Oakland In-N-Out Burger to close due to crime

[IceIce9]

Citing crime, In-N-Out announces closure of Oakland restaurant

In-N-Out said Sunday it will close its only Oakland restaurant in March over crime and safety concerns for its customers and employees.

www.cbsnews.com

STATEMENT BY IN-N-OUT REGARDING CLOSURE OF OAKLAND RESTAURANT


We have made the decision to close our In-N-Out Burger location in Oakland, California, due to ongoing issues with crime. Despite taking repeated steps to create safer conditions, our Customers and Associates are regularly victimized by car break-ins, property damage, theft, and armed robberies. Our last day of business in Oakland will be Sunday, March 24, 2024.

We are grateful for the local community, which has supported us for over 18 years, and we recognize that this closure negatively impacts our Associates and their families.

Additionally, this location remains a busy and profitable one for the company, but our top priority must be the safety and wellbeing of our Customers and Associates - we cannot ask them to visit or work in an unsafe environment.

 

[lymom3]

Next they should close the gas stations by the airport too. Scary area.

 

[Senior Sleuth]

Can't blame the businesses for closing or relocating to safer areas.

The future of most retail may be in online shopping for delivery at home or pick up (after payment) with ID and an invoice.

For pickup the person may need to have ID scanned at the door, shows invoice to security camera for recording, the door opens, the sales associate places the already paid for item in the customer's hands, the door is buzzed open, the customer leaves and is potentially escorted to their vehicle by security and drives home.

While sales associate is bringing items to customer inside, a second set of doors may need to be locked to prevent anyone else rushing in and grabbing items.

 

[IceIce9]

In a larger city where I frequently travel for work, a Kroger store was closed because they literally had more losses than sales. Kroger released figures showing that more dollars were lost in shoplifting than what was purchased, and they could no longer keep the store open.

When it was announced that the store would be closing, neighbors picketed the store and local activist groups tried to “force” the store to stay open. saying the decision discriminates against lower-income shoppers.

The activist groups said Kroger closing would create a food desert in the area.

 

[Laughing]

In a larger city where I frequently travel for work, a Kroger store was closed because they literally had more losses than sales. Kroger released figures showing that more dollars were lost in shoplifting than what was purchased, and they could no longer keep the store open.

When it was announced that the store would be closing, neighbors picketed the store and local activist groups tried to “force” the store to stay open. saying the decision discriminates against lower-income shoppers.

The activist groups said Kroger closing would create a food desert in the area.

the combined efforts of the shoplifters closed Kroger...imho of course.

jmho ymmv lrr

 

[IceIce9]

the combined efforts of the shoplifters closed Kroger...imho of course.

jmho ymmv lrr

My thought at the time was maybe the activists should volunteer to patrol the stores, to discourage shoplifting. Or maybe they could volunteer to teach people that if they continue to shoplift they risk losing their store.

 

[airportwoman]

In a larger city where I frequently travel for work, a Kroger store was closed because they literally had more losses than sales. Kroger released figures showing that more dollars were lost in shoplifting than what was purchased, and they could no longer keep the store open.

When it was announced that the store would be closing, neighbors picketed the store and local activist groups tried to “force” the store to stay open. saying the decision discriminates against lower-income shoppers.

The activist groups said Kroger closing would create a food desert in the area.

Over the years, many enterprising do-gooders have tried to open grocery and other stores in food deserts, and experienced the same thing, on top of being unable to find people to work there despite locating in areas with unemployment rates approaching 100%. Even if they didn't have a lot of shoplifting, they still had plenty of vandalism.

I'll always remember the story I heard about a grocery store in my hometown that was in a low-income area, and the food stamp office got complaints about how more expensive it was than other stores in the area. The manager replied, "Tell them to stop shoplifting, and we'll lower our prices."

 

[Eli9]

Yikes, adding another blow Denny's shut down yesterday. It had been there for 54 years.

https://www.ktvu.com/news/dennys-shuts-down-for-good-in-oakland-citing-crime-concerns