The Decline of Sbarro...What Happened?

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Sbarro is a major U.S. pizza chain that you probably know best from their delicious smelling pizza stands inside shopping malls. Well, they haven't been doing well lately, evidenced by their multiple bankruptcy filings over the past decade. This video attempts to explain what happened.
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@TheLostWorldFanChann 4 года назад

*"The Decline of Sbarro...What Happened? "* Charging $4.89 for *ONE* slice of pizza that's been sitting under a hot lamp for 48mins. That's what happened.

@crazydubwise 4 года назад

Once I have a $15 lunch, not tasty art all. Expensive and bad.

@1985toyotacamry 4 года назад

@@crazydubwise I tried it and it sucks

@donatoiacovino6968 4 года назад

lol exactly

@idkijs435 4 года назад

that shit still good asf...

@IsaacMendoza0301 4 года назад

Yup

@alphakub 2 года назад

Funny enough, the Sbarro at the local mall closed about five years ago and became a hummus shop. After two years, the hummus shop closed and become a Sbarro again!

@Virjunior01 2 года назад

Like a pigeon, rising from the barrel fire.

@shabustinkslol 2 года назад

Lol! About 5 years ago our Sbarros (which was there since the beginning of the mall, around 1993) ended up becoming the first Kebab place in our town. It's still there, it's pretty good.

@Virjunior01 2 года назад

@@shabustinkslol good trade

@modgoat2594 2 года назад

By chance this a mall in southern California in a place with tons and tons of oak trees?

@alphakub 2 года назад

@@modgoat2594 sure is, at least a thousand of them oak trees. You know your Sbarros!

@JustAnotherPest 4 года назад

1:00 "Along with their three sons: Left, Naples, Italy" Took me a second to realize you weren't naming them off.

@katelily7619 4 года назад

Same here. LMAO 😂

@Kenchinito2207 4 года назад

IKR? I was like "those are some weird names for your children"

@aaronpatrickmusic 4 года назад

When he said that, I did the "excuse me, what?" blink and head movement that the guy in that meme did

@paintlover2010 4 года назад

SAME! 😂

@EffingAndJeffing 4 года назад

Same! Lmao

@johnellis5828 Год назад

I was a general manager for Sbarro in Hawaii. The upper management was CLUELESS on how to operate a restaurant. My area manager especially. He had some good managers below him, so he looked "okay" numbers-wise, but was truly clueless about how a restaurant worked.

@iavalui7614 Год назад

did you work at the one in pearl ridge??

@NazriB Год назад

Lies again? Spank Bang USD SGD

@sauvignonblanc0 10 месяцев назад

This happens when 'more money than sense' is added to the equation. Daddy's money or 3 higher-level degrees do not replace 10 years' experience. I speak generally from what I have seen over the years

@nunyabeezwax6758 10 месяцев назад

You know just hire me as a manager/upper manager. Let me actually just deal with the lower management or experienced persons and get the input and feedback on how the individual stores are doing, how things are working etc. But nooooooo........everywhere has to be run completely stupid instead.

@jay_suby1718 6 месяцев назад

I used to work at mililani one lol

@ME-hm7zm 4 года назад

We used to have a saying: "No one ever plans to go to Sbarro, you just kind of end up there."

@Flexin010 4 года назад

🤣😂🤣

@MoistChungus 4 года назад

Denny's

@erichobbs4042 4 года назад

I used to say that about Denny's.

@christophervergara4234 4 года назад

That was an old joke about Dennys.

@elegant.destiny 4 года назад

Facts

@Gaudy6523 4 года назад

Each time I smell a Sbarro in a mall, I'm reminded that I haven't Sbarro in a while. Each time I have Sbarro, I'm reminded of just why I haven't had Sbarro in a while...

@jamessanders145 4 года назад

It's just not the same anymore.

@r.g.431 4 года назад

Gaudy6523 couldnt have said it better!

@logan502 4 года назад

RIGHT!?!?!?

@DiiceForeveroO 4 года назад

the cycle of life

@LordVoldemort31 4 года назад

I have this same exact experience with Panda Express.

@brettrobinson9713 4 года назад

How come company man always sounds like he is shrugging his shoulders

@MLHunt 4 года назад

Dude you put your finger on something I've been feeling subconsciously!

@MrTeamFoolish 4 года назад

He's actually an investor in all of the company he talks about - regardless of their success.

@shamaal123 4 года назад

He's reading this shrugging😂

@daisysaurora888 4 года назад

YES TRUEE

@wow-si6th 4 года назад

I literally could not figure out why his voice sounded weird but this explains everything

@solomongrim982 7 месяцев назад

This guy that is presenting this content is alright with me. Very informative without coming across snobish or aloof. I honestly, automatically get in a good mood when I watch Company Man he has a Mr. Roger's quality about him and true fan's of Mr.Roger's know that is a genuine compliment to this content creator. I wish him success and growth of his brand.

@companyman114 7 месяцев назад

Thank you for the kind words. You've lifted my spirits today.

@NolanTHEecguy Месяц назад

agreed! I’ve always love the tone of voice and the company’s I’ve liked to learn about and why there declining one of my fav channels for sure!

@GriffinMinotaur 4 года назад

I’m Italian and 48 yard old. I can tell you when I was a kid, Sbarro made REALLY good food. I swear they must have changed their recipes when the old man died and they went public.

@desertguy1362 4 года назад

Most likely when the kids took over it was go cheap and go big margins. Should of stayed small and focus on quality but greed wins again

@Chironex_Fleckeri 4 года назад

Kids also enjoy Chuck e Cheese pizza, sooo... I don't remember it being great, just decent.

@williams7368 4 года назад

Bongo Drummond In the beginning, they would have been selective about their ingredients. Eventually, though, the drive to reduce costs means cheaper commercial ingredients, pre-prepared pizza crusts and fake cheese.

@johnbrentford5513 4 года назад

I'm 47 and back in the 80's their pizza was good.

@Scott-yf1zn 4 года назад

Bongo Drummond it probably is also tied to with your nostalgia for your childhood.

@PacDork 4 года назад

When I was like 10, Sbarro was my favorite pizza...loved getting it at the mall. It was probably trash, but when you're 10, pizza is pizza.

@ballista7367 4 года назад

This guy gets it

@uliflores2408 4 года назад

True sbarro was my favorite when I was younger and I sware the slices were huge but maybe it was just cause I was small lol. I tried it again when I was older and it was trash and I gave it another try at a different location to make sure it wasnt just that one experience but the second time was trash too and I never went back after that. I still am in search of that sbarro pizza flavor from when I was young but have yet to experience it anywhere else sadly

@tomhill3248 4 года назад

@@uliflores2408 Have you tried, making your own? Sometimes there's instruction on the back of flour bags. There even instant crust packets sold in grocery stores. How hard could it be?

@Nestle245 4 года назад

Same as me but everyone I know says it used to taste way better many years ago, now it doesn't taste the same, they changed it up.

@ChriSaito 4 года назад

When I worked at a mall not long ago I'd frequent Sbarro. The pizza isn't great but isn't bad. What really kept me going back though was those bomb bread sticks.

@TheSecondVersion 4 года назад

"Sbarro: Fresh Italian Cooking" It ain't fresh, it ain't Italian, but at least it's cooked

@Raskolnikov70 4 года назад

Is it? Or are they just re-heating pre-made frozen products? Sorta how Applebees' lies and calls themselves a restaurant chain when they're just a place where your food is microwaved before they serve it to you.

@Raskolnikov70 4 года назад

@Smitty WerbenJagerManJensen Are the period and shift keys on your keyboard broken?

