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Ikr, that place has been going downhill for quite a while.
If they didn't give away literally thousands of biscuits at every location no one would even go.
Wait, you’re saying Chipotle DOESN’T give you diarrhea?
Im from Boston and could never justify walking in that place given the amount of real seafood places around here sir.
I went once because somebody took me and everything tasted faked and that was over 20 years ago lol.
I was in Boston years ago and wanted to try a local seafood place. Went to Legal Seafood thinking that was one of them as I’ve never heard of them. I felt like a dumbass like a year later when one opened up by me and I realized it was a chain all along.Im from Boston and could never justify walking in that place given the amount of real seafood places around here sir.
I went once because somebody took me and everything tasted faked and that was over 20 years ago lol.
Don’t see nothing
I was in Boston years ago and wanted to try a local seafood place. Went to Legal Seafood thinking that was one of them as I’ve never heard of them. I felt like a dumbass like a year later when one opened up by me and I realized it was a chain all along.
Confirmed: StonedLemur is an elitist who is completely out of touch with the common person
Don’t denigrate Sizzler dawgLol at red lobster. That place and sizzler remind me of the heckler from Happy Gilmore. I imagine the people who eat there look like him.
Because they arent great haha
Food trucks are huge in Houston and top quality chefs putting out product. Low overhead and higher profit margins. Really like your take on some of the corporate takeover of so many places vs regional unique markets. Small restaurants do have a hard time (they always have) but they can survive more easily without the large cookie cutter comp. I AM conservative and do favor freedom of business in general, I dont mind when some of these guys fade out.
Some of the mergers can be controlled at the govt level if they are large enough to be a monopoly. Restaurants are a little bit different as they are so varied instead of a straight up service (ex: phone). Certainly when they get large enough and some are owned by a larger group (mostly unknown to average americans) that buy up several chains. Some moderation of these things is warranted.I hear ya, the thing about freedom of business is that it tends to lead to monopolization. Someone mentioned Demolition Man earlier, as it had a sub-plot of "Franchise Wars" where Taco Bell ended up absorbing everything else. That's not far from reality if you look at current corporate structure and further giant merger proposals. Corporate chain restaurants almost always lose quality, seek to reduce labor cost, over-expand, all the dumb sh*t big business does to maximize short term gains while attempting to dominate market share, without offering an actually innovative product.
BTW the first real time I took notice of this was in the Netflix series "The Toys That Made Us." Because I always wondered what the f*ck happened to the good toys I grew up with, and toys now are sh*ttier quality while being 5x more expensive. That series details how those companies grew, and then their downfalls...which were almost always arrogance, market saturation, thinking they could tell kids what they want instead of making what kids want. Failure to anticipate the video game industry (which is currently doing the SAME thing lol), in the same sense Blockbuster, in their arrogance, brushed off Netflix itself. That's when I got curious as to how these people think, and seeing interviews with former Execs who just shrug their shoulders, because they're still financially secure. "Yeah we essentially ruined a whole industry, but hey that's life!"
Some of the mergers can be controlled at the govt level if they are large enough to be a monopoly. Restaurants are a little bit different as they are so varied instead of a straight up service (ex: phone). Certainly when they get large enough and some are owned by a larger group (mostly unknown to average americans) that buy up several chains. Some moderation of these things is warranted.
To your point about the executive. That's where it goes off the rails. When a chain or a larger company is the owner and the whole thing is public... then you have to hire execs to grow the company while managing expectations of payouts for quality execs. When all of this happens, then you get massive payouts per year, increase in pricing to support the machine, lower quality to magnify profits. Most individual restaurant owners arent rolling in it. When you get into a corporate style with boards, investers and all that comes with it... the wheels may fall off.
Toys went out the window when China began producing products that ARE made for peanuts, cheaper materials but high volume sales. Noone is buying a toy that costs exponentially more but a child will just stop playing with over time. The market shifted. I cannot speak to the netflix docu as I havent seen it but would be interesting to see more detail on their thoughts.
They started going out the window before China became a manufacturing giant. Going from their feedback it really was that they thought video games wouldn't take off and capture their target audience, as well as flooding the market. Kids still like toys, but you have to sell them to kids the right way. My Sons play with cars and action figures, and they play games. Theres enough room for both. But yeah check it out, it's a good one:
My boys are only 7, 5 and 3 so they all play with toys. Looks like an interesting documentary. I will def take a look thanks. One thing going back to some fast food conversations is that originally it was cheap and quick. But if I'm paying 15.00 for the wendys... I can get a sirloin with two sides from Texas roadhouse for a dollar or two more. Even spring for the filet for 22.00 and have an outstanding meal. The fact that I can order online so it is nearly like fast food in that it takes me a few extra minutes.... I'm curious if these big fast food chains will receive any pushback. I would rather take my boys out and grab a steak than grabbing them a bunch of fast food for similar costs. They can all split one steak and two sides while I have one for myself.... if we are talking about 30-35.00 then its a better deal for me than fast food.