Baker's Drive-Thru

Baker's Drive-Thru is a chain of fast-food restaurants located in the Inland Empire region of Southern California. The menu features a selection of items such as hamburgers, french fries, tacos, burritos, quesadillas, and milkshakes.[1]

Baker's Drive-Thru
TypePrivate
IndustryFast-food
Founded1952 (1952)
FounderNeal T. Baker
Headquarters
San Bernardino, California
,
United States
Number of locations
39 (2016)
Area served
Inland Empire
OwnerCarol Baker (deceased 2017)
Websitehttp://www.bakersdrivethru.com

Inspired by the success of McDonald's, Neal Baker founded his first restaurant in 1952, calling it "Baker's Burgers." Three years later, Baker added Mexican food to the menu. Burgers were sold at one window and Mexican food at another; he called this the "Twin Kitchen" concept.[2] After struggling for over 30 years to make Bakers a success, Baker hired Joe Amlani in 1986 to conduct a complete overhaul on the concept and establish their operations as they exist today. Shortly after Carol Bakers passing in 2017 Amlani was let go while under contract. Amlani pursued legal action in San Bernardino County Superior Court. After the Baker children took over they appointed Jason Talley as their new CEO, nephew of Neil and Carol Baker son in law Terry Talley. Jason tried adamantly to not pay Amlani what he was owed on his contract and tried to invoke ERISA preemption in Federal Court. That motion was brought to Central District in California in early 2018.[3] Bakers motion was denied and they were sent back to Superior Court of San Bernardino. After months of delays the courts finally settled the case and sided with Amlani.

In 1995, it began adding a vegetarian menu to locations, originally called the Loma Linda Kitchen menu due to the prevalence of vegetarians in Loma Linda; Seventh-day Adventists, who are traditionally vegetarian, comprise about half[4] the population of the city of Loma Linda. The first two locations that featured this menu were in Loma Linda and Yucaipa.[5] As of February 2013, the vegetarian menu has been added to 21 locations.[6]

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References
  1. "Baker's Drive Thru Menus". Archived from the original on 2011-02-27. Retrieved 2011-03-13.
  2. Nelson, Valerie J. (2008-06-11). "Founder of the Baker's Drive-Thru restaurants". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
  3. "Central District Of California Finds No ERISA Preemption Where Determination Of Benefits At Termination Is Non-Discretionary". JD Supra.
  4. Bowes, Peter (2014-12-08). "Loma Linda: The secret to a long healthy life?". BBC News Magazine. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
  5. "Spirit Awards 2006". Archived from the original on 2007-08-26. Retrieved 2007-09-30.
  6. "Vegetarian Menu Locations". Archived from the original on 2010-11-27. Retrieved 2010-04-18.


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