@nordisk1874 4 года назад

Hey they have one of the best Stromboli outside New York!

@EliteGeeks 4 года назад

their pizza is shit, I have had it 2 times in my life, once in 1988 and again in the mid 90s... never again

@nordisk1874 4 года назад

EliteGeeks yes but not the Stromboli

@Dominus4776 10 месяцев назад

I don't think their pizza is any worse than a typical chain. It's pretty good if you can manage to get it fresh out the oven

@DreSama336 4 года назад

Why? Charging 6.50 for a slice of room temp Pizza that’s why

@80s_Boombox_Collector 4 года назад

Also shopping malls are losing lots of shoppers

@baam25th31 4 года назад

For the quality it shouldn't be more than $2 per slice

@Goldaction0 4 года назад

Came here for this comment lol l was going to say the same thing two slices and a drink is like 15 dollars THATS INSANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That’s literally a large pizza and wings anywhere else

@michaelavalos8619 4 года назад

@@80s_Boombox_Collector before the virus my mall was non stop packed all the damn time. So much traffic in that area

@dvon1097 4 года назад

Dre Sama U can go to a REAL pizza place by REAL Italians and get a good dollar-2 dollar slice unlike shitty Sbarro

@Wooster77 4 года назад

They could merge with Subway and call it Subarro.

@ArtemisiaDS3 4 года назад

-_-

@benitopulatso6637 4 года назад

Modern problems call for modern solutions.

@Robert0Pirie 4 года назад

Merge Subay, Sbarro, and Izzo's Illegal Burrito... Subarrito... BOOM you just made a million dollars!

@nicotti 4 года назад

Funny. Subway expanded their menu to include mini pizzas a few years back. I assume it wasn't very popular as I don't see them on menus any more.

@dawsonfoorfour 4 года назад

Or they could merge with Subaru and call it Subaruroo.

@nocap4739 4 года назад

Carmela and Gennaro along with their three sons: Left, Naples, Italy.

@BStop22 4 года назад

Omg!! Dying! 😂😂

@stevendiazzalduondo1899 4 года назад

😂

@vilmapaints1186 4 года назад

Lmao 😂😂😂

@mehrdadcerti 4 года назад

Not funny Didn’t laugh

@xoxoLeony 4 года назад

Yes.

@auxc.6805 Год назад

I remember going to this place in a mall when I was a kid with my father. It’s one of the best core memories I’ve had with him. I wish time could go in reverse. Truly one of a kind moments back in the day that cannot be replicated now due to social media.

@Bluzlbee Год назад

replicate? the world is collapsing, lol social media is a tip iceberg problem

@necoji4910 10 месяцев назад

LMAO what the fuck is this supposed to mean😭😭

@auxc.6805 10 месяцев назад

@@Bluzlbeeyeah that’s what I was trying to say….I want to go back in time when it was the good days. What are you talking about?

@F4billionyearzag0 6 месяцев назад

I feel you 100%! Nothing like the good old days! I wish I had a time machine. Is your father still around?

@damian_cross 3 года назад

I met Mama Carmela Sbarro back in the 90's. The original deli was still open and my father had ordered a 12 foot sandwich for a catered event. She handed him this giant sandwich...this tiny old woman was STILL WORKING at that deli even though she was already a multi millionaire. It still blows my mind.

@nightstar3765 3 года назад

Things that never happened....

@bgreene110 3 года назад

When people say the extra ingredient is love that’s exactly what they mean even mediocre food made will care and passion will at worst be ok

@JoseMartinez-gk2ke 3 года назад

@@nightstar3765 this sounds very believable. Why didn’t this happen?

@damian-77 3 года назад

Cap

@tru3293 3 года назад

That's awesome

@soulsick410 4 года назад

"Along with their three sons, Left, Naples, and Italy...." is what my dumbass understood

@redbarchetta5620 4 года назад

I heard it that way too

@poutinedream5066 4 года назад

Right! I'm like, what kind of names are those?

@lawlessx9 4 года назад

Same!

@RpJesus_1 4 года назад

Me to man 😂

@yondie491 4 года назад

The narrator has a LOT to learn about verbal pacing. I wish I understood the modern style of being completely and utterly allergic to pauses. That's exactly how anyone listening would transcribe it as if they didn't know better.

@ardreambystander6988 4 года назад

They way you said “Left Naples Italy” made me think it was thier names lol.

@publicenemy123 4 года назад

I understood it as left nipple Italy

@kcototheyoyoyo 4 года назад

I know me reading the names and him saying different things confused the hell out of me for a second🥴

@E3gamefreak123 4 года назад

I was thinking the same EXACT thing!

@lillianbegay3013 4 года назад

Dead ass😂😂

@lvlupent.7334 4 года назад

"Left Sbarro" imma name my son that someday

@Tirleaf Год назад

Personally, I really liked Sbarro pizza, the stuffed pepperoni and sausage, with extra marinara sauce on top. At the time, that was favorite pizza, second only to Numero Uno pizza. Always made a point of stopping by and getting my fix whenever in a mall. Rarely ordered the "traditional" pizza slices, but do not recall it ever being bad. Damn! Now I have a craving for some Sbarro 😁

@RebornLegacy 5 месяцев назад

That stuffed meat lovers slice with marinara sauce was addictive as hell in College.

@M0JBK 4 года назад

If I'm spending 5.00 on pizza, I can get 1 piece from Sbarro's, or a whole pizza from Little Caesars. Hmmm... Edit: I get way too many notifications about how crap little Caesars is. It's cheap pizza, not gonna deny there's better stuff out there. Really just trying to focus on the fact that Sbarro's is a terrible value.

@ApollyonZKX 4 года назад

Little Caesars is gourmet compared to Sbarro. Was really disappointed with Sbarro last time i went.

@JohnJohnson-ik5zp 4 года назад

Or dominos or fast 5 pizza or 7/11 haha

@mabadillo5293 4 года назад

Little Caesars is using cheap materials to make the pizza

@John_Lee_ 4 года назад

I'd rather go hungry than buy a 5$ dollar pie

@ridge4649 4 года назад

2 different things. A little caesars isn't gonna be at a mall or airport. Sbarros is for when you're shopping with the family and you need something to hold you over til you're done shopping, or you're hungry before a flight and want a quick slice. Little Caesars is pizza you eat at home

@mblegend3056 4 года назад

When your business is located mostly on shopping malls, then it will sink with the ship too.

@collinhoeferlin43 4 года назад

this. 1000%

@twothreebravo 4 года назад

It's almost as if that was the one hidden lesson in the last video about Kohl's who avoided malls like the plague.

@regmarshall5619 4 года назад

Don't forget airports.

@timeshaft5088 4 года назад

Both Chick-Fil-A and Orange Julius started in malls.

@charlieanddadreviewsandcha2243 4 года назад

incinerator1016 they used to have Orange Julius in Malls on the east coast. They just never really caught on.

@KennieBby Год назад

I actually like Sbarro as a kid. It was the only pizza place in the mall, and like others have commented, the slices were huge. We also had one on my college campus - UNR - but this was several years ago. I’m not a pizza connoisseur, but I enjoyed it and idk if it’s the nostalgia or me actually liking the pizza, but I crave it at times. Too bad the nearest one is about 20 miles out from me

@TheWTFsauce 4 года назад

Not gonna lie I actually loved their pizza but I never was like “let me drive out of my way to a mall just to get ONE slice”

@WatchTheVideosOnline 4 года назад

this is exactly how i feel about it

@Artbug 4 года назад

F in the chat for your tastebuds

@Kruppt808 4 года назад

It was the only pizza option in the food courts in the mall during the 90s and early 2000s. I never remember it tasting amazing or bad. After awhile the other options at the food courts got better so I stopped going.

