Originally Posted by
kaszeta
In-N-Out is like someone took McDonalds and redid the whole concept, doing it right the second time.
Interestingly, if you look at the chains' websites, both McDonalds and In-N-Out started selling burgers in 1948. But the McDonald brothers got bought out by Ray Kroc who took the chain public and global, while In-N-Out remains family owned and geographically limited.