In-N-Out Burger is a privately owned and operated fast food restaurant chain in the Western United States. Founded in 1948 and headquartered in Irvine, California, In-n-Out Burger has since expanded to Arizona and Nevada, and will expand to Utah in late Spring 2008. The restaurant chain has developed a loyal customer base and is one of the few fast-food chains in the United States to pay its employees significantly more than state and federal mandated minimum wages - up to $10 dollars per hour in California as of January 2008.

Some convenience food can be as healthy as home cooked meals, say food experts. The advice comes as stricter controls on the health claims made on food are being drawn up by the European Commission.

Researchers in several U.S. cities are discovering that low-income residents aren't entirely at fault for purchasing mostly junk and prepared fast-foods.

Fast food has become an integral part of the modern busy lifestyle. Despite the common knowledge that fast food is not healthy, people scarf it down out of convenience (or is it laziness)...

Healthy, Natural and Organic Foods are in demand by the consumer, but current offerings are sorely lacking and quite limited. We are bringing healthy to the vernacular of the fast food industry. Organic food and local produce is in demand. Our restaurant will not only be organic but green. Planet friendly design including hydroponics on the roof.

Nice read about a franchise that many people have been waiting for, for years. Who doesn't wish they had a place to stop and get healthy food quickly, instead of the junk food you are forced into today.