White Castle System, Inc., a subsidiary of White Castle Management Co., is an American company located in Columbus, OH, that owns and operates fast-food restaurants. Elizabeth K. Ingram is the CEO, in this role since 2000.\nThe company says this about itself: White Castle, America's first fast-food hamburger chain, has been making hot and tasty sliders as a family-owned business for more than 99 years. Based in Columbus, Ohio, White Castle started serving The Original Slider��, made from 100% USDA inspected beef, in 1921. Today White Castle owns and operates more than 365 restaurants dedicated to satisfying customers' cravings, morning, noon and night and sells its famous fare in retail stores nationwide, in a growing number of international locations, and at military exchanges around the world. The Original Slider, named in 2014 as Time Magazine's most influential burger of all time, is served alongside a menu of creatively crafted sliders and other mouthwatering food options, including White Castle's Impossible�� Slider, named by Thrillist in 2019 as the \"Best Plant-Based Fast Food Burger.\" White Castle's commitment to maintaining the highest quality products extends to the company owning and operating its own meat processing plants, bakeries and frozen-food processing plants.