Synopsis In this bright social and corporate history, Stacy Perman tells the fascinating story of the wildly successful In-N-Out hamburger chain of restaurants, which has been family-owned since its founding just after WW II in California. The Snyder family has stuck to its core values of providing good burgers and fries in a car-culture environment despite many pressures within the industry to expand through franchising. As this is a family story, Perman does not gloss over the many tensions and conflicts that arose among its members over several generations and which sometimes boiled over with harmful results. Perman provides a full plate of business anecdotes and easily-digestible analysis.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2009-04-01 |
| Size | | Length: | 345 pages | | Height: | 8.5 in | | Width: | 5.8 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 15.2 oz |
Publisher's Note An analysis of the untraditional fast-food hamburger chain traces the history of the Snyder family, the company's refusal to franchise or sell, and the ways in which the chain endeavors to preserve car culture and traditional business values.
Industry Reviews "It's not easy to make a story about hamburgers interesting, but as we discover in Stacy Perman's IN-N-OUT BURGER, at least one fast-food narrative comes complete with tasty helpings of drug smuggling, corporate espionage, untimely death, conniving ex-wives, feckless in-laws, ne'er-do-well progeny, heroin, Christian fundamentalists and Dan Quayle." (04/15/2009)
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