO GET AN IN-N-OUT<\/h4>\n<p>In 2010, <a href=\"http:\/\/gothamist.com\/2010\/04\/01\/cruelest_april_fools_joke_so_far_in.php#photo-1\" target=\"_blank\">College Humor played a mean April Fools\u2019 prank<\/a> on New Yorkers by convincing passersby that In-N-Out was opening a location in the city. But because the company has such strict quality-control measures, they have a policy of not opening restaurants further than 500 miles from their in-house commissaries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have always admired the In-N-Out chain, not just because they make the tastiest burgers anywhere (just ask my friend from Tennessee what he misses most about not living in California any more) but also because they do \u00a0one thing well and stick to it. \u00a0While virtually every other chain has bastardized their brand by <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/re-tales.net\/?p=805\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-retail-companies"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/re-tales.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/re-tales.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/re-tales.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/re-tales.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/re-tales.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=805"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/re-tales.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":830,"href":"https:\/\/re-tales.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805\/revisions\/830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/re-tales.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/re-tales.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/re-tales.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}