Small Burger, Small Fries, Small drink $18 bucks. Thats when I stoped going to 5 guys. They need to fire one of the guys to bring down the prices. 4 Guys sounds good.
That was way back in early 2000s before the freemasons shipped and outsourced all U.S. manufacturing and exports to poor Indian, China and cheap global labor markets. After that, the homeless rates in every U.S. city started to skyrocket.
Everything was going down hill in the late 1970's starting off with electronics. In no time it was all made in japan. Then the free trade agreements took the rest from 1988 on . Now we make nothing, have nothing so why would anybody invest here? All the welfare is coming to and end real fast for real Americans. @@jamesmullins1990
Golden Corral: proof you can turn chemicals into food. Olive Garden: when it first opened, it was very good, now they have cut so many corners, it's a TV dinner
AND...We swore off buffet style chains years ago. Parents let their toddlers run rampant with many grabbing food in the trays with dirty hand and snotty faces, Take out strip mall Chinese take-out is becoming the go-to...as long as they cook non-MSG servings with healthy low-salt and low-sugar ingredients. That is the challenge.
Olive Garden never impressed me! I remember in the early days they wanted your signature and mailing address before they would redeem coupons from Red Plum or Valupack. All you got was your name sold for more junk mail!!
G Corral is going out of business soon, just like all the other all you can eat places. It's immigration that's killing them. Immigrants can't believe that they can just take all they want and fill their purses and grocery bags with enough food for a week!
To be clear, the Cracker Barrel restaurants in Portland Oregon didn’t “go out of business”, they were closed by the company because the homeless problem was so bad, and the police wouldn’t remove them, the customers wouldn’t come to the store. Welcome to the left coast.
We don’t eat out anymore, it’s more than inflation and the prices and smaller servings. The majority of people that work in restaurants don’t care , and cleanliness is very worrisome.
I agree, and the managers blame the employees for a total lack of cleanliness when they just act oblivious. My old restaurant had roaches around the bar and as well as them and ants in the kitchen…
I haven't been to a fast food or regular restaurant in a long time ago due to portions getting smaller and prices is crazy bill and the taste is different so we decided not to go anymore
We’re slowly moving back to the 1950s where we all make dinner at home and minimal restaurant options. Everything is so expensive. Family bag of chips 1999 $1.99 / today $6.99
I ordered an iced coffee and a hot tea at a local coffee shop the other day. Cost: $10 for both. My parents would pay maybe 25 cents top for that same thing. I would never have believed a iced coffee and hot tea would cost ten bucks when I was a kid buying a Milky Way bar for 15 cents and thinking that was a lot.
@@anthonymurillo8721 A mini Blizzard which is smaller than the small, $5.00! I think those should be capped at no more than $2.00!!! Well, I tried the two newest flavors and did enjoy them but because of the cost. That’s it for me! I would love to get these more than once during the summer. That’s your BIG mistake DQ. It’s kinda like how our Metro is operating. If they see x -amt taking the trains in to work, they up the price so even more can’t afford to take it. Get a clue! Even a 5 year old could tell them to lower and maybe offer better discounts at different times. No, they would prefer to run the services into oblivion. That’s the greed in some. Actors and pro players want more money. It’s not coming out of the owners’ hands. Instead, they just up the prices for tickets, concession stands, and then it goes to tv stations to either cut their services or up their prices too. A pro player is offered millions and 1st game, they get hurt and are out the whole season. Ya think any of that money is forfeited? Not that the people who come to watch the game will notice. I highly doubt the owners are going to lower the cost of the tickets.
Back in the 80s and even in the 90s McDonalds had real 100% beef and so did Wendy's and Burger King... What they are serving today is bioengineered lab meat, it don't cook the same and it certainly don't taste the same
If Five Guys is in trouble, they brought it on themselves. Last time I went was the last time I’ll go… For my daughter and me, two burgers, two small fries and ONE soft drink (I had free water from the fountain) was $42!!! F that.
My family used to eat out A LOT when I was working. Now I cook most everything at home and my family feels better (physically and mentally). Quality of food DOES matter and knowing what is in your food is imperative.
This is the problem: every time you go to one of those restaurants you have an army of zombies begging for tips. The multi-billion dollar companies can't pay their employees decent wages and expect the customers to tip them.
