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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 | 350 (2024) |
Areas served | |
Key people | Lisa Ingram (CEO)[2][3] |
| Products | Hamburgers, 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 is an American regional hamburger restaurant chain with about 345 locations across 13 states, with its greatest presence in the Midwest and New York metropolitan area.[6] 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.[7] In the 1940s, White Castle periodically ran promotional ads in local newspapers which contained coupons offering five burgers for ten cents, takeout only.[8][9] In 2014, Time named the White Castle slider "The Most Influential Burger of All Time".
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- ^ 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.