I’ve been trying to avoid fast food burgers for the last few weeks, but I have told my brother and sister-in-law that when I visit them next month, I want to try In-N-Out Burger, which I missed on my previous visit and which I’ve read and heard so much about.

It’s an interesting, family-owned company. They have an inexpensive but well-loved product, and yet are known for paying better wages than comparable fast food chains — and, from what I’ve heard, they promote from within, even to top executive positions. Virtually everyone at the head office used to work in one of the restaurants. (That’s not to say there haven’t been squabbles, as I learned from the Wikipedia entry.)

And there’s also the “secret menu.”

Turns out that In-N-Out is one of my sister-in-law’s favorites, so it looks like I’ll get to try it out next month.