I experienced that lately. When I picked up a to go order at Applebee's and Olive Garden the dudes who brought the food out to my car wanted a tip. The Applebee's guy said I had to sign the slip but I paid in the app. The slip had a line for the tip.
@@StephenDoty84 and haven't washed their hands since handling their iPhone Sex while on their smoke /toke break. I watch for this in Pubs: it's disgusting even though our Province enforces the Food Act fairly well.
I won’t eat Panda express. The food hurts my stomach. The noodles are the worst. Reducing quality of food does not help sales. They don’t save money by driving customers away. Also, during the Pandemic I learned to make Chinese food. I bought higher quality noodles for $5 cooked the chicken, steamed the vegetables and fed my whole family using fresh ingredients & much less oil. Also I learned to make pizza including the dough. My pizza tastes like fresh bread.
@Kanders .... Good for you. We also learned during Covid how to cook more at home. We were cooking at home before, but now, we cook at home a lot. By the way, where did you learn how to make Chinese? For us, we watched mostly RU-vid videos and found that it's so much easier than we ever thought in the past.
My wife and I love to eat out but we avoid chain restaurants like the plague. We look for locally owned places and hidden gems spread by word of mouth.
One,hundred percent correct!Seek,and you shall find!I am from Chicago,there is a place in Howe Indiana,150 miles from Chicago,called the Howe restaurant,owner Angelo the Greek,put out a great half pound burger,medium rare,7.99with fries!
@@lilblackduc7312The problem is to do it properly takes so much time. Shopping, prepping, cooking, saving leftovers, cleaning. And if you want fairly fresh food you have to do that almost every day. Hard to do when you're working all day, commuting back and forth, running other errands, etc.
@@willk7184 Suggestion: Use "Meal Kits" like 'all in one' Fajita, stir-fry, even Velveeta Skillets, etc. That way, you're at least staying practiced in cooking & assembling component parts of a main dish???
We moved to NC four years ago. One of the first things we did, when moving to a new area, is to try all the restaurants around us. We've stopped going to any chain restaurants because of the cost. Fortunately, in our search, we have found several very good mom and pop places.
Yes we got 2 hamburgers with fries at 5 Guys, no drinks $46.00. Now we get supermarket hamburger, for around $10.00 we get about 6 hamburgers, from one package.
5/26/24....I HAVE ENJOYED MEETING/BECOMING GOOD CUSTOMER + GOOD FRIEND @ SEVERAL MOM + POP RESTAURANTS THESE LAST FEW YEARS... AND THE FOOD IS SO MUCH BETTER!
@@Christdeliverme The tipping thing has gotten ridiculous. I have to tip someone for handing me a bag through a drive-thru lane and then didn't even ask if I want ketchup?
People are blaming 5 guys for the high prices which is incorrect. 5 guys has significantly higher quality of food, they pay their workers & treat them well when it comes to benefits & more. The higher prices are because of government inflation. Government has convinced people that this is just businesses being greedy, & in some cases, that is the truth, but not the full truth. Government has been stealing & abusing the value of our money. Remember those $1,200+ checks they sent out to people? Ya, that wasn't free money. It came at the cost of the value of our money & enriching billion dollar corporations. They have been printing the money to subsidize wars and these 3vil government programs. Don't let them scapegoat out of this.
Like vodka, I can do a blind taste test and bet you money I can make you not know which is which. Most people are morons who think that paying more for anything makes it better; oldest scam in the book.
Seriously. One hour on RU-vid could be spent making a pot of soup or a sandwich or a salad. People are lazy. Pure and simple. Wash the dishes later when you can. That’s it. ❤
first, U have to have enough land to start a garden w/out vandalism or animals searching for food in areas where subdivisions took their prior habitat; it'd be easier to do out west at this point (unless U move to PA.)
Buying groceries is just as expensive as eating out anymore and sometimes you get LESS food per dollar you spend....and I'm talking about buy generic and off brand
Even before COVID I rarely ate at the big chain fast food places. I prefer to support the Mom and Pop restaurants where the food is more like home cooking and the families appreciate the business so they usually treat you right.
