Business · Companies · 19 hrs ago
In-N-Out owner says the chain will remain in California
In-N-Out owner Lynsi Snyder says the chain will stay in California as it expands across the United States.
Her grandparents opened the first restaurant in Southern California in 1948, and the company still has its headquarters in the state.
Snyder moved her family to Tennessee, prompting fears that the company might leave California too.
She called closing its California restaurants the “dumbest business decision ever” and said the chain has more California locations planned.
In-N-Out now operates in several other states, including Tennessee, and is considering further expansion.
Snyder says the company will grow slowly to protect food quality and her grandparents’ values, and it will not open a restaurant in every place people request one.
In-N-Out owner and president Lynsi Snyder says the chain will remain in California.
Snyder called closing the chain’s California stores the “dumbest business decision ever.”
She said In-N-Out has “lots of stores” planned in other California cities.
The company has expanded beyond California while keeping its headquarters in California and Tennessee.
Snyder recently moved her family to Tennessee, but said the move does not mean In-N-Out is leaving California.
- Who
- Lynsi Snyder, president and owner of In-N-Out.
- What
- Snyder said In-N-Out will remain in California and continue to grow there.
- When
- In an interview posted online; the article was published on November 7, 2026.
- Where
- California; Snyder made the remarks in an interview with actor Terry Crews.
- Why
- Snyder said leaving California would be an unimaginable and poor business decision, and reaffirmed the chain’s ties to where it began.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Snyder’s grandparents opened the first In-N-Out in Southern California.
Snyder said she and her family were moving to Tennessee and later said the move did not mean In-N-Out was leaving California.
Snyder reaffirmed that In-N-Out would remain in California and said more stores were planned in the state.
- First restaurant
- Opened in Southern California in 1948
- Headquarters
- California and Tennessee
- California plans
- Lots of stores” planned in other cities
- Current expansion states
- Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Texas, Oregon, Colorado, Idaho, Washington and Tennessee
- States under consideration
- Mississippi, Arkansas and Oklahoma; New Mexico is also in the works
What people are saying
This is where we started. It’s where we are now, and it’s where we will always be.
That’s unimaginable. I can’t even imagine that — dumbest business decision ever
We’re not leaving California, or leaving our roots behind. Each one of our locations is here to stay.