SAN DIEGO. As Americans we take pride in our hamburgers and so did In-N-Out founder Harry Snyder, a Californian who cared about good food and convenience. Harry had a vision. In 1948, in a space barely 10 square feet, he introduced California’s first drive-thru hamburger stand in Baldwin Park located in Los Angeles county. Businessman and entrepreneur Harry Snyder is the epitome of the American Dream, working hard to achieve success. He got up early each day to buy the freshest meat and produce and served it up, hot and delicious. His unique two-way speaker box system allowed patrons to get their meals from their cars.
The iconic yellow arrow logo replaced the original “No Delay” sign.
In-N-Out Associates adopt the sayings, “The arrow points to pride” and “We all work under the same arrow.”
California cities of San Francisco and Pleasant Hill now target this favorite fast food chain for shutdown. This American legacy stands at the gate for personal rights and freedom.
In-N-Out says ‘no’ to policing patrons or invading their medical privacy.
It’s been 73 years since Harry opened that first location in 1948. “In those seven decades, that single store has grown into 334 locations in six states: California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Texas and Oregon [and Colorado]. Still family-owned, and now guided by Harry and Esther Snyder’s granddaughter, Lynsi.” (History at https://www.in-n-out.com/)
Their pinnacle of success is under attack.
“The reason for the closure is that In-N-Out Associates were not actively intervening by demanding COVID-19 vaccine or testing documentation and photo identification from each dine-in Customer before serving them. Rather than acting as enforcement agents, our Associates were allowing our Customers to be responsible for their own compliance with the divisive local regulations,” In-N-Out Chief Legal and Business Officer Arnie Wensinger stated.
Now, they must pay.
“The Pleasant Hill In-N-Out location received four citations in recent weeks and fines totaling $1,750, all for the same health order violation, before today’s [shutdown] action,” Contra Costa Environmental Health (CCEH) said in a statement.
There are no state vaccination mandates for either employers or the general population.
“California lawmakers considered a potential bill requiring COVID 19 vaccinations on a state level for anyone to enter an indoor business establishment and to have workers vaccinated, but ultimately did not pass any mandate before the end of the legislative session,” states California Employment Law Report, Sept 10, 2021.
CCEH demands amount to discrimination against unvaccinated people trying to buy a meal.
Remember when asking undocumented illegal aliens for an ID was a huge uproar? Or how about the recent outrage over asking for IDs to vote? It is too invasive and limiting to politicians supporting the measure to confirm you are actually a U.S. citizen.
Why isn’t asking for someone’s medical records breaching Hippa protection laws not okay?
Wensinger makes a case against segregating Customers into those served or not served based on the vaccination documentation they carry. He calls the intrusion “unreasonable, invasive, and unsafe.”
CCEH ordered In-N-Out to get proof of vaccination or a negative COVID 19 test within 3 days of dining in, reports Epoch Times.
In-N-Out is snared in fallout from COVID’s catastrophe.
CCEH goes off the rails saying that In-N-Out hamburger restaurants carry the responsibility “to save lives, unburden healthcare, and keep schools open. ”
In-N-Out did not partner with National Institutes of Health, EcoHealth Alliance, Anthony Fauci and the CCP’s Wuhan lab. They did not re-engineer a disease to be deadly to humans. Yet they are paying the price for others’ scientific monstrosity. Are any of the above organizations shut down? Is Fauci fired? Are the Experimenters fined?
In-N-Out like thousands of other private businesses pay the price a thousand-fold for those who wreaked havoc on the world creating and releasing COVID19. And now everyone must bow to deep state orders to take the jab or be shut down, cut off, leading to income or revenue scrapped.
The burden of massive responsibility lies with NIH funding a $3.7m grant to dangerously mess around with Mother Nature in communist China. Did they care about overcrowded hospitals when they injected those poor lab mice with lethal pathogenic spike proteins from bat viruses? Were they thinking of kids barred from schools or rapid disease transmission while evolving mutant viruses to bind to human ACE2 cells?
In-N-Out makes great burgers, comfort food. It’s not their job to be a nanny-state extension enforcing this vaccination vice grip.
A tradition of caring began from the burger chain’s start.
In 1958, In-N-Out offered 12 oz. fountain drinks for ten cents. In 1961, Harry offered plain paper lap mats for people to eat in their cars. The lap mats evolved to mats featuring informational location maps in 1971.
The tradition of planting crossed palm trees in front of In-N-Out locations began in 1972. Tall palm trees inundate the skylines of Southern California. You know you’ve arrived in nature’s beach paradise seeing them. The lure calls to sit underneath the shady fronds with the best burgers, fries, and milkshake and soak up Vitamin D.
Founder Harry Snyder passed away in 1976, but his legacy lives on.
Harry’s wife Esther and son Rich established the Child Abuse Fund in 1984, which later became the In-N-Out Burger Foundation. Driven by Esther’s belief that every child deserves a chance and a future. As a result of her belief, millions were raised.
Esther served her country during World War II as a surgical nurse in the Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service (WAVES) program.
In 1990, Associates prepared meals for the less fortunate in missions around Baldwin Park using In-N-Out cookout trailers.
CEO Lynsi Snyder integrates a strong faith into the family-owned billion-dollar burger chain.
“It was my uncle Rich who put the Bible verses on the cups and wrappers in the early ‘90s, just before he passed away,” she told People in a rare interview.
“He had just accepted the Lord and wanted to put that little touch of his faith on our brand. It’s a family business and will always be, and that’s a family touch. In later years, I added verses to the fry boat, coffee, and hot cocoa cups,” says Snyder.
The seed of a dream grew to unstoppable heights when Harry started cooking burgers by day and working in his garage at night. Every bite delights. It’s a treasured American burgers and fries story.
“My grandparents set the bar high and I only try to raise it,” says Lynsi.
We can’t let COVID take this amazing business legacy away. Eat burgers and fries, California, and everywhere In-N-Out stands, we stand with you. Order up that double, double, animal fries, and a drink please.
History of In-N-Out is found at https://www.in-n-out.com/
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Leave that scummy state
In-N-Out also has locations in Arizona. I ate at one in Phoenix a few weeks ago — I didn’t like it much, but I do appreciate the chain’s stand for personal liberty and against totalitarianism.
You’re welcome to come to Bose Idaho. Conservative state that believes in God and Country.
As a kid in the early 50’s, my father would culminate our Family Sunday driving ritual of visiting grandparants/relatives by driving through the lone IN-N-OUT in Baldwin Park. The burgers tasted so much better then. The difference I believe were the beef patties. The meat processing building was right next door on the same lot. You would see the trolleys loaded with patties rolling across the parking lot and into the back door of the tiny burger shack. Today, the plant is gone, and IN-N-OUT has so many locations its a wonder they can maintain their quality
What a great story you shared! I love the Americana in In-N-Out’s rise to success. Through the evolvement to current day- they have maintained the traditional hamburger, fries, and a shake or drink experience that I grew up with. Kept it simple. I love their burgers.