Where I live I could count 4 within a few minutes from my house. I used to eat at one of them a couple of times a week. Now their all closed.. All were better than the Fast Food joints !
The problem with 5 Guys is price, not the other issues cited. I have been going to 5 Guys since the late 1980s when it was literally a dad and his four sons running a hole in the wall place on the Arlington - Alexandria border. The food is excellent compared to most other burger places. The problem is that prices have more than doubled -- from $10-12 in the 90s to $15 in 2019 to $24 now for essentially the same meal. It is just getting too expensive. I can cook burgers for 4 at home for the cost of a meal for one at 5 Guys. Furthermore, I (and millions of other Americans) am increasingly unwilling to pay the going rates for both fast food and sit-down fine dining restaurants. Even if I have to pay $25 per pound for a USDA prime ribeye steak at the grocery store, it is still substantially cheaper to cook at home than to eat out.
Exactly. I may scoff at a $60 package of rib eyes at COSTCO but that same 14-16oz steak at an actual steakhouse is easily around $50-60, not including tax. I did find a hole-in-the-wall bar that serves up a $18.95 New York strip with two sides but I’m keeping that a secret.
Ive been eating at 5 guys since 93ish before they where franchised. All the 5 guys I've been too hire most of their staff as full time, give them insurance and pays them wellish and gives them vacation. That goes into the cost of goods sold and hence the higher price of the food. It's up to you where you spend your money but I tend to eat at 5 guys
Went to 5 Guys once about 2016, wow! the price for a cheeseburger, fries , and diet coke was like $14, and the taste didn't impress me at all. Never been back.
@@jackf456 The problem now Jack is most are living paycheck to paycheck and can no longer afford to pay the insane prices at Five Guys or any of the other big chains. Like others have said, you can cook the same exact meal at home for a LOT less. And with the economy in the toilet, things won't be changing anytime soon.
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No surprises here. I prefer local "mom and pop" restaurants that serve meals made from fresh ingredients and that make the kinds of entrees I cannot easily make at home. So, I have a favorite BBQ restaurant for smoked meat and traditional sides like collard greens and fried okra and a favorite Mexican restaurant where I can get a jumbo bacon, cheese and egg breakfast burrito with salsa made fresh that morning and at low cost. But mostly I save money by cooking most of my meals at home from scratch using frugal ingredients.
@@justicedemocrat9357 I do prepare most of my meals at home. But some things I do not want to make at home -- such as fried chicken which would leave the house smelling like grease for days. Other times, such as holidays and birthdays, I just want to dine out and I can afford to do so.
My son and I had a relatively small meal at McDonald's and were shocked when the bill came to over $24.00! That is what I would have expected to pay at a sit-down restaurant. We used to get the same McDonald's meal a few years back after going to a movie, and it was usually about 13 to 15 dollars. No more eating out until prices come WAY down.
Prices wont ever go down. 10 years before you got the meal for 13-15 dollars, it was 8-10 dollars, 10 years before that it was 5-6 dollars. Thats just how inflation works
@@chrismalinowski654 - The more likely scenario is that McDonald’s will close more and more restaurants as people continue to boycott them with their wallets.
@@tomnisen3358 it's hamburgers guy!!!!! Did u not catch the part where I said 3 fuckin hamburgers cost over $65 fuckin bucks???? Doubles u say??? So the fuck what dude!!!!! Who are u Bill Gates???!!!
True of the chains, but not necessarily the mom and pop places. The masses are asses and will gravitate to big names and let their entrepreneurial neighbors starve.
My wife and I made a conscious decision five years ago about eating out. We eat at home (child free) and take turns preparing our meals. Absolutely do not miss restaurant cuisine and surly, unappreciative (many times) wait staff and management. We estimate that our savings has been well above $10,000.00, which has paid for annual adult only all-inclusive resort vacations. Do not miss the over priced meals and bar drinks in our home town.
Sir,my wife andI ,are 75 years old,there are still,local places we can get good take out here in the Chicago area,that won’t,burn a hole in you wallet!Just look!!!
People really need to stop supporting the over priced restaurants and fast food chains. Prices have become ridiculous. VPs and CEOs are drastically over paid with outrageous bonuses instead of keeping prices affordable and paying employees. We have got to stop spending. That is also the only way interest rates and insurance will go back down.
