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The billionaire president of In-N-Out says she went “toe-to-toe” in high-stakes company meetings to keep costs low as California’s fast food industry sees menu prices soar amid inflation and the Golden State’s new minimum wage hike.

Lynsi Snyder, who took over the family-owned burger chain at just 27 in 2010, has guided her company through inflation and the increase in minimum wage, all while keeping menu prices low and profits up.

“I was sitting in VP meetings going toe-to-toe saying ‘we can’t raise the prices that much, we can’t,’” Snyder said Wednesday during an interview with TODAY. “I felt such an obligation to look out for our customer.”

Snyder, now 41, said the company wasn’t interested in following their competition’s decisions to increase the prices for a quick buck.

“When everyone else was taking these jumps we weren’t,” she added.

A new California minimum wage law, which went into effect April 1st, saw several fast food restaurants hiking up their menu prices to counteract the new wages.

The bill, signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom last fall, requires fast-food chains in the state with over 60 locations nationwide to pay workers at least $20 an hour, more than the $16 minimum wage in all other industries in the state.

At a Los Angeles Burger King, a Double Texas Whopper saw a nearly 12% increase from $15.09 to $16.89 in a few days.

The same store’s Big Fish had a 53%, or $4 jump from $7.49 to $11.49, The Post reported.

As In-N-Out’s nearby competitors drastically raised their prices, one of Snyder’s LA restaurants only increased its burger prices by 25 cents and drink prices had a bump that only cost an extra nickel.

Its such a nominal increase, customer Shawn Fields told The Post earlier this month.

It seems like a reasonable amount.

Snyder said she also didn’t follow other chains when they leaped into the digital fast food age, another decision she says was made with patrons in mind.

“No to mobile ordering because that greatly impacts the customer service experience.

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“There’s a lot of things that could be cheaper, easier, but that’s not the system we go through.”

The restaurant has been anti-mobile ordering for nearly a decade including when then-start-up DoorDash attempted to deliver In-N-Out meals to potential customers, a move that angered the higher-ups.

The burger chain sued the delivery app claiming it didn’t trust third-party services to handle the food, TMZ reported in 2015.

She also shared that she regularly receives messages and calls asking for In-N-Out to be sold or to start an IPO, which she reportedly will continue to say no.

“We’re a family company, we’re a private company and this is who we are and I’m unashamed of my faith,” Snyder said about the chain’s packaging that includes Bible Verses.

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The New York Rangers are in advanced contract talks to make former Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan their next head coach, sources told ESPN’s Emily Kaplan and Kevin Weekes on Thursday.

The deal is expected to be one of the richest coaching contracts in NHL history, the sources said.

Sullivan would head to New York in a move that is coming together three days after he left his job with Pittsburgh, where he coached for 10 seasons and won back-to-back Stanley Cups in 2016 and 2017.

The Penguins have missed the playoffs for the past three seasons amid a retooling of the roster.

David Quinn, Sullivan’s top assistant in Pittsburgh, is not expected to join him in New York. Quinn will be a candidate for other head coaching vacancies, including Pittsburgh’s, according to sources.

John Tortorella is a strong possibility to rejoin the Rangers organization. Sullivan, Quinn and Tortorella were on the coaching staff for Team USA at Four Nations.

In New York, Sullivan would replace Peter Laviolette, who was fired after the Rangers didn’t make the postseason for the first time since 2021.

Sullivan was selected by the Rangers in the 1987 draft but never played for New York, choosing to stay in college at Boston University before going on to an 11-year NHL playing career with four teams.

Sullivan, 57, previously served as a Rangers assistant coach from 2009 to 2013 on Tortorella’s staff. He also was the head coach of the Boston Bruins for the 2003-04 and 2005-06 seasons.

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Draisaitl, Hellebuyck, Kucherov are Hart finalists

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Edmonton Oilers star forward Leon Draisaitl, Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck and Tampa Bay Lightning standout Nikita Kucherov were named finalists for the 2024-25 Hart Memorial Trophy on Thursday.

The award is presented “to the player adjudged to be the most valuable to his team” and voted on by members of the Professional Hockey Writers Association.

Draisaitl, 29, led the NHL in goals (52), tied for third in points (106) and was a career-best plus-32 in 71 games this season. He won the award in 2019-20 and is a two-time finalist.

Hellebuyck, 31, led the league in wins (47), goals-against average (2.00) and shutouts (eight) and was second in save percentage (.925) among goalies to play at least 25 games. The Vezina Trophy finalist as the best goaltender in the NHL is a first-time Hart finalist.

Kucherov, 31, led the NHL in scoring for the second consecutive season with 121 points (37 goals, 84 assists). He won the Hart Trophy in 2018-19 and is a three-time finalist.

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Injured Scheifele won’t travel with Jets for G6

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Winnipeg Jets coach Scott Arniel said Thursday that star center Mark Scheifele will not travel with team ahead of Game 6 against the St. Louis Blues.

Scheifele will remain in Winnipeg after he missed the second and third periods of his team’s 5-3 victory Wednesday against the Blues in Game 5 of the Western Conference quarterfinals.

“You’re hoping for the best that maybe he wakes up today and things are better,” Arniel told reporters before the team flight to St. Louis. “But right now, he won’t be making the trip, and we’ll just go day-to-day moving forward.”

With 13:51 remaining in the opening period, the Jets were in the Blues’ zone when Scheifele had just played the puck along the half wall. That’s when he was instantly checked by Blues captain Brayden Schenn. Scheifele appeared to be concentrating on the puck and looked as if he did not see Schenn, who connected with the top half of Scheifele’s chest and knocked him down to the ice.

Schenn was given a two-minute minor for interference and another two-minute minor for roughing.

A little more than 10 minutes later, Scheifele was involved in another physical sequence. He was just about to reach the Blues’ zone when forward Radek Faksa also checked him and appeared to have struck Scheifele in the same area as the previous hit from Schenn.

Scheifele finished the first period, but Arniel spoke to the officials as both teams were entering the dressing room before first intermission. Blues coach Jim Montgomery confirmed with reporters after the game that Arniel spoke to the officials about the Schenn hit before sharing his thoughts.

“Let’s make it clear: Fifty-five got hurt from the Faksa hit,” Montgomery said. “He played six minutes after the Schenn hit. He didn’t come back after he got rocked by Faksa.”

Upon hearing Montgomery’s comments, Arniel had some thoughts of his own.

“I didn’t know Monty got his medical degree and can say how our player got hurt. He’s way off base and should not make that comment,” Arniel told reporters. “There’s some things that have been going on in this series and that was a repeat of what we’ve seen before: A player leaving his feet and then hitting a player in a very unprotected spot. Like hitting him in the sense, almost blindsiding him. Not happy with how the call was made. A two-minute minor. Not even looking at it is what I was upset about.

“It is something we have talked to the league about for five games.”

On Thursday, Arniel was asked if Scheifele was in concussion protocol.

“I’m not going down that road,” Arniel said.

It’s possible that the Jets could once again turn to Vladislav Namestnikov like they did in Game 5 and elevate him to the top line. The second-line center would take Scheifele’s place on the first line alongside Kyle Connor and Gabriel Vilardi.

Namestnikov, who had 11 goals and 38 points in 78 regular-season games, had his strongest game of the postseason in Game 5. He finished with a goal and two points while logging 17:15 of ice time.

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