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HOAX: In-N-Out Burger 60th Anniversary Special

By , About.com GuideOctober 8, 2008

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If the following message shows up in your inbox, disregard it:
In-n-Out's 60th Year Anniversary is Wednesday, October 22nd. All hamburgers will be sold for 25 cents, Cheeseburgers 30 cents, Fries 15 cents, and drinks are 10 cents!!! So mark your calendars!
It's a hoax. A notice posted on In-N-Out Burger's website confirms that its 60th anniversary indeed takes place on October 22, but the rumor about a lower-priced menu is false.

Update: A new version of the hoax claims October 22 is Wendy's 60th anniversary and prices will be slashed to celebrate. Not true.

Comments

October 9, 2008 at 12:46 am
(1) lucas says:

darn

October 9, 2008 at 6:44 am
(2) John says:

All of these type emails are a hoax. Would be nice, though….

October 9, 2008 at 10:31 am
(3) Anne says:

Makes one wonder about what compels somebody to sit down, type this out and send it, knowing it’s not true. Maybe somebody had it in for the chain and wanted to cause some mischief.

October 15, 2008 at 2:13 am
(4) Lucy says:

They are not a chain. They are family owned and operated.

October 15, 2008 at 12:44 pm
(5) Trojan for Life says:

I wouldn’t support them even if it were true. In-n-out wouldn’t open up near usc on figueroa because this gracious family who own’s it claimed that it was in the “hood” and it would never do business in that environment. That’s why Fatburger opened up in its place! Chumps…

October 22, 2008 at 5:50 am
(6) Jen says:

Check out this YouTube Video!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDlh4ITyMGk

October 22, 2008 at 2:00 pm
(7) Neal says:

@ Lucy: Just because they aren’t franchises doesn’t mean they’re not a chain. There are over 100 locations, ITS A CHAIN.

October 22, 2008 at 4:26 pm
(8) bryan says:

I ordered 100 burgers for my office and it came out to almost the full price. They did give me a discount though when they hear about the internet scam.

October 22, 2008 at 7:55 pm
(9) John says:

Their response to the rumor is absurd.

“We’ve always tried to keep our prices as low as possible…On of the ways we accomplish this is by not discounting and our anniversary is no exception”

Total PR bs. I’m inclined to boycott In-N-Out for such a ludicrous statement.

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