Sorry, but t interest rates will NOT go lower because you won’t patronize restaurants. Interest rates are skyrocketing as a direct result of the federal government printing of fiat currency - dollars - out of thin air, debasing the value of whatever money you have.
@@dgc0120 You're both wrong. You're thinking of inflation, not interest rates. The increasing of interest rates is to keep the inflation down. It's not really working, and my going theory on that is the corporate executives are colluding to increase prices in as many places as possible in the hope that they can get everyone to blame the politicians, when they really have no control over it because they want a different set of politicians in office that will bend the knee. The hope is that will happen before the business fail due to lack of paying customers. That's the point of the colluding: Keep people from having enough choices and maybe they'll patronize your overprices business. From the comments around here, that strategy is starting to fail.
There was a time not that long ago when a monthly trip to Golden Corral, Ruby Tuesday's or Texas Roadhouse was not unusual for my husband and I. Granted he passed away a few years ago, but I would still go to lunch perhaps every other month with a couple of my neighbors. We stopped that last year because of the price increases. We're all older women and watch our budgets and to be honest, sometimes just being able to share a meal out with friends was a treat - Now that's off the table (pardon the pun)
I totally agree, it adds up quickly. You could take turns cooking and meeting at each others homes if you're up for it. Due to a lot of food allergies eating out is quite difficult and we had instead been taking turns hosting with friends for years. But in the last few years the prices have gone astronomical. I watch the store circulars for the sales each week. ( esp for meats ) Ribeye's that used to go on sale for around 12.99 or 13.99 were now on sale for 22.99. I'm sorry to hear about the loss of your husband!
@@wendyeskelin8765 I suggested that but a couple of the ladies never had been one to actually 'cook' - How they managed to get through life without knowing how to do much more than make coffee, toast and open soup cans is amazing! I tried to keep the spirit of it going by baking something every few weeks --- Pie, coffee cake, cookies and just taking a plate to them and chatting. But lately I think folks are beginning to feel overwhelmed, anxious and generally nervous --- I don't blame them --- but I just try to find things that make me smile and keep moving forward. Be blessed!
The DESIGN of the new const. in housing area prevents that: only major franchises are welcome. mom and pop rest. need not apply. It's particularly obvious in a city like Calgary, the only American city outside the UsA.
Most of the places listed were decent for the prices they were charging. But at the prices they are charging now and the lower quality food, I've chose to stop going to any of them.
This is what gets me. I'm fine paying a big price if I get good food, good service, and filled up. But they're going to overcharge me AND give me lousy food served by thoughtless employees? Nope.
Lot of money for a freaking ham sandwich. Bread, ham, cheese, 12 dollars please. Oh and don't forget the tip I spent 20 seconds building that sandwich and I even kind of washed my hands first.
I love to cook at home. It's just me and my wife now. But I have learned to Quickly make high quality food for just the two of us. We are eating healthier than we ever have in our lives. I Tried to have a glazed buttermilk doughnut the other day. I felt sick all day I just can't eat crap food anymore.
I was eating with my family at Olive Garden and the bill was $279.00 and the bill includes tax and mandatory tip gratuity. Too much money my friend $279 😡
How many people were at your table? I really hate mandatory tipping, because I think it just promotes poor service. A lot of times the mandatory is 15% where as I think a lot of people would give 20% or more but are so irritated by the mandatory nature that they just leave it at 15%
@@wendyeskelin8765 Tipping should be abolished anyway. I find it insulting I'm expected to pay extra for something which should already come with the up-front cost I'm paying.
The local Texas Roadhouse business is constantly booming. People are still lining up outside before they open and the parking lot is full past closing time.
@@noneofurbusiness5223 Did you accept that or did you send it back? The manager isn’t happy when his/her customers are not happy. They will make sure that the food you receive is the best quality when you are served.
Olive Garden is fast food. They dont really prepare anything on site, just heat up commissary food. It used to be so much better. I cant justify paying $20 for a meal there.
many of these restaurants are low to mid -range quality, so they cater to a middle class or lower customer base, but their prices keep rising faster than the wages of that base. The people who can afford to eat at a Golden Corral don't want to eat at a Golden Corral so they have no choice but go out of business.
