15 Big Restaurant Chains That Are Falling Apart In 2023

[@mi-da2920]

When a Big Mac meal costs me $13, it made that much more sense to stop eating fast food. Now I'm healthier and saved lots of money. Worked out well in the end.

[@ericb5194]

It costs 8.99 - not 13.00

[@jagdtiger9287]

@@ericb5194 A hamburger and fries with a shake years ago was just 35¢\45¢.

[@wokewokerman5280]

.... I guess that's what Joe Biden had in mind, let's inflate everything but Americans

[@KumiChan2004]

Walmart has the big mac sauce on sale for less than that.

[@cootmaster]

mi i can go to my family restaurant for 8-13. you get soup salad the meal and drink for same as mc dreck

[@franjenkins5091]

I believe that during COVID, when everyone was in lockdown, people figured out they could cook far more delicious, nutritious, and cheaper dinners. We do still enjoy going out to eat periodically, but nothing like we use to do.

[@JoseFlores-xh5cj]

I don't think Americans care about nutrition, but yes on the part of people learning how to cook.

[@m.e.summer5541]

People have forgotten what food is ..these are chemicals ..not food. Actually don't care about their health when you get right down to it

[@richardlee9825]

yup so true .

[@shaunbrowne3963]

We've avoided cheap chain restaurants for decages. We feel for the franchise owners, suppliers, and the cooks, serving staff, and other employees. They are loosing, big time!

[@fartuleyjones05]

The problem for these restaurants is the huge pay increases they were forced to weather for entry level jobs. Most of the cost was passed on in prices but the customers didnt want to pay double. Who could have seen all these closures? Well I mean besides conservatives who said this would happen. So the restaurants put more work on less employees and EVERYTHING has suffered. This is why we have to eliminate demoncrats from the equation.

[@Tbird761]

The issue seems to be that nobody can afford food prepared by other people anymore.

[@TheeclassicOne]

They're barely hanging on by their "skin of their teeth" w/stock money. But not for long.

[@kinkle_Z]

Yes we can. We just can't afford for half the price of the food going to feed FAT CATS on Wall St. Time to get our LOCAL eateries back like it used to be in the good old days before Ray Kroc had that silly idea!!

[@DeKrampus]

@@TheeclassicOne True that. I've been supporting elderly family with dividends for awhile. I've done my best to put money in gold/silver/food /seeds. When markets go to shit, it's going to get REALLY interesting!

[@DGER81]

Good riddance I say. Fast food is a scam.

[@jagdtiger9287]

Too expensive.

[@kaunas88]

Family run restaurants are providing a lot of competition to the big chain, because they tend to have better food than the chains which tend to focus on cutting costs, reducing quality of food and trying to hide it.

[@Spiritueli]

not necessary true. many have hygiene issues, also they are cutting costs and hiding it, as many are not really family oriented, but more like greedy little corporations alike, calling themselves family bussiness. nothign beats a home made foods for me ...

[@LKelly-ep8ce]

It's vulnerable because of the high price tag per meal. I used to go out to eat a lot due to work schedule, then I realized, even if I can cook dinner at home, it's way more cheaper and delicious! Thanks to the internet, we are able to find any recipe you want to cook, and believe me when I say, my cooking improved so much that I'm impressing my entire family. Finally, I've been saving so much money as I buy the products I need for the day and I never throw away any excess purchased food in the fridge.

[@ashleybosvik3031]

Restaurants are so high I don't go anymore

[@TheeclassicOne]

Yes, and very high on poisonous ingredients☠️

[@josepherhardt164]

Yeah. Wife & I just went to a BBQ place yesterday. While the food was good and plentiful, $38 bucks later I'm not feelin' the love. (Central Va.)

[@tarzz25qwe]

People simply cannot afford to go out to eat after all their bills have been paid, there's nothing left in the budget for frivolous spending.

[@_Rockill_]

💯

[@speedracer1945]

Agree , my nursing home food is terrible, mystery meat , bad cooking not even cooked enough. I must eat out every other day and its $$$ but its carryout or die staving.

[@micheal2489]

The nation is falling like Babylon and Rome Because of the corruption within

[@digitalwitness77]

Rapture of the church is coming soon.

[@afisemenaborevlaka48]

Yeah ... that didn't last long.

[@steveroberts2533]

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[@eradicator187]

Elections have consequences. Four more years of Biden should do it for America.

[@nazarenobailey6980]

It sucks when history repeats itself eh..

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[@Facebodyfx]

The Cheesecake Factory's menu is so massive and extensive that I have never finished reading it in it's entirety. Im my experience for restaurants the smaller the menu the better the food.

