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In-N-Out Burger It’s hard to believe there are five problems with In-N-Out Burger because of how successful the company is and how delicious the burgers are. Well at least that what I heard, one of my friends that moved to California confessed to me that the reason he moved was because he loved In-N-Out Burger’s. But as I began to read I found more than five devastating problems that the Snyder family encountered as pioneers of the fast food business.
The first major roadblock that Harry and Esther Snyder encountered struck home especially hard in the form of cancer. After smoking a pack a day for thirty years Harry was diagnosed with lung cancer. The second problem they faced while Rich was president of In-N-Out Burger was when …show more content…

At one point, he went down to Mexico to submit to laetrile. An unconventional therapy not approved by the Federal Drug Administration. But all the medical treatments in the world could not prolong Harry life for very much longer. It was Harry and Esther’s intention to keep In-N-Out Burger a private, family-run business for succeeding generations of Snyder’s. The challenge for Harry was to pass was to pass on the company he built to someone who would be able to maintain its success without abandoning the unique culture that had made it a winning hand in the first place and to keep it in the family for successive generations. (110) Usually that someone is your first born child. Guy felt strongly about the family business. But he had demonstrated that he would much rather be drag racing his hotrods, chasing girls, or getting high on drugs then take over the reins as owner of In-N-Out Burger, which had by this time grown into a very successful business with 18 locations along southern California. (109) Rich on the other had was an excellent worker, who was clean cut, never bucked the system, had strong Christian beliefs and never butted heads with his dad like Guy. It was a pretty clear cut decision that Rich was to take over for Harry when he passed but Rich was not as confident in himself running the family business as Harry. Rich was very shy and on top of that he lacked a college education. (108) On a few occasions Rich brought up the

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