@@chrismalinowski654 inflation. Their employees want more money and their suppliers want more money for the food. Their business model is now unworkable.
@@justicedemocrat9357 If you are poor then you're choosing to waste your money eating at golden corral, and bad decisions like that may explain why you're poor.
Nothing new here. Everytime inflation has hit America, restaurants take a dive. It's almost like they expect it. I only eat at home, yes it's a pain, washing dishes and all that, but I have a lot better idea of what I am eating when I am the one who cooked it.
Same here. Anymore the only thing I eat out is Mexican once in a while and a sausage, egg & cheese sandwich on ww. I don't like how they cook anything else around here.
The biggest issue is quality… chick-fil-a never disappoints. If I spend $20 week on a meal it’s worth every cent. If I spend $20 at McDonald’s I feel like I’ve been robbed.
I am impressed by Chick-fil-A. The food is reasonably good, the service is efficient and the employees are friendly. The experience is consistently good. They truly know how to move a large number of customers in their drive-thru operation.
A Five Guys franchise is VERY demanding!! They make their restaurant franchise owners do a remodel every 3 years!! And their prices are very HIGH for their products!!
For eating out, I'm only doing coupons or very low-priced items at fast food. Restaurants are just TOO EXPENSIVE now. I can just go to RU-vid and watch "How to Cook" videos, and I'm learning how to just cook everything at home. You can cook Olive Garden and many other restaurants at home, and it's probably ONE FIFTH or ONE SIXTH price at home. So, $16 dollar meals cost only TWO BUCKS (or so) at home.
Mr. Epic-i used to order from Five Guys. On my last order, i FOUND A LONG, NASTY WHITE HAIR off of someone's head in my hamburger, THE FRENCH FRIES HAD BLACK HAIR AND LINT ON THEM. From working in the food industry, i could tell this food was dropped on the floor and continued to be cooked. THAT WAS OVER THREE YEARS AGO, AND I'VE NEVER ORDERED ANYTHING FROM THEM SINCE! i fix all my food at home now.
I used to work next to a Del Taco in California. They would prepare the food without gloves. I mean, they would use a utensil when putting the meat on the tacos, but they would use their hands when scooping up the lettuce and cheese. But I worked the late shift and it was right next to my job. So, I still ate there. Never got sick except for two major cases of diarrhea.
You def can still get that combo meal for under $4!!!!!.....I mean in a kid's happy meal but still a combo of hamburger, fries, drink and a toy (or apples slices).
Kaptain Kanada here, was in the business for 17 yrs. Sure mismanagement can be blamed for some failings, the reality is many places operate on as low as 10% margin. You will do it because you borrowed your mother inlaws money, you sold your car, your guitars, cashed out your RRSP. In a last ditch you will jack the prices, go broke and hang yourself or move to another state and hope collectors and bounty hunters don't find you. "HE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO RUN A BURGER JOINT, BAR, DINING ROOM etc". Virtually guarantees you will go broke, old joke: How do you come out of the food/drink biz with a small fortune? Start with a large fortune. Do not do it unless it's just for fun and you can afford to lose that money.
A guy I worked with in the business many years ago had a great quote: "I could make more money handing out hundred dollar bills on the street corner". I didn't dare disagree....
Exactly. No idea why anyone would open a restaurant. The hours are killer and the profit margin razor thin. Although Bobby Flay seems to be doing ok. haha. Starbucks got it right. Small venue. Sell a cup of coffee for $4-5 that costs 25 cents to poor. A scone for $3.50 that costs 30 cents. And make people feel cool about hanging out at your store. Brilliant !
Looks like Starbucks is starting to feel the 'pinch' from all their competitors; and maybe people tired of paying 6-8 bucks for a mediocre cup of joe or other bev blend. The 'cool' factor only goes so far to mitigate guest disgruntlement; especially if they can get a better product elsewhere. They need to 'up their game' imo; and get back to basics....
@@gplunk Agreed. I was referring more to their heyday in the 90's and early 2000's. You are right the shine has come off the Starbucks coffee mug as we knew it. It's uncanny how smart people screw up great things. They over expanded. Had they not seen businesses make that fundimental error again and again ??? They opened waaay too many stores and in the process lost control of product quality and staff management. So dumb. The once mighty Starbucks is not nearly what it was but the initial business model and plan was genius.
