(KTLA) — In-N-Out Burger’s enlargement into Tennessee gained new consideration this week when CEO Lynsi Snyder introduced on a podcast that she is transferring her household from California to the Volunteer State.
Nonetheless, buried inside the interview was a remark that can definitely disappoint followers of the fast-food large throughout a large swath of the U.S. In-N-Out isn’t coming to the East Coast anytime quickly.
“Florida has begged us, and we’re still saying no,” Snyder, 43, advised Allie Beth Stuckey, host of the faith-focused podcast Relatable. “The [other] East Coast states—we’re still saying no.”
The Southern California-based chain introduced its Tennessee enlargement in January 2023, with a regional workplace in Franklin, a suburb of Nashville, slated to open subsequent yr. In response to the Nashville Enterprise Journal, the burger large is eyeing 35 potential areas in Tennessee, which can be served by the corporate’s distribution heart in Lancaster, Texas.
In-N-Out is understood for utilizing solely contemporary substances — by no means frozen — together with floor beef, so its shops are typically positioned inside 500 miles of its distribution facilities.
Map of In-N-Out Burger areas within the U.S. as of July 2025. (In-N-Out Burger)
“We’re not putting a whole meat facility where we do all our own beef [in Tennessee]. We’ll have a warehouse, but not do our own meat there,” Snyder stated.
She added that different states inside vary of the Lancaster facility is also a part of the burger chain’s enlargement plans — possible leaving In-N-Out followers in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Kansas, Mississippi, and Missouri salivating over the opportunity of Double-Doubles and Animal Fries of their future.
Lynsi, the granddaughter of In-N-Out founders Harry and Esther Snyder, stated the corporate must strategy progress with a deal with high quality over amount.
“We have to have some growth, but we also don’t want to be on every corner. We don’t want to be in every state, and we don’t want to ever compromise our values and standards—the cornerstones that my grandparents laid down,” she stated.
In-N-Out at present operates over 400 shops in eight states: California, Texas, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Oregon and Idaho. Its first Washington state location is predicted to open inside the subsequent a number of weeks.