@caldreamin4250 4 года назад

You lie, but understand

@ThatMilkJuice 4 года назад

TheWTFsauce IKR 🤣🤣🤣

@yeln4tsmusic 4 года назад

Because they lost one of their biggest clients Michael Scott

@G8GT 4 года назад

Everyone’s favorite New York pizza joint

@ThePhantomLurkin 4 года назад

He's the godfather

@lunnalocca9376 4 года назад

I’m screaming 🤣🤣

@Buapo 4 года назад

He had to get his New York slice

@gregturkington6330 4 года назад

That was actually a product placement

@puertoricanguy999 4 года назад

Anyone who quotes ReviewBrah/TheReportOfTheWeek, even for great meme purposes, is okay in my book. Thank you, Company Man.

@virginiansupremacy 4 года назад

74th

@jase7722 4 года назад

If only he'd put his name or channel name somewhere

@Silvergun_Raven 4 года назад

Jason He put his name on the bottom left of the video when the clip was shown.

@jase7722 4 года назад

@@Silvergun_Raven oof didnt see, noice!

@julesdotmp4 4 года назад

i gasped when my boy showed up, ngl

@415boomboom Год назад

Sbarro and an orange julius was the staple combo meal for the mall ❤good times

@wes2262 4 года назад

Sbarro was one of those pizzas where you’d eat it if it was the ONLY thing around and it’s was okay but wouldn’t go outta your way to get it

@chartle1 4 года назад

yes I've mostly only seen at places like toll road rest stops. I don;t go to the mall anymore.

@rcairforceone 4 года назад

That's exactly it... Wander through a mall: "Hey, there's Sbarro..." 'That must be the food court, what else is there?'

@spencers4121 4 года назад

I can remember it from the early 90's, I honestly don't remember it being that great. I do remember it smelling great walking by the place though lol.

@alexosow 4 года назад

I'm pretty sure everyone thought that way

@OmegaPhlare 4 года назад

I feel like their current business model is ripping off teenagers who got dropped off at the mall by their parents and won't be picked up for several hours so they have no other choice. Or people who want to grab something quick to eat because their movie is going to start in 15 minutes. Or people that are with a group of friends eating at the food court and Sbarro was their best option.

@TheMysteryDriver 4 года назад

"The food isn't good" "They switched to fresher ingredients, not sure if that was part of the problem. " Lol Low quality ingredients don't taste good even fresh. The problem wasn't the pizza sitting out, because even if you got it fresh it wasn't good. Malls charge a lot for their space too, that's always been against them and keeping a slice cheap, which Sbarro couldn't.

@valreal6049 4 года назад

I think the point was that fresher ingredients don't matter when you serve stale pizza.

@TheMysteryDriver 4 года назад

Val Real I think it matters a lot. I've been to pizza by the slice when it isn't fresh and they pop it in the oven to heat it and it tastes good. Ingredients are always key to flavor.

@ADogNamedStay 4 года назад

Malls are the reason malls don't work anymore.

@Shenaldrac 4 года назад

@@TheMysteryDriver Yeah, but I've also had pizza at places that use good ingredients and had the pizza still taste like crap. Ability of the staff to actually cook matters a lot too. If you're ever at Hot Lips in Portland, for example, those guys have no idea how to make a goddamn plain-ass cheese pizza without *covering* it in air bubbles. It's a goddamn travesty. The bubbles mean large swathes of the pizza are empty, just air inside a fragile bread cave, no sauce or cheese. I stopped going there. Doesn't help that they skimp on the sauce. Anyway, what I'm saying is I'll take food made using less than stellar ingredients made by a really skilled cook than food made with the freshest, best-quality ingredients made by some dispassionate college kids working part time who aren't even bothered to learn to properly knead dough.

@Trayxxxx 4 года назад

@@Shenaldrac Amen to that

@xMarkerz 4 года назад

How could Sbarro be declining? It's Michael Scott's favorite NY pizza joint.

@juicyfruit133 4 года назад

xMarkerz lol that scene came to mind

@Nagatem 4 года назад

bongo, free pizza for life

@pleaseimjustahuman 4 года назад

How did I forget about that?

@Talisayin 4 года назад

“I’m gonna get me a New York slice!”

@zoomed8515 4 года назад

Travels all the way to NY then 1 day later sees one on the way to work

@afjer 8 месяцев назад

I always hear the mall argument but the malls around where I live are booming to the point it's often difficult to find parking in the massive lots.

@TheBlueLightChannel 4 года назад

I could listen to this man talk about rocks. He’s so good at what he does. Keep these videos coming Company Man!

@calebmoore9964 4 года назад

C L O S E D I think he did talk about pet rocks once. Look it up

@justsomeguy5470 4 года назад

@@calebmoore9964 Yes, he did

@kaylew108 4 года назад

"This feldspar just isn't cutting it anymore...the public wants something new and modern"..

@companyman114 4 года назад

I really appreciate the compliment.

@laddibugg 4 года назад

@@companyman114 have you ever done a video about De beers?💍💎

@SuprousOxide 4 года назад

I remember the old saying. Pizza is like sex. When it's good it's REALLY good and when it's bad... It's still pretty good. And that's Sbarro. It's bad pizza, which means... It's ok, I guess.

@jojivlogs_4255 4 года назад

Not true. There's some pretty terrible pizza out there

@seahawks1185 4 года назад

Deep dish extra cheese and pepperoni is actually good.

@tavern2468 4 года назад

jojivlogs_ I had pizza in Philadelphia from a place called Station pizza WORST FUCKING PIZZA I ever had. Couldn’t even finish a slice. Took one bite and I was done. It was $5 for a whole pie. We figured how bad could it be.

@Sergio-fu7mv 4 года назад

I’ve had some bad pizza that was REALLY bad. That’s not true. It can be bad.

@thethrashyone 4 года назад

@Tohur At least Little Caesar's has actual crust. It's not like those _especially_ terrible pizzas where the texture can be described, without exaggeration, as "cheese on cardboard".

@JamesSavik 4 года назад

Sbarros was so tied to malls, with the decline of so many malls, they went down with them.

@Joshuralize 4 года назад

Yeah we watched the video too.

@tigerburn81 4 года назад

Yeah, they should find a way to sell their pizza online, with next day delivery, to fat lazy Americans who will pay for it with an nearly maxed-out credit card at 25% interest from the comfort of their couch with the convenience of their $1000 phone.

@thenewmisterwehrmacht893 4 года назад

James Savik That’s for US-based branches. Here in the Philippines, the malls is still alive and still cater to everyone, family or not.

@tigerburn81 4 года назад

@@thenewmisterwehrmacht893 yeah, when I went to Brazil, all malls (called "shopping" there) were in cities, very busy, and very much for the monied middle class.

@Kruppt808 4 года назад

@@tigerburn81 only stupid people max out credit cards. Maybe your projecting. We can order any kind of food online and phones haven't cost 1k for 10 years or more, your comments feel dated.

@thenerdnetwork Год назад

I was driving on the interstate a couple years ago, and I saw a sign for Sbarro... I was like "OMG, I haven't had their pizza in so long! This is gonna be awesome!". So I stopped at the service plaza, and ordered 2 slices of arguably the worst New York style pizza that I have ever eaten, at the highest cost ever. I just will never eat there again. They took the pizza that was sitting in the display, threw it in a Subway looking oven microwave thing, and proceeded to burn the crap out of it. Nasty.

