In-N-Out Burger

Did you hear that Burger King hired the Hamburglar from McDonald's? It must have. How else to explain why the new BK menu looks so similar to what the folks under the golden arches are serving? It's not a bad move -- but it may not save the King.

These should be exciting times for Wendy's: It has revamped its burgers, spun off Arby's, expanded back into Japan, and is going to take another crack at the breakfast game. But despite all that, its share price is around the cost of its value meals, and that's unlikely to change.

This is a big week for Wendy's. For the first time in its 42-year history, the burger chain is remaking its signature sandwich. It's a bid to compete with "gourmet" burger shops that are growing in popularity. Still, it's going to take more than menu tweaks for Wendy's to turn things around.

Wall Street can be fickle, leaving investors scratching their heads in bewilderment. Some of last week's biggest surprises, blunders, and flat-out bone-headed moves included Morgan Stanley's downgrading of Google, another step toward a LivingSocial IPO, and irrational exuberance with respect to Wendy's stock.

Five Guys Burgers and Fries may or may not be the "next McDonald's." But according to ratings juggernaut Zagat, it's surely the next In-N-Out Burger -- now that the upstart chain has supplanted the cult favorite in the Best Burger category. What's Five Guys' secret sauce?

Holy cow! Baldwin Park, Calif., purported home of the state's first drive-through restaurant -- a hamburger haven called In-N-Out -- has imposed a nine-month moratorium on new drive-through eateries there. In a climate of soaring obesity rates -- 17% of children and nearly 34% of adults are obese,...

I just got back from a five-day, 2,400-mile road trip across the Midwest, the Great Plains, and the Southwest. For the most part, it was a remarkably media-free trip. My total consumption between Milwaukee and Los Angeles was one free hotel copy of USA Today, two episodes of This American Life via...

If you grew up or currently live in Southern California, In-n-Out Burger needs no introduction. The only news you need to know about the cult burger chain is when one is opening up near you. Or you may have heard about how Paris Hilton was busted one night for drunk driving -- on her way to get an...

On the heels of mounting cynicism generated by Wall Street bailouts and the perception that corporate leaders are gaming the system to make a profit, at least one American company is proving that businesses can survive and even thrive while sticking to traditional values. In-N-Out Burger, the...