*In-N-Out Burger has eliminated a popular menu hack that allowed customers to enjoy a well-known secret item at a steep discount. The fast-food chain has adjusted its pricing strategy to close a loophole that let customers build a Flying Dutchman—two beef patties and two cheese slices—at a lower cost.
According to an internal memo dated March 20, Chief Operating Officer Denny Warnick informed employees that the price of a single patty and a single cheese slice would increase starting March 24, SFGATE reports. The move aims to resolve pricing inconsistencies between individual meat and cheese purchases and the Flying Dutchman combo. Under the new pricing, a single meat-and-cheese portion now costs half the price of a Flying Dutchman.
Previously, customers could sidestep the full cost of a Flying Dutchman—which typically runs about $5.50 in California—by ordering two separate patties and two slices of cheese for around $3.40. However, In-N-Out has caught onto the workaround and aligned prices to prevent this nearly 40% discount.
“Currently, we sell individual meat and cheese patties at the same reduced price that we charge to add an extra patty and slice of cheese to a burger,” Warnick wrote in the March 20 memo.
“The new price of a meat and cheese patty will be aligned with Flying Dutchman pricing – a meat and cheese patty will be half the price of a Flying Dutchman,” Warnick continued.
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One Reddit user commented on the price adjustment, writing, “I think it’s part of the general destruction. Finding a cool thing and having everyone destroy it by doing it too much. Every hidden real life Easter egg is known and exploited until it’s removed. Social media destroys them all, but some asshole got a few views out of it.”
While some customers may be disappointed by the removal of this money-saving trick, the change reflects the company’s effort to standardize its pricing and maintain clarity in its menu structure.
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