@ZMCarsandMore 2 года назад

As an avid pizza maker, freshness is important for pizza. The longer the pizza is out of the oven, the less moisture the pizza (dough) retains. Then when you add a lamp to keep it warm, only accelerates the process. This affects the quality heavily. This is why Dominos and other large pizza chains are very strict on making sure the pizza reaches the customer as soon as possible.

@colviolet4066 2 года назад

For instance, at marcos pizza, we will make extra large pizzas and cut them into 6 slices to sell by the slice, we make that pizza around 11am or so give or take a half hour... and around 1pm, 2pm, or possibly 3pm.. we take it away cause it will resemble a dryed out cracker if we left it till 5pm If I remember correctly we sell slices for either 3 or 4 hours per day.

@dogchow99 2 года назад

Dominos tastes like hospital 🤢

@SuperFlamethrower 2 года назад

My local pizza place will make a pizza when I order it and it have it ready when I arrive. It's not rocket science, it's basic customer service. Your local pizza place will do this for you too!

@toruinouelover 2 года назад

@@dogchow99 omg I thought I was the only one who didn’t like dominos. I feel like the pizzas taste has changed overtime

@m74796 2 года назад

Domino's could get there in 5 seconds it still tastes like s***. I can't believe there expanding they should be declining

@tavern2468 4 года назад

Sbarro is a default mall meal. A “I’m starving , irritable and everything else in the food court is suspect and I’d rather eat old pizza instead of mall sushi” scenario. It looked better than it tasted. Recently my mom had a craving for it and it was still listed on google but said it was permanently closed. She was sad. I’ll always remember sharing a slice , and baked ziti and a garlic roll with my mom after torturous hours of walking around the mall.

@MrPatchPlays 4 года назад

[Everyone liked that.]

@TheHivesbane 4 года назад

I still sometimes drive 40 minutes to the old mall just to buy a pepperoni stromboli.

@tavern2468 4 года назад

DelfinManny that’s quite a commitment. I wonder if they sold frozen grocery store food they woulda still been successful. Test out the market, Get the loyal /nostalgic customer base without the mall overhead and you get the connivence of not driving to a mall. It’s not any worse than digorno or red barron

@tavern2468 4 года назад

Mr. Patch Plays aww 🥰

@RuiRuichi 4 года назад

Sbarro is oddly doing ok here in the Philippines. A branch even opened in my small hometown's biggest mall. It's not exacty gourmet since there are plenty of better alternatives at even cheaper prices but it's a go-to when you just want a quick meal when you're tired of the same choices some times.

@21boxhead 4 года назад

SBARRO IS FAILING BECAUSE IT'S EXPENSIVE FOR ONE SLICE 5 BUCKS AND MOST LIKELY REHEATED COLD PIZZA

@thethrashyone 4 года назад

5 bucks a slice for subpar pizza? Talk about highway robbery. You could get an _entire_ subpar pizza at Little Caesar's for that much (plus tax).

@PrinceSwaggy 4 года назад

@@thethrashyone exactly

@trublacking8572 4 года назад

"Oh well sir eat cold-ass expensive pizza and sir eat grease and die" it what they say in my mind

@GuidedbyCrows 4 года назад

@@thethrashyone Not in the mall. Lol

@shesuschrist4472 4 года назад

The damn pizza was the size of a dollar pizza

@mewebb Год назад

I travel the south and eastern US quite a bit and I've been seeing them in truck stops a lot. This would be a great alternative to malls where you've still got a captive audience and much less immediate competition. That can't be bad for business.

@Fudgeey 11 месяцев назад

I'd totally buy Sbarros out of a gas station instead of the Hunt's Brothers pizza we have now.

@theontologist 10 месяцев назад

Absolutely! If they could maintain the standard Sbarro's "quality" they would do much better sales than, say, Godfather's kiosks. Sbarro's could also do really well at 7-Eleven or Circle K -- again, if minimarts could maintain the Sbarro's standards, such as they are.

@harrywisniewski5017 6 месяцев назад

@@Fudgeeyhunts brothers is awful

@RingoLoadagain 4 года назад

Yep. Convenience. That was the ONLY reason I EVER went to a sbarro's growing up.

@SAnn-rf3oz 4 года назад

It's what happens when a nice "mom and pop shop" goes corporate. Starts a downward spiral of cutting corners and cheap ingredients.

@robradical7213 4 года назад

They probably weren't that great as a mom and pop shop either.

@randysvids4774 4 года назад

@@tacticalpossum7090 that mostly happens when small businesses get bigger and bigger. Their are a few exceptions like Chipotle where they make a bunch money and the food is actually good. I uses to go to sheetz all the time when I was younger because the sub sandwiches were amazing but then they got bigger, and the food was not as good as it once was

@Valce 3 года назад

I worked at a Stevi B's (similar to Cicis) for a couple years and on two occasions, the recipe for our dough changed. We would originally mix water, flour, oil and yeast at timed intervals, then we stopped needing the oil, then the flour came mixed with the yeast. I mean the crust was never that great to begin with, but by now it had become like cardboard and despite complaints in-store and online, nothing changed. People stopped coming and so four locations in four cities here closed.

@Lasershadow 3 года назад

Ah yes "going corporate", AKA finance and marketing take over all decision making and grind the company into the ground with min/maxing. It has happened before and will happen again, and again, and again, and again...

@I_Santos_ 3 года назад

@@Valce so that’s what happened to our local Little Caesar’s crusts. In the last year I noticed a drastic change in their dough. Cardboard is a great description. They used to be a decent cheap pizza, but damn, even for the price it got lousy..

@circuitcity1997 4 года назад

my sbarro hasnt closed yet but its in a dead mall so its days are numbered ;-;

@SouthRails 4 года назад

That’s sad

@virginiansupremacy 4 года назад

15th

@1995martin 4 года назад

@alexosow 4 года назад

Same except the mall in my city is an unusual case and is doing fairly well

@artemtankov938 4 года назад

Party probably it is unique in some way, the pizza the quality in general, and I think it could just as well be the last one to survive.

@conradblume4274 5 месяцев назад

EXCELLENT channel! You should do a video on how you research these companies

@greenmario3011 3 года назад

Sbarro: Everyone's favorite pizza to eat when you're at a rest stop 50 miles from the nearest pizza

@robc4191 3 года назад

Lol, even then I'd rather eat out of the vending machines.

@felixleiter9123 3 года назад

or drunk at the mall...

@Yumadlol 3 года назад

@@robc4191 no u wont man

@marcusreed5862 3 года назад

😂😂

@Bond101_Studios 9 дней назад

Sounds like something off family guy

@williammartin4368 3 года назад

I was a manager for sbarro's and have never been treated better. I loved working for them.

@eddieschwab864 3 года назад

I never worked for them myself I work for a a joining restaurant at a mall that had one but it always seemed like it was a mistake that they went from having both Pizza and Pasta to being pizzacentric. I always thought their pasta was worlds better than their Pizza. Just for context I had their pizza maybe three times in my life, none of them I was particularly impressed, but their pasta it's pretty damn good for Mall food...

@steveomac385 3 года назад

@@eddieschwab864I always got their pasta. The pizza sucked, but their pasta was more than good enough for the quick mall experience.

@redstone5149 3 года назад

@@steveomac385 …have you lost your mind? That pizza still good as af😁

@SatoriSoul 3 года назад

@@eddieschwab864 Pasta has pan roasted fresh Garlic by default, I love it to.

@thomasfontaine3002 3 года назад

Tough job

@comicog3 4 года назад

Hot take: when you get a taste fresh Sbarro slice they're actually pretty good. They're terrible when they're not fresh though

@cancel1913 4 года назад

I was going to say exactly that. If you get the pepperoni pizza (most popular) fresh off the oven then it's actually good. The ones that are not so popular and sit around are awful.