[@pegcity4eva]

Yeah its hilarious

[@JimmyTheGreek2000]

"The smaller the menu the better the food !" very true !

[@josepherhardt164]

You are not the only person who has come to this conclusion, viz.: After a certain point, the greater the menu size, the lesser the quality. Note: This may not apply to Mexican restaurants, as they just mix and match the same 20 items however the menu presents them.

[@lauralarrabee7870]

It’s all frozen and reheated from bags. My husband worked in restaurants and they have very little time to put ingredients together and a huge menu. One time we went during a lunch hour and we got a cold meal probably because the JR chef was working instead of the more experienced chef.

[@josepherhardt164]

@@lauralarrabee7870 Steve Lehto, of the Lehto's Law channel on YT, has a video on "Fun with restaurants," wherein he details the Adventure of the Frozen Lasagna from a restaurant where everything is made fresh every day: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpPbeIFrjpprhMk

[@bryancarlson3673]

I stopped eating at restaurants years ago when I noticed that I no longer get sick by avoiding them!

[@user-ry1vi1jc7o]

I recently had no place to cook and for about one year I was having to either eat in restaurants or take premade food home from the grocery store. I became very sick and actually found my torso, face, and eyes turning yellow. I went on a juice fast and then only ate high-quality foods and got better, but each time I went back to eating restaurant foods, the jaundice returned. I think it was primarily the industrial oils that is now used in everything. The stuff is pure poison, and I believe it's one of the reasons why so many Americans have been getting progressively sicker over the years, as it is not only in restaurant foods.

[@judyseals1497]

No longer getting sick and I pack on the pounds eating out. 🥴

[@josepherhardt164]

I avoid buffet restaurants like the plague. And for the same reason.

[@j.wright8157]

When the prices go up, but the choices and quality go down, yep...they'll crash.😁

[@lorincapson7720]

Hard to eat out when the cost is triple or more from just 5 years ago

[@ColonelHoganStalag13]

There are few places I will eat out at anymore. Between the prices and the dismal quality/quantity of food, it's just not worth it. Thankfully I am a good cook and have no problems stretching a dollar. I realize people need jobs, but the vast majority of the people working there are barely surviving in good times.

[@stevelopez372]

@@ColonelHoganStalag13 Yes. My wife and I can afford to eat out anytime we choose. Fast food is out except on the run. We make our own meals. Wife is a great cook. During the the Pandemic we did not eat out for 10 months, I won’t eat a steak dinner under a tent unless it’s at my own backyard. I saved so much money it was nuts. We have since made adjustments. I noticed the meals at our favorite restaurants have shrunk in serving size and quality. Now I have gotten more Crabby when a meal comes out lousy. I don’t mind paying but it should be enjoyable. I think people can afford to eat out, just not as often. Some people live on fast food.

[@speedracer1945]

You get a delivery charge and then a tip its cost as much as the food !

[@pocho689]

And my wages have not kept up with the cost of living. No where near!!!

[@Gary-c1t]

So sad. I'm 66 years-old and can remember when eating out was affordable. Even fast food chains have become prohibitively expensive.

[@luongo7886]

Thank you Demon-Rats for increasing the cost of living for everyone. The more power these idiots have, the more damage they will cause. VOTE THEM ALL OUT! ONLY VOTE FOR REPUBLICANS!

[@jessejames586]

Yeah, same here. I can't believe how expensive casual dining has become seemingly just in the past couple years. Fast food prices have become what restaurants used to charge not long ago. It's tough for kids to afford going out on a limited income

[@judyseals1497]

And buying groceries to cook at home is getting out of hand.

[@annep.1905]

The pay raise to $15 per hour for workers has something to do with costs. The other half is bloated, gluttonous, Governments, inflating our money by spending more than they have while making manufacturing and food production nearly impossible. Americans need to return to God.

[@mikemcdermott1026]

@@judyseals1497 17 dollars a pound for steak

[@bayanon7532]

Before Covid, I traveled a lot for business. For 15-20 years chain restaurants were popping up everywhere and it became harder and harder to get a table at dinner time without a 45 minute wait. I often wondered how a family with three kids could afford to go out like that. It would cost nearly a couple of hundred dollars for the family. Well, it turned out they couldn't really afford it and when things began to slow, they started to eat at home. These companies just over expanded during a short-term upturn in the economy.

[@josesamala1801]

US ECONOMY is the foundation of a strong US Military. Today,China is waiting for US economy to fail. Then Chinese Communist Govt will attack US allies in Asia,Europe, and then the USA itself.

