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The owner of California’s popular In-N-Out burger joint has cited crime in Oakland as the reason she’s closing the profitable location in the city.
The company closed the location in January due to customer and employee crime issues, the company said at the time.
“I mean, it was a lot,” Lynsi Snyder told the PragerU video network on Monday, SFGate reported. “There was actually – gunfire going through the store, there were stabbings, there was a lot.”
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The In-N-Out location at 8300 Oakport St, Oakland, CA 94621 will close in March due to crime, the company said. (Google Maps / Google Maps)
“For the safety of our partners, we felt like, this is not right,” he added.
At the time of the closing, In-N-Out CEO Denny Warnick told SFGate that the neighborhood has ongoing crime issues.
“Despite taking repeated measures to ensure safe conditions, our Customers and Associates are always victims of car break-ins, property damage, theft and armed robbery,” he said.
Snyder also said police response times are “horrendous.”
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The In-N-Out burger chain cited crime problems with the closure of its Oakland location earlier this year. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images/Getty Images)
Oakland was experiencing an increase in crime. In July, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the deployment of 120 California Highway Patrol officers to the city to solve the problem and assist local authorities.
“As crime rates drop in California — including in the Bay Area in San Francisco — Oakland is seeing the opposite,” Newsom said at the time. “What is happening in and around this beautiful city is appalling and unacceptable. I am sending the California Highway Patrol to assist local efforts to restore the sense of safety that the hardworking people of Oakland and the East Bay want and deserve.”
At that time, crime in Oakland increased disproportionately compared to other urban centers in California, officials said. They noted an increase in violent crime, robbery and car theft by 21%, 38% and 45%, respectively, by 2023.
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Denny’s also closed its only Oakland location in January due to high crime.
“The safety and well-being of Denny’s team members and informing guests is our top priority,” the company said at the time. “If those things are sung, the decision has been taken to close this place.”
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