@douglasdeguzman7729 4 года назад

yes! when the crust still got a crunch to it!

@Autotomize 4 года назад

“Actually pretty good” doesn’t come close to how incredible fresh slices from other pizza chains are

@Michelle-ym8yw 4 года назад

@@cancel1913 Right, they should cut their menu way down and only sell pepperoni and cheese pizza. Not only do they save money be eliminating waste, the pizza will be fresher. NYC is full of pizza by the slice places that are delicious - the fact that it's premade isn't Sbarro's problem. Secondly, they should pop slices into the oven for a few mins if it isn't just out of the oven (if they don't already). This is what NYC slice places do.

@jenm9099 4 года назад

Living in Atlanta after being raised in NYC and New Haven, CT, IMO, Sbarro's fresh pizza is pretty good for Atlanta. Although, I think frozen pizza is better than most pizza here. It sucks.

@autisticat-5649 Год назад

we had sbarro at a local mall, i remember eating it with my grandpa who was from Italy. Good memories. I miss him.

@DPSFSU 2 года назад

We used to have a Sbarro in our local mall. They were there for so many years. Then closed down and became an Arby's. Years went by and the place changed many times. Recently that same spot in the mall became... a Sbarro! Full circle.

@jg_in_hd 2 года назад

The one in our local mall closed and became a Chinese restaurant that also closed

@anti-ethniccleansing465 2 года назад

@Cold World Who buys clothes online though? Pass on that!

@jerrywoods4066 2 года назад

@Cold World strange but true

@heavenshound6775 2 года назад

@Christine not exactly, higher end malls still rake in tons of cash, you are exaggerating it.

@dl30wpb 2 года назад

Sbarro is inevitable lol

@veronicainkorea 4 года назад

When I worked at a clothing store in the mall during college, Sbarro was a haven. We had a mall employee discount, stamp cards and really friendly employees who remembered what you liked. I honestly didn't think the pizza was bad, and the sides were pretty darn good too, especially their potatoes with ranch dip...One time my friends and I went to the movie theater at the mall for a back-to-back viewing of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy extended version + director commentary, a 12 or so hour endeavor. When we had an intermission we went to the food court to get something real to eat besides popcorn, and everything was closing down for the night. The Sbarro employees gave us their leftover pizza for free and we were so grateful. I might be biased since I was a fellow mall worker at the time, or just lucky, but I always had good experiences with Sbarro.

@samueljaworski5737 4 года назад

I remember getting a calzone there in 2001.

@adonirammccarthy3994 4 года назад

Yup, I worked in a mall for a couple years, Sbarro's was always in the lunchbreak rotation. I never ate pizza though, always calzones.

@deeprose4 4 года назад

itsveronicaguys I worked in the mall in the late 80’s, I always went to Sbarro, I never thought their food was bad, especially the calzones.

@GplusGains 4 года назад

Thank you for your insight. That was rather an enjoyable read.

@craigmcpherson1455 4 года назад

I'd you worked at the mall, you probably had a scheduled lunch break. That meant the privilege of eating their food freshly made. It's also hard to beat free pizza, even if it's so-so. I'll bet Carmela timed her pizzas perfectly with the workers in Brooklyn taking their lunch breaks.

@RossCampoli 4 года назад

So sad to see the decline of Michael Scott’s favorite New York pizza.

@zooyo 4 года назад

And I’m gonna get me a New York slice!

@albear972 4 года назад

Nobody ever said that Dunder Mifflin's Michael ever had taste.

@enriqueolaez6930 4 года назад

😆

@Robert0Pirie 4 года назад

I'm honestly surprised to learn that it's actually a New York pizza place... that Michael was actually right in thinking it was one.

@georgesouza1772 4 года назад

Hahhah

@TheTabe Год назад

I love Sbarro. Just had some! I think that it tastes better than a lot of the big chains like Pizza Hut, Dominos, and especially Papa Johns. As was said, everyone has their own tastes.

@collin4215 4 года назад

It’s been six years since my local Sbarro closed down at my mall, so it’s hard for me to remember the taste. But to be honest, I think Sbarro is screwed. With pizza chains like MOD and Blaze, they can’t compete with taste. I think in order to survive they will need to make the pizzas fresh, like their competitors. The modern consumer is willing to wait a little longer for good tasting pizza. But to do this they will need to drop their entire business model. The company is outdated and I can’t see a turnaround being enough to save them.

@CameronEly 4 года назад

Blaze Pizza is wonderful. Their blood orange lemonade is great!

@twinkiebandit0933 4 года назад

They opened a MOD next to the local mall. Honestly I don't see the Sbarro in that mall lasting much longer.

@BoricuaBoy88 4 года назад

I don't think the convenience business model is outdated. Look at Little Caesar's. It's been working fine for them. I think marketing is the answer for Sbarro. Besides the obvious being improving quality control, they need to put their brand out there and fight to attract people. Relying on dated word of mouth in the wake of increased competition isn't helping anymore. Also, take a middle approach between malls/airports and standalone restaurants: Open up in prominent outlet and strip malls. They tend to generate more traffic these days than traditional shopping malls. Airports are fine for them, but have a glass ceiling since people only go there for one purpose. They need more exposure.

@bigdeej3831 4 года назад

I think all chain pizza sucks! Get a local shop that actually knows pizza or go to dominos!

@thedudeishere13 4 года назад

I like your name, mate

@Guildmarm 4 года назад

the pizza is mediocre but sometimes when you find yourself at a mall it almost feels like tradition to get a slice or two. It may not be great but it's nostalgic at the very least.

@robknob8437 4 года назад

A captive audience is all they have going. They should start getting prison contracts.

@ryanbarker5217 4 года назад

for a pizza that smelled so good and looked gorgeous, it sure did taste like a tombstone. an actual tombstone, not the pizza brand.

@alf8916 4 года назад

Lmao

@brian4019 4 года назад

Should have cooked the pizzas or slices fresh, but I suppose it would have been too slow for food court service.

@Sm-ig4rn 4 года назад

actually it tastes delicious.

@Juniorinhawaii 4 года назад

Best calzones

@juicyfruit133 4 года назад

ryan barker lol

@kg322 10 месяцев назад

There was a sbarro at a restaurant stop on I90 in Western New York, which was always really good. Conversly, when I would go to NYC, the pizza there tasted old, and they never really warmed it up.

@GeorgeLiquor 4 года назад

When your business model is married to shopping malls, you can't expect to survive when malls are closing every day

@SheldonAdama17 3 года назад

The only reason I know Sbarro is because Michael Scott always goes there when he’s in NYC for his “New York slice”

@gooblegobble78 3 года назад

🤣🤣

@derealized797 3 года назад

I was actually going to comment on this. Every time I see Sbarro that's what comes to mind. His favorite NY pizza place.

@fieldrook1613 3 года назад

Same, I didn’t even understand the joke at first

@bgreene110 3 года назад

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@prtdiva 3 года назад

Lmaooooo 😂

@dumpydumpy7514 4 года назад

Sbarro’s: “Our sauce is so weird you’d swear it’s tomato soup” Not the greatest slogan, but honest.

@EliteGeeks 4 года назад

I have had no-name stale ketchup that was better

@stevenjonas1 Месяц назад

Sbarro's was such a a treat as a kid. Whenever we went to the mall, we never really ate because food was so expensive. A couple of times my mom treated my brother and I to Sbarro's! Always will have a special place in my memories:)

@artmonkey24 3 года назад

Like many others, Sbarro is a nostalgic childhood memory for me.

