In-N-Out Burger clarified in a post to the social media platform X on Saturday that the company is not relocating its corporate headquarters from California to Tennessee, as previously reported, but instead is building a second headquarters for the eastern United States in Tennessee. Its California employees will additionally have the opportunity to relocate to the Volunteer State.
The company issued the statement amid claims on social media that burger chain would leave California for Tennessee, while In-N-Out’s headquarters is actually moving within California.
“In-N-Out’s corporate office is not leaving California,” the company wrote in its post to X. “It’s simply relocating to Baldwin Park,” the company confirmed. It previously had offices in both Irvine, California and Baldwin Park, California.
In-N-Out noted it is also “building an eastern headquarters and giving employees the option to relocate to Tennessee if they choose to.”
The company first announced plans to expand to Tennessee in 2023, when it said it would invest $125.5 million into a 100,000-square-foot corporate office building in Franklin that was expected to create 277 jobs in Williamson County.
“In every decision I make, I always consider what my family would want. I have no doubt that my grandparents, dad and uncle would be proud of this decision to grow our Associate family and serve even more amazing Customers beginning in Nashville and the surrounding areas,” said In-N-Out president Lynsi Snyder nearly two years ago in a statement that called the plans for Tennessee “significant” for the company.
“Our Customers are our most important asset at In-N-Out, and we very much look forward to serving them in years to come, and becoming part of the wonderful communities in The Volunteer State,” said Snider in 2023.
Since the decision was announced, California Governor Gavin Newsom has lambasted Tennessee over its pro-life laws, claiming the state is “trying to punish young women” through legislation designed to prevent minors from being transported out of state for the purpose of aborting a pregnancy without the knowledge of a parent or guardian.
The legislation became law last year, prompting State Representative Jason Zachary (R-Knoxville) to declare Newsom should “mind his own business.”
“For some governor in a woke state, in a blue state, with a $70 billion annual deficit worrying about what’s going on in Tennessee, I think he needs to mind his own business… unless he’s running for president,” said Zachary in a 2024 appearance on The Michael Patrick Leahy Show.
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Tom Pappert is the lead reporter for The Tennessee Star, and also reports for The Pennsylvania Daily Star and The Arizona Sun Times. Follow Tom on X/Twitter. Email tips to [email protected].
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