[@MarkRVillano]

All of these chains could disappear tomorrow, and we would be none the worse for their departure. Every one of these corporate behemoths that goes belly up, opens the door for the reestablishment of the hundreds of Mom & Pop restaurants they have driven out of business over the decades. Good riddance to bad junk food.

[@thesoundsmith]

But MEANWHILE, the corpses of the failures litter the side of our roads and cities. They should be required to clean up their act on the way out.

[@paul-young]

Only the upper middle class will eat at those places. Average and poor will not and can not.

[@johnnypham2850]

@@thesoundsmith Agreed

[@american1476]

@@thesoundsmith no every singgle one that has closed in this area has been replaced by another restaurant the IHOP is mexican now and the wendy's became an AJ's seafood there was some other chain hars to tell what it was it became a great indian restaurant and very affordable so is the AJ's seafood

[@snoproblem]

Amen

[@markmiller5606]

I worked for Pizza Hut for about a month, last year. It was so mismanaged that I quit. Perhaps they need to hire decent managers at a decent wage. Having worked for 12 years at the Hut during and after College, they've gone way downhill.

[@tomloft2000]

If you can find them I'm sure they would be glad to take them.

[@speedracer1945]

Hey management does pay more but the hours were bad , this was Domino's pizza . I seen the managers steal from the till and even the drops then quit and no charges against them .

[@fartuleyjones05]

Management used to have better pay. Then demoncrats got their evil hands in pay scales and restaurants had to adjust to entry level jobs starting at 4 bucks an hour more. And management got 25 cent raises.

[@utlukka950]

Damn, 12 years? I probably wouldn't have been able to handle more than 2.

[@KumiChan2004]

Part of their issue is they have closed down a lot of their dine in restaurants. We still have some around. The other issue is one that many pizza places suffered from. They switched from freshly mixed dough in the restaurants daily, to frozen disks. Which a good number of big chain pizza places have done. But many have went back to the dough mix. Why? The disks were one of those things that many customers found tasted terrible. They are sticking to the frozen disks.

[@_Rockill_]

Wages have remained stagnant for the last 40 years. People didn’t realize what was happening because it happened so slowly over the decades but the middle class buying power has declined so much people can’t afford housing unless they are wealthy or live in a multi income household. People can barely afford the necessities and the governments required cost to exist let alone discretionary spending. When I was young we had to travel 25 minutes to the nearest McDonalds and it was a rare treat. These days most Americans including myself are so unhealthy with weight gain and corn syrup and cheap fillers and products the FDA should never have allowed if they cared about public health. If the US returns to some of its leaner days it could be good for the population in some ways.

[@utmosdemos3645]

Bullsh*t People have been warning about this for decades... It's not up to the FDA to take care of you health. It's YOUR health. Take some responsibility for your own destiny.

[@pegcity4eva]

I swear they wouldn't stop making me eat all that fried chicken and Coca Cola

[@stevescafidi6692]

To R. What are leaner days. Beans and bread? Something to look forward to.

[@TopFix]

To be honest, lessening your store numbers isn't always an indication of a business going bad or losing, it's sometimes more wise to scale it back to focus more on the ones that are available and viable.

[@mitchd949]

Exactly, keep the high margin winners and dump the low performing laggards. Pretty basic business thinking. Rapid expansion in some cases was hit with the double whammy of 1) higher labor costs due to liberal voters blowing up minimum wage and 2) higher cost of everything with fabulous Bidenflation also due to voter stupidity. Hardly surprising that people eat out less now that there's no more "dollar menu" or BOGO deals!? Small hamburger, small fries, and small drink at McD's is now nearly $7 with tax.

[@fartuleyjones05]

It's not the businesses going bad... it's the government went bad... I miss President Trump. FJB/LGB

[@haengeltheknight1212]

If they are closing down stores, that would mean sales have gone downhill. If sales are bad, the business is going to have a deficit.

[@carlosr192]

They just need to look outside of the box...the states capitals of developing countries see these big American restaurants as premium and they can pay almost as an American. I saw this happen in Brazil...can be a good step for them. The subway franchise has 1600 store locations in Brazil...just to make a point.

[@stevegiblin270]

Red lobster 🦞 is a joke! Best seafood restaurants are in NEW ENGLAND plain and simple!🦞🦞🦞☘️

[@stephaniegee227]

We never eat out now unless we are traveling. The food we cook at home is healthier.

[@blakebortles6098]

I like cat cooked with vegetables and ricee

[@billp4]

@@blakebortles6098 what type of cat meat do you prefer? I tried Manx once but there's no tail meat.