@aocplusme5676 3 года назад

What others?

@NathanRios2000 3 года назад

Same here

@starvinmarvinoff6045 3 года назад

Facts

@chico7469 3 года назад

Yes indeed... Evergreen plaza, River oaks mall, Lincoln mall, very nostalgic.

@prtdiva 3 года назад

Same! I loved getting sbarros at the mall. I thought it was good. But, it could’ve just been good for my 10 year old taste buds. Who knows? 🤷🏾‍♀️

@johndelong7795 4 года назад

Classic Michael Scott: goes to NYC, sees a Sbarro, says "time to get an authentic New York slice".

@robloxvids2233 4 года назад

Funny comment but technically it is. If you watch the video you'll learn the Sbarro family came from Italy to Brooklyn in the '50s and started making pizza. Just because they went national doesn't mean it's not authentic to NYC.

@keyboard_slap 4 года назад

inB4 Sbarro files for bankruptcy again. Most of their locations, malls and airports, are particularly hard-hit by COVID

@kathrynck 4 года назад

true that. there's a lot of restaurants i'm really concerned for surviving, sbarro's isn't one of them though. Sbarro's kinda makes most of the country think NYC pizza tastes bad hehe.

@usefulidiot7885 4 года назад

I wish I had access to good ny style pizza I love sbarro just for the fact I can’t get good pizza anywhere

@Simpleton_X 4 года назад

*by extreme responses to covid

@Bluebelle51 4 года назад

just the airports, malls were already going away

@airborneace Год назад

A trip to the mall wasnt complete without a slice from Sbarro growing up

@miniuniverse5070 4 года назад

The things with malls is that sometimes they get lucky. My mall was probably saved by getting the Cheescake factory in the mall. Safe to say that mall is not closing for another 5 years.

@Pwn3dbyth3n00b 4 года назад

Anchors like that cannot save a mall. Something like cheesecake factory only attracts folks to the cheesecake factory unless its slapped in the middle of the mall. Most of the time it's on the outskirts or a separate building near the mall.

@johnmcglasson5444 4 года назад

Birmingham?

@matthewdrayton1767 4 года назад

Luckily, my mall is one of the largest in the US.

@madamii 4 года назад

The Christiana mall in Delaware is doing great from what I've seen when I went there. There's a mall closer by where I live, but it's not doing so well, probably because they are going to the bigger Christiana mall.

@stvojay 4 года назад

The movie theater in my hometown mall is keeping it alive. It’s that and a Von Maur that’s about it

@Chuwie 4 года назад

"Sbarro is my favorite New York Pizza place" - Micheal Scott

@squadabingo7290 4 года назад

Who is Michael Scott?

@Chasstful 4 года назад

@@squadabingo7290 hahaha

@Chasstful 4 года назад

Even with that high profile advertisement, its going broke. F*ck Sbarro, it was always the most expensive choice at the food court, and it was never worth it.

@squadabingo7290 4 года назад

Real talk. I was being serious @Charles black

@Chasstful 4 года назад

@@squadabingo7290 Star of The Office. Hit TV show

@dwayne601 Год назад

They would need to partner with businesses like Walmart and Target to get their traffic. Also, partake in every fair and theme park they can get into. Airports would be a good way, too.

@diogowerneck5936 11 месяцев назад

bro u should pitch them that idea

@trekkiejunk Год назад

When people say, "No one likes Sbarro's pizza," you have to remember who is saying this. If it's Millennials, it's because they have only eaten there in the last 10, 15, or even 20 years. Growing up in the 80's in Chicago, i was used to GREAT pizza. And when i went to the mall, i always went to the Sbarro, because it was as good as NY pizza, or any Chicago thin crust.

@ZED20DAY 8 месяцев назад

I’ve been guilty of throwing mud at this place but after I watching this video and seeing how much effort the original owner did their best to no compromise by franchising I now believe you and wish I had tried it in its heyday.

@Dukelikestonukeonbubes 8 месяцев назад

Okay Boomer

@jamalydude 7 месяцев назад

@@ZED20DAYhey don’t feel too bad the video says the Sbarro family sold it at the perfect time

@seeharvester 6 месяцев назад

@@Dukelikestonukeonbubes Okay stoner.

@user-yk5by3uc2b 4 года назад

The first Sbarros is now an Asian restaurant. I remember walking in there for lunch and carmela sabarro would hand you delicious prosuto balls to try.

@Raminator243 4 года назад

D D F in chat for Sbarros

@RevBrotherJackMusick 4 года назад

@jamesgretsch4894 4 года назад

Now they serve Peking Pizza.

@dubya724 4 года назад

You lucky so ‘n so😩

@jackflash5659 4 года назад

The Sbarro sons stopped caring about quality food when their father died. That's a fact. When they sold business to corporation the food went from bad to worse. I guess the new owners should've went to a Sbarro mall location and tried the pizza before buying biz.

@JHockeyFan 4 года назад

jack flash Just like empires of centuries past. The father dies, the son takes over and the empire starts to decline and eventually falls.

@Orzel600 4 года назад

Jonathan Z dude just compared a pizza company to Rome

@JustaguyPAUL 4 года назад

Orzel600 they both are Italian so I guess I works haha

@joshcohen4571 4 года назад

I grew up with one of the son’s kids (so Gennaro‘s grandchildren). The mom was actually pretty nice, but the rest of the family members were some of the most entitled people I have ever met. The youngest kid was particularly awful, even into our late teens/early 20’s. It’s been about 5 years since I’ve seen him though. I hope he’s grown out of it.

@APin23 4 года назад

Wilhelm II in a nutshell

@mattgraham9515 Год назад

This was such an interesting video. Thanks for making it. I always wondered what happened to this chain, which I first saw on one of my first visits to America in 1995, in NYC. Now I live here, and I barely see a Sbarro anywhere. I always wondered what happened to them...

@briansundayatc 4 года назад

“I’m gonna get me a New York slice!” -Michael Scott

@virginiansupremacy 4 года назад

25th

@Agtsmirnoff 4 года назад

“At my favorite New York pizza joint”

@undisclosedevr644 4 года назад

Sbarro always reminds me of Michael Scott after that episode!

@k.chriscaldwell4141 4 года назад

A perfectly executed sight-joke. Scott makes that statement as the the camera pans right to capture him jogging over to a Sbarro's storefront. Hilarious.

@superquinntendo89 4 года назад

There it is.

@paulw176 4 года назад

Greed killed em. I walked past them for years - too expensive.

@auc9691 4 года назад

almost the same story with Subway but they re alive

@vaderladyl 4 года назад

Yes more expensive than at a small pizza parlor outside the mall.

@frightenedsoul 4 года назад

That doesn’t necessarily amount to greed. They certainly didn’t make much as far as profits, but restaurants don’t ever make that much money.

@mylow5833 4 года назад

@@frightenedsoul Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. The video mentioned they had a high debt/equity ratio; they were probably trying to compensate

@SVW1976 4 года назад

They capitalized on hungry shoppers in malls that will obviously eat anything.

@louisvillejesters7841 4 года назад

As a teen, I ate their pizza a lot. Why? I hangout at malls. Probably haven't ate at a Sbarro in 8-10 years.

@scowlistic Год назад

I made the pizza at a Sbarro's for a few months back in '99. It was excellent, craftsmanship is the key.

@jpaxonreyes 4 года назад

"It wasn't extremely gross." -Reviewbrah

@billreed3785 4 года назад

TheReportOfTheWeek kid, if you didnt know

@jpaxonreyes 4 года назад

@@billreed3785 - oh, I know. I'm one of his Patreon patrons.

