Lynsi Snyder, president and owner of In-N-Out, said the burger chain will not abandon California despite her family’s relocation to Tennessee. In an interview with actor Terry Crews posted online by In-N-Out, Snyder reaffirmed that California remains central to the company, whose first restaurant was opened by her grandparents in Southern California in 1948. Snyder, who grew up in Northern California, said rumors that the company would close its California locations were unfounded and called such a move an unimaginable business decision. In-N-Out maintains headquarters in California and Tennessee and plans further growth in California, while operating in Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Texas, Oregon, Colorado, Idaho, Washington and Tennessee. Mississippi, Arkansas and Oklahoma are under consideration, with New Mexico also in the works. Snyder said the company would expand gradually while preserving food quality and her grandparents’ values. Her Tennessee relocation had raised concerns after she said last year that raising children and doing business in California were difficult. In-N-Out has also faced tensions with California authorities over pandemic-era vaccination-proof requirements and raised prices after the state increased minimum wages for fast-food workers in 2024.