In-n-Out Burger
My father and I just rented a red Chrysler Sebring from the LAX airport in California. We were very hungry for we had been in an airplane for over 6 hours with nothing to eat but honey roasted peanuts. While exiting the airport we spotted a fast food restaurant that had a large sign printed in Mcdonald's colors that stated "In-n-Out" burger. It was around 1 pm and there was a massive line in the drive through but we were too hungry to search else where so we decided to park and go inside. The interior of the restaurant had a 1950's burger joint appeal to it with its checkered floor, framed pictures of 57 chevys and tiled walls. It had red booth and swivel stools for seating and red tiny palm tree wallpaper that bordered the walls. The line started all the way to the entrance. There were only 2 registers but we were able to get out order in within a couple minutes. The menu was very simple with only a hamburger, cheese burger, double cheese burger, and french fries to eat; and only a selection of sodas and milkshakes to drink. I decided to have a cheese burger with some fries which cost me a total of $3.90. It did not take us long to receive our food and we ate outside below a red and yellow patterned umbrella where I was about to eat the most delectable burger I had ever tasted. Everything about this burger was perfect, The bun was slightly toasted, the lettuce was fresh and crisp, the tomatoes were filled with flavor, and the cheese was melted perfectly over a juicy meat patty. The "special sauce" had a noticeable but not overwhelming tangy sweetness to it. The fries tasted like they had just been cut right before they put it in the frier, which they were. While traveling up the coast of California we stopped at other in-n-out locations along the way. Each of them were packed with customers and were always a pleasant experience. I wondered why this increasingly popular restaurant chain had not expanded further east or even globally.
The first In-N-Out Burger was founded by Harry and Esther Snyder in Baldwin Park, CA. Harry pondered the innovative idea of having the first drive through hamburger stand in California that communicated to its customers through a 2-way radio speaker.
Most of the areas served are in California, Nevada, Utah, Texas, and Oregon. In-n-out doesn’t franchise and is a private family owned business. In 1948, Harry Snyder and his wife Esther Snyder founded its first location in Baldwin Park, California. Now, the current owners is Lynsi Snyder, which is Esther and Harry Snyders’ only grandchild. Its main headquarters is in Irvine, California.
Quality, price, and the working environment play a big role in the restaurant industry. In-N-Out outweighs Jack in the Box by far. I would encourage anyone to take their business to In-N-Out Burger over any other fast food restaurants. In- N-Out is clearly the better choice. Every customer will enjoy the great customer service and the delicious food.
The term “fast-food” is usually distinguished by food served very quickly to a customer by drive-through or carry-out. Fast-food restaurants are highly associated with low-cost and malnutrition foods with brief consumer and employee interaction, and below average cleanliness based on restaurant health inspection reports. Chick-fil-A has changed the usual perception of fast-food restaurants. Rather than burgers and potato fries, Chick-fil-A serves chicken sandwiches and waffle fries. Chick-fil-A also shows their appreciation for employee to customer relations, rather than ignoring the social aspect of serving customers when operating at a fast pace. Chick-fil-A’s menu selection, customer interaction, and clean eating
When deciding upon a steakhouse to eat at there is many places to choose from. I always went to Longhorn steakhouse until I was introduced to Outback steakhouse. In my opinion, outback steakhouse is number one for many reasons but the top reason is for its outstanding quality food and service.
Dave Thomas founded Wendy’s on November 15, 1969, in Columbus, Ohio. He founded Wendy’s because he complained he could not find a good burger to eat in Columbus. Thomas named the restaurant after his eight-year-old daughter Melinda Lou, who was nicknamed Wendy by members of her family. The famous Wendy’s logo was made to look like Melinda Lou, featuring red hair, freckles, and braided pigtails, along with the blue and white striped dress. The first restaurant was located on Broad Street in Columbus. Its menu featured made-to-order hamburgers with their square patties, chili, French fries, soft drinks, and the Frosty frozen dessert.
Fast Food Nation, by Eric Schlosser, is a stark and unrelenting look into the fast food industry that has ingrained itself in not only American culture, but in many cultures around the world. There is almost no place on earth that the golden arches has not entered. Aside from Antarctica, there is a McDonalds on every continent, and the number of countries that have fast food restaurants is growing on a daily basis. Schlosser describes in detail what happens behind the scenes, before the hamburger and fries come wrapped in environmentally safe paper and are consumed by millions of people daily.
Schlosser, Eric. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001. Print.
In 1940, McDonalds was not the multi-million dollar industry that people recognize today. In fact, it started out as a small drive-in style BBQ restaurant, owned by Dick and Mac McDonald, in San Bernadino, California. However in 1948, the entire workings of the restaurant were altered, making it the dawn of the McDonald’s empire. This new drive-in, like other drive-in restaurants of its time, struggled to make a large amount of profit, due to selling low-priced food using traditional methods, which were often labor intensive and expensive. But the McDonald brothers fixed this problem by reducing their menu 25 items to nine items: hamburgers, cheeseburgers, soft drinks, milk, coffee, potato chips, and a slice of pie. Their staple item, the 30 cent hamburger, accounted for 80 percent of their total sales. Later, the brothers altered the production to that of the Fordist assembly line in order to make the whole operation fast and efficient, halving the price of their items, including their prized hamburger. (http://www.aboutmcdonalds.com/mcd/our_company/mcdonalds_history_timeline.html?DCSext.destination=http://www.aboutmcdonalds.com/mcd/our_company/mcd_history.html).
...ica the demographics had to be taken into account. Burger King is a fast food restaurant that is suitable for all ages, races, religion, culture etc. unless a consumers feels different about it. Burger King also suits most consumers’ pockets and taste preferences. They do have a range of food such as chicken and beef which satisfies most consumers.
Rappeport, Alan. "Chains relish 'better burger' challenge." Financial Times (London, England). (September 17, 2011 Saturday): 477 words. LexisNexis Academic. Web. Date Accessed: 2014/04/28.
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Schlosser, Eric. Fast Food Nation: the Dark Side of the All-American Meal. New York: HarperCollins, 2005
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