@maryandreana1753 4 года назад

Two things: first when my husband and I first got married back in 1985, we lived right by where Sbarro's originated in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. On 65th Street and 17th Avenue. We would come home off the N train and walking home would pass by. And occasionally stop by. I remember Genaro , who was a big, sturdy man, would offer us tastes of different things. I can still remember his voice telling us to "Taste-a-please" . He was such a sweet man.Second thing, one of the news headlines byline captured my attention. Jonathan Stempel, which piqued my curiosity, since I worked years ago with a Jon Stempel in brokerage. Did a search and found out that he and two other brokers I had worked with are doing extremely well and are all within the same firm. So that was just a trip down memory lane.

@VinceLyle2161 4 года назад

That's a great story.

@nut6315 4 года назад

I love this

@420f37 4 года назад

pretty awesome

@robertace821 4 года назад

You took my time and my life from that 😴 fest

@bitchface235 4 года назад

wow that is so mundane it makes the color grey look exciting

@aje-olokunsChile 4 года назад

I feel like taste often is compared to price... At least to me Sbarros was "terrible" because it was $5. But it would taste pretty damn good if it was $1. But this is coming from someone who would see a shirt in the store and be like "i love this shirt omg how much is it??" Then look at the price and say "Ewww not for THAT price" 😂

@frankpeck1448 4 года назад

Classic example, why there's this thing called 'Double Blind Study'!

@bratzboyz 4 года назад

You know...mmm, yeah, I think you're right. When I envisioned Sbarros pizza slices for a dollar each, just a few seconds ago, I felt thrilled and suddenly felt a "craving" for Sbarros. I'm pretty sure it was the price that made that place awful.

@mikeg3439 4 года назад

I grew up kind of poor, struggled over a long time and eventually after half a century I found some success. But I still look at one T-shirt for 14.99 and think "I can't spend that much on a T-shirt" then get totally excited when I find one for $8. It will probably never change.

@jackhammer2193 3 года назад

Your logic is damn right tho just like I have no right to complain about something that is damn near free

@VaporeonEnjoyer1 3 года назад

Little Caesar's pizza sucks, but it's like the same price as Sbarro and you actually get a whole pizza, not a slice. And you just walk in, get it, and leave unless they happen to run out of what you wanted.

@anthrojim Год назад

I don't know anyone sitting at home that has said, "Hey, let's go to Sbarro and get some pizza". They'll always be 'last resort' food option and will only survive in airports and malls. If they already haven't done so, they should start opening restaurants on college campuses too.

@iPrimitive Год назад

The other year I didn't have a car yet and so I straight up walked 15 minutes to the bus stop that goes to the mall and rode around 45 - 60 minutes. (If I remember the time frame correctly.) Just for their pizza🤣. And every single time I'm there at the mall I HAVE to get it.

@Blakelikesfood 4 года назад

"What happened?" Lunch costing $18 happened.

@bratzboyz 4 года назад

yep

@locke103 4 года назад

*laughs in new york* sorry, i couldnt resist. but yeah, i absolutely hate trying to buy lunch within most places around here.

@sujimtangerines 4 года назад

My BF at the time worked there and the only way we could afford to eat there was at the end of the night when they let the closers take home whatever was left.

@tanabza9094 3 года назад

OMG lmao so true. Whenever I would be in the city, this place never failed. Getting their lemon spaghetti

@Chadius 3 года назад

@@locke103 You could get better NY Pizza for around $7 from local chains in NYC. Why would you waste time and money at Sbarro's?

@MH-br3th 3 года назад

The family was smart to sell out when they did. This brand is forever anchored to mostly malls, and they can't compete in the regular market against the other chains. The malls in America are in a rapid decline and this particular franchise will die with them.

@gigi-gc8gu 2 года назад

That was depressing

@gibberconfirm425 2 года назад

@Sixgun Symphony It's amazing how "Sbarro as mall pizza" co-exists with stereotype of NY pizza being superior. All pizza in NY is kind of like Sbarro. I eat it! I ate it a lot when I lived there! I'm not against it! But the real question is how Chicago thin crust would compete (not the dumb deepdish argument,) thin crust in Chicago is better than New York, and the chains here like D'agostino's seem to like their high prices, instead of trying to destroy Domino's. Although I'd consider ordering Sbarro, if one was by me, too, so it just exposes how fickle pizza opinions can be.

@Forcasify 2 года назад

@@gibberconfirm425 ny pizza trash and so are you

@FIXTREME 4 года назад

Fun fact: Sbarro is the largest, most popular, and fastest growing American pizza chain in Bolivia

@troygrant5418 4 года назад

Right on

@vipset87 4 года назад

where they now have a total of 5 stores

@teamtinyturtle9103 4 года назад

What bugs me is that it's pronounced as _'Sabarro'_ even though there's no _'a'_ between the _'S'_ and _'b.'_

@fuzzywzhe 4 года назад

I'm absolutely certain they aren't using the same ingredients and recipes they were using in the United States. It's not what they served that was revolting, it was the recipe that made whatever they served revolting.

@SquidProQuo80 4 года назад

Which isn't saying much...

@icdeadpipol Год назад

In the Philippines, Sbarro was a place of luxury and always found 1 branch per major shopping mall. Pretty hefty serving of Pizza but I usually had to settle for a Baked Zitti as it was less expensive. Unfortunately noticed around 2018, most branches started closing one-by-one and one branch at a nearby mall (Robinson's Galleria) which reopened in 2019 has now shutdown as of 2022. Still have fond memories of family and friends eating at their branches in SM North EDSA & SM Megamall.

@cwcsquared Год назад

I first encountered Sbarro at MOA.

@paleoph6168 11 месяцев назад

@@cwcsquaredmy first encounter was the branch at _Market! Market!_ which is still there up to this day (as of October 2023). If there's anything I miss from it, it's the Fish Francese because sometimes I used to have it ordered with the Baked Ziti when I was kid. It may not be as good as I remembered, but I still wish to try it just one more time to relive those good memories.

@Mujahideen_khinzir 11 месяцев назад

I was in the Philippines for vacation i think i saw it in greenbelt makati. If im not mistaken

@warrenjehosephat231 4 года назад

In the early 90's, Sbarro's was friggin delicious. Of course, in the early 90's I was like 10, so...

@ralo390 4 года назад

Literally my thoughts exactly as a kid it was like a white table cloth restaurant 😂🤣😂

@dlw1221 4 года назад

Yep in the 90s EVERYBODY would go to the mall just for their pizza

@truedepth6315 4 года назад

Yep. Sbarro had the best large pizza slice around. I loved going to the mall and getting it. Now it tastes like crap, they are greedy and way overpriced.

@michaeldesilets7853 4 года назад

In the early 90s I was also 10 and also liked sbarro

@WhoCares3001 4 года назад

I feel like the only person who's never had their pizza. Always opted for their ziti or lasagna as a kid. Anyway it was good back then!

@kriswempa5171 2 года назад

I grew up in NJ and only saw Sbarro in malls. I ate there only a few times. It wasn't bad, but definitely nothing special. There is NO WAY it could compete to the many great local pizza shops that are scattered throughout the state. Being tied to shopping malls just made their situation worse. It's easy to understand their downfall.

@rebeccawhite5128 2 года назад

I moved from NY?NJ to the south. When our mall first got a Sbarro's it was the first Northeastern Pizza I'd had in years and I was just dying to get there as much as I could. Then the quality just declined.

@gregkeller80 2 года назад

The one that was in Woodbridge center was great back in 1980…😂

@twindrill2852 2 года назад

Funny, there was a Sbarro in my local NJ mall too. It’s closed down now.

