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| White Castle | |
| Company type | Private |
| Industry | Restaurants |
| Genre | Fast food |
| Founded | September 13, 1921 Wichita, Kansas, U.S. |
| Founders |
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| Headquarters | , U.S. |
Number of locations | 345 (2024) |
Areas served | |
Key people | Lisa Ingram (CEO)[2][3] |
| Products | Sliders, french fries, breakfast, soft drinks, milkshakes |
| Revenue | US$ 720.6 million[4]  (2019) |
| Owner | Ingram family |
Number of employees | 10,000[5] |
| Website | whitecastle.com |
White Castle Management Co. is an American regional slider restaurant chain with about 345 locations across 13 states, with its greatest presence in the Midwest and New York metropolitan area.[6][7] It was founded on September 13, 1921, in Wichita, Kansas. White Castle has been generally credited as the world's first fast food hamburger chain.[2] It is known for its small, square hamburgers commonly referred to as "sliders". The burgers were initially priced at five cents until 1929 and remained at 10 cents until 1949.[8] In the 1940s, White Castle periodically ran promotional ads in local newspapers which contained coupons offering five burgers for ten cents, takeout only.[9][10] In 2014, Time named the White Castle slider "The Most Influential Burger of All Time". The company's restaurant locations are shaped like castles colored white, hence the name. White Castle celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2021.
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- ^ "White Castle Offers 27 Cent Burgers". QSR magazine. May 23, 2008. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
- ^ "The White Castle Story: The Birth Of Fast Food & The Burger Revolution – Consumerist". Consumerist. July 14, 2015. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
- ^ Danna, Nicole; Doss, Laine (September 30, 2015). "White Castle's Crave Mobile Coming to Magic City Casino in November". Miami New Times. Retrieved December 27, 2017.