Is In-N-Out Burger or Shake Shack better rated on TruNorth?

On overall TruNorth grade, In-N-Out Burger scores higher (In-N-Out Burger: B, Shake Shack: D). Grades come from public records across nine values categories — political donations, environment, labor, DEI, charity, animal welfare, firearms, privacy, and executive pay.

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In-N-Out Burger vs Shake Shack

On overall TruNorth grade, In-N-Out Burger scores higher (In-N-Out Burger: B, Shake Shack: D). Both graded from public records across nine values categories.

Political donations

In-N-Out Burger

Goods Unite Us F — owner Lynsi Snyder donations Republican PACs. [goods-unite-us]

Shake Shack

FEC: $171K in executive political donations; partisan lean split across 11 executive donors.

Environment

In-N-Out Burger

No public record found.

Shake Shack

No public record found.

Labor

In-N-Out Burger

1 OSHA severe-injury reports since 2015.

Shake Shack

7 federal penalties totaling $238K since 2000 (Violation Tracker).

DEI

In-N-Out Burger

No public record found.

Shake Shack

No public record found.

Charity

In-N-Out Burger

$12M reported corporate giving in 2024 (~0.28% of revenue).

Shake Shack

$2M reported corporate giving in 2024 (~0.19% of revenue).

Animal testing

In-N-Out Burger

No public record found.

Shake Shack

Wikipedia "Animal welfare" section: In 2015, Shake Shack pledged to end the use of battery cage eggs in its U.S. supply chain by the end of 2016. In 2020, it expanded this commitment to include all Shake Shack franchise locations…

Firearms

In-N-Out Burger

No public record found.

Shake Shack

No public record found.

Privacy

In-N-Out Burger

No public record found.

Shake Shack

No public record found.

Executive pay

In-N-Out Burger

No public record found.

Shake Shack

CEO-to-median-worker pay ratio 323:1 (median employee pay $2,054) — SEC proxy statement (DEF 14A, 2026).

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