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Updated 6 hours ago, October 2, 2026

In-N-Out owner Lynsi Snyder has extended the chain’s Bible references on fry boats, coffee cups and hot cocoa cups, keeping a family tradition alive on packaging customers handle every day. The markings give chapter-and-verse citations rather than the full passages.

The practice is well documented, company records trace it at least as far back as 1987, though In-N-Out has never pinned down an exact start date. Rich Snyder, then the company’s president, introduced the references as a personal expression of his faith.

The original placements paired John 3:16 with soda cups, Proverbs 3:5 with milkshake cups, Revelation 3:20 with hamburger wrappers and Nahum 1:7 with Double-Double wrappers. After Rich died in a plane crash in 1993, the company preserved the tradition in his memory. Lynsi became president in 2010 and later added more placements of her own.

The company doesn’t publish a complete list of the references, leaving customers to discover them. Even the soda cups change for the holidays, when John 3:16 gives way to Isaiah 9:6.

The tradition has reopened a familiar debate: whether private businesses should be free to print religious messages on their products, or whether commercial goods should be kept free of religious content altogether.

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