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Auggie

(31,169 posts)
Fri Oct 22, 2021, 10:36 AM Oct 2021

In-N-Out donated $40,000 to California Republican Party during Newsom recall campaign

San Francisco Chronicle / 10-21-21

SACRAMENTO — Months before objecting to requirements that its restaurants check customers’ coronavirus vaccination status, fast-food chain In-N-Out Burger donated $40,000 to the California Republican Party as it worked to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom, in large part over his aggressive pandemic response.

The July contribution is the only political donation to a state candidate or committee that the company has reported this year, according to campaign finance records, and the first that In-N-Out, a regular donor to the California GOP, made to the party in two years.

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In-N-Out is not a major donor in California politics, but has become a consistent supporter of the California Republican Party in recent years. The company first gave $30,000 to the state GOP in 2016, according to campaign finance records, then another $30,000 and $25,000 in each of the next two years, respectively.

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The company gave another $25,000 to the California Republican Party in 2019, but nothing last year. Its only state political contributions in 2020 were $225,000 to a committee run by the California Restaurant Association and $150,000 to a committee run by the California Business Roundtable, two industry associations.

Link (paywall): https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/In-N-Out-donated-40-000-to-California-Republican-16552359.php

Well, not a lot of money. But it gives you an indication where their loyalties are. Might expect more donations based on recent news IMO. From the link:

Public health officials temporarily shut down the chain’s only San Francisco location last week for not checking customers’ COVID-19 vaccine cards, in violation of a city mandate that only vaccinated people may enter indoor restaurants. The company slammed the requirement this week as “intrusive, improper and offensive” and said it would “refuse to become the vaccination police for any government.” It has also been fined $750 for repeated violations of a similar rule in Contra Costa County (east of San Francisco).


I cook my own burgers. They taste better.
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In-N-Out donated $40,000 to California Republican Party during Newsom recall campaign (Original Post) Auggie Oct 2021 OP
In-N-Out with a cactus lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #1
Good thing I don't eat meat... orwell Oct 2021 #2
Yeah, I quit a few years ago. I don't miss the stupid burger joints. lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #10
"Good thing I don't eat meat." LenaBaby61 Oct 2021 #13
Forgot the real reason I don't eat there: Auggie Oct 2021 #3
Time for a call to explain why I will not be eating there. When they opened here, niyad Oct 2021 #4
I don't eat at the national chains unless a state of emergency Tetrachloride Oct 2021 #5
In-n-Out is a regional chain jmowreader Oct 2021 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author Tetrachloride Oct 2021 #8
There is an in n out store in Colorado Springs. The grand opening was a scene of niyad Oct 2021 #12
Haw! Proof: Five Guys is better! FSogol Oct 2021 #7
Not a fan of them either MurrayDelph Oct 2021 #15
support your local taco truck DBoon Oct 2021 #9
+1 Auggie Oct 2021 #11
Nevada checking in ampm Oct 2021 #14

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
1. In-N-Out with a cactus
Fri Oct 22, 2021, 10:40 AM
Oct 2021

sideways.

I tried one once. "In-N-Out" seems to be a Big Lie. My order took about 35 minutes.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
10. Yeah, I quit a few years ago. I don't miss the stupid burger joints.
Fri Oct 22, 2021, 11:39 AM
Oct 2021

And happy not to fund such nonsense.

Auggie

(31,169 posts)
3. Forgot the real reason I don't eat there:
Fri Oct 22, 2021, 10:46 AM
Oct 2021

First and last time we tried it we found this. It really pissed-off Mrs. Auggie:

niyad

(113,303 posts)
4. Time for a call to explain why I will not be eating there. When they opened here,
Fri Oct 22, 2021, 10:51 AM
Oct 2021

Last edited Fri Oct 22, 2021, 11:41 AM - Edit history (1)

the scene was ridiculous. A line of cars that stretched for blocks. Road closures. Traffic warnings. News coverage of the insanity.

jmowreader

(50,557 posts)
6. In-n-Out is a regional chain
Fri Oct 22, 2021, 11:16 AM
Oct 2021

Almost all of them are in California.

There is, so far as I know, exactly one in San Francisco. (It’s on The Embarcadero.) I suspect if I go back to SFO I won’t be dining there. Super Duper Burger is vastly superior anyway, and there are quite a few of those in the city.

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niyad

(113,303 posts)
12. There is an in n out store in Colorado Springs. The grand opening was a scene of
Fri Oct 22, 2021, 11:45 AM
Oct 2021

mass insanity. There is not a burger on earth worth a three hour wait in line n your car, or on foot.

MurrayDelph

(5,294 posts)
15. Not a fan of them either
Fri Oct 22, 2021, 01:51 PM
Oct 2021

But that's due to the product line and service. Tried them twice. The first time I discovered they conflate "juicy" .and "greasy."
The second time, at a location 1000 miles away from the first, after warning them of my major food intolerance for onions, I was Served a burger that was assembled with the same utensils they had just used to fry up a batch of onions. I took a little joy when the mom-and-pop burger joint outlved the Five Guys I the small city I go to for medical services.

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