You can do MUCH better with a sack lunch or bento box. PB&J is SOOOO boring. Try cashew nut butter and thin apples slices on fruit bread, for starters. Cream cheese with raisins is another sandwich suggestion. Drizzle a little honey on the filling if you like it sweeter.
I was born in Springfield, MA in 1955 and remember Friendly's well. Their signature things were the Awful Awful (milkshake), "awful big, awful good" and the banana split. The were bought out by Hershey back in the 1980's and that was the end of Friendly's as I knew it. I was a stockholder and I finally dumped it. S. P. Drake, the co-founder with his brother, just died in 2021 at 106! I took guitar lessons a couple doors down from the original Friendly's in Pine Point in Springfield.
And I used to go to the Friendly's in Swampscott, Mass, at Vinnin Square, in the 1960's & '70s. It was always crowded, a popular hang-out back then, back when Howard Johnson's was around and had good ice cream too.
Good, lets take things back to the mom an pops operations where they hire good people who care about their business and their employees. Good old fashioned businesses personal and professionally run.
Get this ... I was at a Five Guys in Houston, Texas, and here is what happened. Since It's $20 bucks just for small shit, I asked before I got my meal. And, get this the employee said that things have really went up and people don't eat there as much anymore. He even said that evenings are almost empty most nights. So, then, I asked an employee how often they eat at Five Guys, as he was in out in front of the store front, as he was having a smoke. And, he said that he hardly ever eats there, because he can't afford it. He said only time is when manager is away and he can make a meal without charging it to his employee account. But, he worries because they have cameras. CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT? I am being so honest.
The "small/little" burger just means it's a single patty. The "big" one is a double. It is misleading. Also, the fries at whatever size always come with lots & lots of extra.
I was surprised on a recent visit to Japan that I was able to eat out for a fair amount less than in the U.S. The prices on the menu are exactly what you pay -- the taxes are already included and no tipping in Japan. I was able to eat a healthy breakfast including a salted filet of salmon, beef and onion sauteed in soy, miso soup, rice, and a small salad for about $5. I had upscale deep-fried pork cutlet with all you can eat rice, picked veggies, and miso soup for about $10. Even cheaper eating if you buy a sandwich or salad at a convenience store. I wouldn't have believed it when I lived there 30 years ago that it would ever be more expensive to eat out in the U.S. than Japan.
I have worked in the restaurant industry for 30+ years. First job was for DQ. One of the biggest challenges in the industry is finding people to actually work. You have a hard time finding people to apply and those that do don't actually put in the effort. I don't quite understand what changed but the workforce is not the same. Then ad on to it the increase of prices. It's no wonder locations are closing. Honestly though I think there were too many chains that served basically the same thing. How many burger places can we get?
The govt is who is to blame for a large part of. During the plannedemic, forcing places to close, and giving everyone money that exceeded what they were normally making made it so noone wanted to go back to work when they could sit and do nothing while make good money. I know a few people who flat out said there's no way they'd go back to work when they were making so much more living off of those who were still working. And sadly, those who wanted to work were shut out. This is exactly where the govt wants everyone. Dependent on them.
@@TRoth858how long are you going to keep peddling this tired bs for? Folks received a paltry 1200 stimulus payment four (!) calendar years ago. So tell me how many folks can make 1200 stretch over four years without working?
Yea I am puzzled by this staffing issue. The covid benefits are gone. So what are these people who don't want to work doing for money ??? Food? Shelter ? Essentials? When I was in my 20's I couldn't just quit my job. I had bills to pay. I don't quite get that part of the situation.
5 guys opened up a mediocre hamburger restaurant and got lots of financing from ijiots, then they all thought they, the five, should all be multimillionaires overnight because they're special, wonderful and have racks and racks of participation awards. How they've lasted this long is beyond me.
since when? last time I checked, large milkshakes were roughly 3 bucks, and fries from 1-3 bucks, depending on where you live. 15-20 dollars sounds like a more accurate total.
