Kinda serious question. Is it just market research or do they have a behind the scenes arrangement with the other capitalists?

    • Parent [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      Yeah this is pretty much it. I think the owners/mangement have said as much. They only have so many hubs and they have to be near the hubs.

  • VenetianMask [any]
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    2 years ago

    They don't franchise. It's a family owned business and they like having lots of direct control over each location.

    • DrPulaskiAdmirer [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      yeah. plus ive heard they dont have freezers in their stores so all locations need to be within a certain distance of their distribution centers

      • 4zi [he/him, comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        Doesn’t Wendy’s have the same deal tho? Or can they just afford to do it since they’re already so large

        • VHS [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          They'd just have more distribution centers. I work in a nationwide chain restaurant and we don't have a freezer, but our trucks don't need to come from very far away.

        • spectre [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          I think they can just afford it, and they also franchise which really speeds things up and comes with a whole set of pros/cons. In-n-out is privately held, their quality of product and service is better than Wendy's, but when it comes to expansion they actually need to put in work to maintain that level and not let it slip (then they're just average and lose 100% of their marketing strategy. It's gonna be slow.

      • spectre [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Yeah that's what i've heard too, I've always wondered how their distribution chain works, and where all their sources are. Maybe it's all bs, but I think it would be a cool little petri dish of economics vs. geography to study from a materialist POV.

        • Parent [none/use name]
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          2 years ago

          Yeah we're so alienated from where our treats come from and how the supply chains all connect. It'd be cool to do a field trip to one of those distribution centers and see how all the pieces come together.

  • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    They know that annoying as fuck Californians won't shut up about In & Out so most people on Earth refuse to eat there out of spite.

      • emizeko [they/them]
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        2 years ago

        somebody once told me
        chicago casserole was gonna roll me
        I ain't the sharpest cheese in the shed

  • pooh [she/her, any]
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    2 years ago

    Best fast food place I’ve ever been to was a San Antonio area place called Earth Burger. Blows away the vast majority of fast food I’ve tried and is 100% vegan afaik.

  • MaxOS [he/him, any]
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    2 years ago

    Whenever I want in-n-out I drive by it and see that the drive through line takes up a whole block and decide to go somewhere else.