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Is In-N-Out's scarcity the key to its success?

Dec 21, 2016
Some say the burger chain is overrated, but beloved because of its limited locations. We ask an expert.
A Los Angeles-area In-N-Out burger.
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Can premium Shake Shack grab market share?

Mar 7, 2016
Its valuation is huge for a new burger chain with fewer than 100 stores.
 Customers pick up their orders from Shake Shack in Madison Square Park in New York City.
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This burger brought to you by a test tube

May 21, 2013
Dutch scientists will shortly unveil a burger that uses meat grown at great expense in a laboratory. Growing meat is more efficient in the long-term, but people may not take to it.

Wis. man set to consume 25,000th Big Mac

May 17, 2011
One man, 39 years, 25,000 Big Macs. That's right. Meet Don Gorske -- the self proclaimed "Mac Daddy," and lover of all things under a seeded bun...