An air fryer and a blender could have saved you $20 bucks, and you control ingredients! I’ve been making air fryer potatoes, and I never need to go to restaurants again. Mine are so much better! It’s truest unbelievable I spent so much of my youth eating terrible food. Here’s to a healthy future!🎉❤😊
I went to Antonio’s Italian Restaurant yesterday with a friend. They are not nationwide, but are in several states. My friend and I were there just after the lunch crowd and before the early dinner rush. It was pretty empty, but it could be the time. I am a home cook, although the food was good, I felt I could make it better. So sad to see long time favorite places closing.
Totally agree, once the prices start to get so out of control, it's more cost effective to make it at home, and often times it's better than the restaurants, depending on what the restaurant is. But I feel bad for restaurants too, rents are high, utilities are up, food costs are up, wages are up, supply chain issues. At this rate we won't have any choice but to cook at home.
I worked at a Fuddruckers for less than a year as a teenager. It was still doing well when it closed down. A hospital bought up all the land in that area and expanded where it used to be. The land it was on just became too valuable.
The false hope that this channel is spewing is starting to piss me off...The company I work for was supposed to go out of business years ago yet I still have to drag my ass out of bed every morning and go to work...When will it end?...I freaking hate my job
Delbert Stinkfester.................... Quit, if you hate your job that much!! Nobody's holding a gun to your head and saying you have to stay there. Find another job and stop bringing the rest of the restaurant employee staff morale down. It's showing up in your attitude and in the customer services you are being paid to provide. Nobody wants to deal with you and your poor attitude. Going out to eat should be a pleasurable experience and it sounds like your attitude and the customer services you are providing, isn't at all pleasant. If you're not able to quit, then get down on your knees and THANK GOD for providing you with a job, that you have the opportunity to get up in the morning to go to. There are many people in this world that aren't as fortunate you. Tammy Lynn Schulz. 😤😤
Let's stop blaming places for charging too much for their food, and blame the system that charges business owners outrageous rent and property taxes which is the reason they have to raise their prices. Franchise owners are not getting rich. Their property owners are. This is why we have to spend $20 on a burger and fries at a good place like Five Guys.
Pretty sure there's a select number of people at the top that are getting bigger and bigger paychecks and whats trickling down onto all of us ain't trickle down economics if ya know what I mean...
dude- commercial real estate is currently in deep trouble due to work from home and hollowing out the inner core of big cities with crime/homeless. They are predicting a 35-40% crash in commercial RE values.
real estate business is already bad enough- especially at the time, where there is barely any affordable property on the market. glad I moved when I did 😓
Remember how businesses thrived before the government policies crippled them? Minimum wage, energy prices, cattle prices, dairy prices, taxes, real estate collapse, higher interest rates on commercial property? Thank you to the party of unity and joy.
I’m done with 5 Guys, brutally expensive and the one by me doesn’t load you up on fries anymore. They got me once, never again. I need to eat healthier anyways
Yeah, check the calories and salt content and you will STOP eating burgers and fries. Fries are bad for your health, period. And peanut oil is bad for you as well, so it's not a health fry.
In September 2019, the local Friendly’s near my house closed because of Bank of America acquiring the lot where the restaurant sat at. The restaurant was demolished a few months later before the start of the pandemic and the bank opened on the site of the restaurant in late 2021. A hair salon was demolished as part of the construction of the bank as well.
a restaurant owner once told me the only good restaurants are money laundering fronts everyone else is losing money or barely breaking even and they can't afford good food so make sure they are laundering money before you eat
I spend my money on REAL food and serve it from my clean kitchen with my clean hands. It’s pricy, time consuming, but so well worth it. My pizza is damn good. I use “not terrible” ready made pizza dough, great cheese, organic pizza sauce and fresh toppings. I refuse to pay exorbitant prices for inferior pizza. I live very near Merritt Island FL.
Ate at a Cracker Barrel in Ohio and my son got food poisoning from a fish dinner. Ate at a Cracker Barrel in Michigan a year ago August and 4 of us got Covid. I’m done with Cracker Barrel.
@@docula9153 Ha! Ha! Good one. I didn’t want to mention that the food was bad. I’m pretty sure the cook or someone else working in the kitchen was sick, as the bacon was burnt and the pancakes were falling apart and gross. It was the only place we went after lockdown.