[@thesoundsmith]

You're no fun! 😉☹ (Probably a good mom, though...)

[@stephaniegee227]

@@thesoundsmith I do try.

[@stringlarson1247]

And tastes better.

[@axeldread2979]

1. Red Lobster 2. Hard Rock Cafe 3.Applebee’s 4. Sbarro 5. Hooters 6. The Cheesecake Factory 7. Buffalo Wild Wings 8. IHOP 9. Taco Bell 10. TGI Fridays 11. Subway 12. Boston Market 13. Benihana 14. Chipotle 15. Pizza Hut

[@giftoflife365]

Thank you 🏅

[@ViriatoIH]

Just what I came for

[@powell4661]

I only see 3 worth going to anyway. They all serve the same bs boneless chicken. Eat at local owned and good riddance to these chains.

[@middleburg11]

Stop making nasty FOODS and maybe someone would eat it !!!😂

[@vg4472]

Boston Market used to be one of my favorite places.

[@kinkle_Z]

It's great to see corporate chains that destroyed local restaurants over the last 70 years FINALLY going out of business! Maybe we can get some good home cooking back into our towns and cities!! Businesses where "Maximizing stockholder Profits" isn't the end all and be all!! Very exciting!!

[@adamsnelson4689]

But then yall will want the mom & pops to sell you food for the same price as fast food slop .. things don't work that way kiddo

[@darthbrooks4933]

Bruh, maximizing profits is the aim for ANY BUSINESS if you wanna keep it open….

[@melissasmess2773]

Unfortunately 60% of a local restaurant chain has closed it doors, similar to Applebees or Denny’s. Only thing left will be fast food and taco stands here. Restaurants are folding up everywhere! Cook your own meals and know what’s in it!

[@kinkle_Z]

@@adamsnelson4689 No I don't... You've got the wrong woman... Instead of cheap food killing its customers to make its stockholders wealthy, I would be happy to slap down some real change for actually HEALTHY DELICIOUS food, not poisoned with Monsanto's Glyphosate... with the MONEY staying local! Some people actually have IQs greater than 90 believe it or not!

[@kinkle_Z]

@@darthbrooks4933 Maximizing corporate profits at the price of poisoning your customer base? That's CRAZY! That will eventually cost a business its livelihood. Raise the price; buy top notch ingredients; pay the servers well; watch your business grow!!

[@franzvanjulio5523]

Restaurante are facing extreme competition from each other due to rising costs that have been looming over them for several years. When eating at McDonalds is almost just as expensive as eating at Applebees it spells bad news for every one of them. I think the solution will be to focus on more of a regional presence.

[@jagdtiger9287]

The thing to do is boycott and let these insolent corporations go out of business.

[@wokewokerman5280]

....it's not as much competition as what inflation has done.... this is recession stuff... thanks Joe Biden

[@bayanon7532]

McDonald's used to have a hamburger and a cheeseburger. They have been making bigger and bigger and more and more expensive burgers and have just priced themselves out of people wallets.

[@Bwahahahaha1]

@@wokewokerman5280 Explain how this is Joe Biden's fault. I want references too so I can look it up. Facebook posts are not references by the way.

[@Bwahahahaha1]

@@bayanon7532 unfortunately the Big Mac has not made the list for bigger and bigger. All it is is 2 tiny patties and gobs of mac sauce. And sometimes the cooks forget one of the patties. Probably couldn't see it. It's pathetic!

[@InfinitSky-hq8bp]

This list is very true. I ate at Subway in Seattle and paid close to $16 for a veggie footlong (more like 10”), small drink, and a bag of small chips. What a ripoff.

[@michaelreid8857]

Remember when that was under $5?

[@jefesalsero]

I paid over $17.00 for a sandwich and chips (no drink) at a Quiznos in a Phoenix, AZ. suburb a couple days ago. I usually bring my own lunch to work, but didn't that day - I paid the price! Will be awhile before I eat fast food again. Sticker shock!

[@michaelreid8857]

@@jefesalsero that’s crazy! I paid about $14 US for a meatball sub two days ago, in Ottawa. Thought that was expensive

[@Ziegfried82]

Subway went downhill 20 years ago. Jared's weight loss story, the $5 footlong brought them big success but when all was said and done it was vastly inferior to every single sandwich shop. They were the cheapest...that was it. Now that they are no longer the cheapest? Gonna go out of business.

