In-N-Out’s billionaire owner vows iconic chain ‘will always be’ in California and says leaving the state would be the ‘dumbest business decision ever’

Lynsi Snyder, president and owner of In-N-Out, moved her family to Tennessee recently but reaffirmed that the iconic burger chain will never abandon California.

In an interview with actor Terry Crews that In-N-Out posted online, she was asked how the company will retain its California DNA as it expands to more states around the country.

“This is where we started. It’s where we are now, and it’s where we will always be,” Snyder replied.

Her grandparents opened the first In-N-Out in Southern California in 1948, and the company has gradually expanded to other parts of the state—and to other parts of the country.

While far from being the biggest chain, it retains a cult following that has helped its expansion as people who moved out of California make pilgrimages when restaurants open in new states.

But Snyder, who grew up in Northern California, revealed last year that she........

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