@Fromagreatheight 2 года назад

Why put a quick NY pizza joint in NY? Thats like putting a non Chicago deep dish franchise that's a poor imitation of Chicago deep dish, in Chicago itself

@vincenzovieri3743 2 года назад

true but not every place is new york new jersey boston. most of the u.s. doesn't have good pizza shops. that's why so many franchises exist. but i agree with anyone thinking opening one of these franchises in a city or state that's known for good pizza, that they're out of their mind if they proceed.

@Asher_Caulfield 4 года назад

You know when people say, "It's not half bad." Well, it's exactly that. Half bad.

@robc4191 3 года назад

And the other half is then... Not that bad?

@EQOAnostalgia Год назад

I remember them in the 80's and 90's at the local mall. The one employee who stood out was just known as "Pizza pants man" simply due to the fact that he was never found on shift without his signature Pizza pants lol. The staff was always friendly a lively. Everyone remembers Sbarro, their marketing in malls was genius at the time.

@PWiz30 Год назад

I loved Sbarro pizza when I was a kid. Kids aren't very picky about the quality of their pizza.

@taylorfrench6722 Год назад

That's why frozen pizza is so successful among kids and so many adults. It's for people who want convenience just like Sbarro and I say this as someone who eats them every once in a while.

@PWiz30 Год назад

@@taylorfrench6722 Yeah, pizza is a food where even if you've had some of the best examples of it, you can still appreciate a basic, convenient version in the right situation.

@LifePlayDream Год назад

As a kid I always thought this was shit pizza, I never understood the lust for this garbage.

@jakekrugman4466 Год назад

Yeah I would eat uncooked hot dogs

@skdjirrrdjdm3926 Год назад

@@LifePlayDream age 12-13 is when I started figuring out it was shit.

@JTStrikesBack 4 года назад

This is literally the first time I was aware that most people don't like Sbarro's pizza. Genuinely, this is news to me.

@SafetyRey 4 года назад

Right, I love it.

@draxxus 4 года назад

Dude is on crack, everyone loves Sbarro. I’ve been wanting sbarros for years but I can’t find it where I am

@DV-ou1yu 4 года назад

Right. I love this pizza,, my girl doesnt care for it though lol

@DV-ou1yu 4 года назад

@FiniteAutomaton ugh, what menu you order from lmao

@TravelWithCesarin 4 года назад

@@draxxus must be good where you live, but everywhere I have been, its shit.. its a pizza that has been reheated many times and is super greasy.

@BrasspineappleProductions 4 года назад

" Charging $7.49 for a slice and $3.00 for a Coke..."

@bratzboyz 4 года назад

Exactly, when I saw the receipt from someone who invited me a bite there, I nearly hit the floor! That was the one and only time I ate there, thank GAWED someone else picked up the tab that day.

@stilltmg 4 года назад

That was for a 20 ounce coke, right?

@BrasspineappleProductions 4 года назад

@@stilltmg Not sure how many ounces. Just a big cup that says Sbarro's on it with mountains of icecubes in it.

@stilltmg 4 года назад

@@BrasspineappleProductions In any case, that's a rip. This shit is exactly why I only get pizza from independently-owned restaurants.

@bryancouillard2016 4 года назад

Moral of the story: Never EVER buy soda from a pizza place. Even if there's a bundle that has a soda in it, it's always a bad deal. Drinks are one of the main ways restaurants make money off you.

@Midnight240z 18 дней назад

Dude Sbarro was one of my childhood foods. Crazy part was that it actually tasted good, specifically their pasta and the white sauce deep dish pizza. Sure it’s a bit heavy on the stomach but shit rocks. Pretty sure it’s been open for like 16 years too lmao

@shammydammy2610 4 года назад

Lol...as a teenager in the late 80's, our view was the smell of sbarro reminds you to go eat...somewhere else.

@Spiderpunkrocks 4 года назад

"Hmmm the smell of over priced food" that's how it went for me.

@shammydammy2610 4 года назад

@D Di P Nooooo? (I did not reference prosciutto anywhere.)

@princessmarlena1359 4 года назад

As little kids in the late 80’s, even my twin brother and I knew not to eat Sbarro. The rancid grease could be smelled from across the food court at the mall.

@juicyfruit133 4 года назад

shammy dammy lol

@brennanr.697 4 года назад

I loved their pizza. I just remember them being too expensive.

@Chasstful 4 года назад

Yep, it was always way over priced and not really good enough to justify the price

@greedpower565 3 года назад

Yup

@freddyandfoxy7526 3 года назад

Yeah they 6 dollars for a slice.

@Nightowl333 3 года назад

100% I agree I always LOVED their pizza, but always remember looking at the menu, even as a kid like shit lol this is kind of expensive. I don’t ever remember having a slice I didn’t enjoy, I miss the smell and that grease.

@adrianr4095 3 года назад

Yeah the pizza was legit. But the slice was a couple dollars overpriced. Especially when compared to their competitors in the same food court.

@flashinthepan3273 4 года назад

I worked in a mall Sbarro's in Galesburg, Illinois, years ago. They still owe me like 60 bucks!

@HayTatsuko 4 года назад

what would that $60 be in non-years-ago dollars?

@flashinthepan3273 4 года назад

@@HayTatsuko lol mid 90's dollas!

@fee8255 4 года назад

Flash Inthepan Fuckin Sbarros’👊👊👊👊👊👊👊!

@branevans3705 10 месяцев назад

My daughter and I use to love the Sbarros in the Aventura Mall. At one time, their food was excellent.

@MrZZpokepokeaminue 4 года назад

I always loved sbarro and cried when it closed in our nearest mall. I can’t believe so many people dislike it

@collinhoeferlin43 4 года назад

it's not that people really "dislike" it, it's just that most of us have eaten pizza that doesn't peak at "mediocre." when banking on success in a mall foodcourt is your M.O. in 2020, you better have some killer pizza. sbarro doesn't. they peaked like 25 years ago and if anything, it's impressive they're still solvent in some place.

@candysell 4 года назад

I know right? Their strombolli's and stuffed pizzas are amazing

@WintrBorn 4 года назад

My local franchise was really good - it doesn't hold a candle to a good small NY Style place, sure, but only in the past 5 years has a small shop opened near me in NC. I hate the thick crust at the large chains - it's like they want to be a Chicago style on the cheap.

@ImShep117 4 года назад

Sbarro - $5 for 1 slice of mediocre pizza they reheat in the oven Pieology, Mod Pizza, and other 'mini pizza' places - Get a fresh personal pizza, with all the toppings you want, for about $8 Which sounds better....

@overnightclassic2 4 года назад

They even have those in malls now so it's even worse for sbarro

@judiber2088 4 года назад

you nailed it PRICE.....we could not any longer afford to feed a family of 4 any more. several BIG pizza companies are better and cheaper

@realityblooms 4 года назад

The largest Sabarro at 1,000 Sq. Feet can fit in your garage at home. Me: *crys in New Yorker*

@thearea51raidwasboring 4 года назад

His idea, ruined by the realities of high rent!

@AlbinoAxolotl 4 года назад

Lol! I just said something similar about Southern California before I saw your comment! Definitely not as bad as New York but I’d be thrilled if I could buy a house that was 1000 square feet!

@averya7443 4 года назад

Crying because my apartment is barely 1000sq feet

@Stubbs___ Год назад

Bro, reading the name of sbarro hit me with a wave of nostalgia of going to the mall and eating other food in their dining area

@jaxes88 4 года назад

Maybe it's nostalgia for my 1990's upbringing, but I have fond memories of it as a kid. Probably haven't eaten it in 15+ years though. I rather liked the old logo.