[@mikemcdermott1026]

@Ziegfried82 I ate at burger King they had no napkins

[@slackthompson6984]

look , if you are old , you know that over the last 30 years the quality of products at these places has gone to shit

[@hunnybunny814]

We are getting bled in every direction by corporate greed, yet when we stop using their products, they whine and blame everything but the true cause... themselves.

[@paul-young]

Exactly. They did it to themselves. Natural result of ongoing greed and ongoing inflation and reduction of work ethic due to the above reasons.

[@mike-indiana6643]

Exactly give the ceo a 10 mil package. A car an raise the prices to cover it !

[@derrillyager7946]

I have for a long time believed that the overbuilding of corporate businesses was like a cancer out of control.. the building of office buildings and big box warehouses only seem to consume space. But I am sure it was all so profit could be maximized, product and services was not the priority... And it shows..

[@stevescafidi6692]

To all the liberal anti business fools out there, I suggest you read from Milton Friedmon. It could help you immensely!

[@GenXamerica]

😂 it’s not greed, it’s inflation. Businesses can’t afford to stay open with the costs of ingredients, utilities, rents and staff so high. No one can afford to pay their higher prices needed to stay in business. Sunday dinner with granny is going to be a treat again because everyone will be hungry not affording anything.

[@janetbusener6326]

Forget the unhealthy chains, support local small businesses and organic farms.

[@brucekastel707]

We eat out about 14 times per week. The restaurant business is thriving; the common problem with these 15 chains is the quality their service and food has really gone down. All of them had great food at one time but we have almost completely cut all of them off our list.

[@travelandeats8518]

14 times a week

[@marconica_5052]

@@travelandeats8518 Likely.... ALL DELIVERY @ HOME!

[@Lillith1203]

Eating out 14 times a week = overdrawn bank accounts and kicking the bucket before age 50, another future Darwin award winner.

[@jameshall9402]

AWWW. Boo-hoo, I feel awful.🤣 One way to solve this DILEMMA is to cook your family a meal and sit down at the table and eat TOGETHER. I know! What a concept!

[@victorkreitner754]

Exactly! Growing up in the late 70s and throughout the 80s sitting at the table was a regular thing that has become almost extinct.

[@jameshall9402]

@@victorkreitner754 It's like the old saying: "It's 6 o'clock, do you know where your children are?" or today "do you know who your children are?".

[@paul-young]

Those days are over. Haha.

[@johnnypham2850]

Family?

[@RandyTorrez-wb5sz]

@james hall RANDY JUDAH TORREZ ❤️< More like it's midnight can't sleep cuz my cellphone has taken control of my life and and everything and everyone🙃

[@PettyIsMyMiddleName]

Makes me sad , not because of the restaurants per say bc I rarely eat out . It’s more so because everything is falling apart in the country. People are not the same anymore. No one speaks when passing. When you walk into an establishment, most are staring at their phones and not making eye contact or acknowledging the next person. No one knows the difference between a boy or girl anymore. Everyone is self absorbed and taking selfies to post to their social media accounts. It’s just sucks now honestly. I’m only 39 and the drastic changes within the past decade or two is ASTRONOMICAL.

[@blueberrymuffin1348]

😟😞😓

[@newsarticlereviewskid6630]

what city or state u in?

[@verarivadeneira5275]

And people don’t know what’s a woman!

[@chrissyellem7397]

I always say it's highly irresponsible bringing a child into this forlorn world now. 50 years from no Mad Max times.

[@PettyIsMyMiddleName]

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[@maagu4779]

My only regret is not investing in plywood.

[@jimparker7778]

Here's a bigger story: Major grocery chains will be scaling-back on hiring and new development. The lesser grocery chains will be unable to sell their underperforming locations. Some will close entirely. We're facing a downturn for these chains that they've never experienced before.

[@RobinMcCracken]

They are trying DESPERATELY to get rid of their senior employees, especially management, and hire temp workers. part time workers. and workers who call in sick all of the time or work intoxicated without being fired

[@RobinMcCracken]

They also are determined to compete with Amazon and eventually have fully automated fulfillment centers , with very few human workers, and Shut Down most of their Brick and Mortar stores . I think they are rolling with this trend of Shoplifters robbing them blind without consequences as an EXCUSE to expedite closing the stores , especially in minority communities . Only the wealthy will have access to fresh healthy food

[@SandraAnnEvans]

We've already experienced this in California. I live in the Central Valley, and it's cut throat for the grocery stores too!

[@randystone4903]

Many businesses closing in my area and horrible politics being played out all over the country I've called what's going on as the Big Crumble. One of the major issues I've seen is the lack of employees that have shut down businesses in my community. I went to work for a restaurant chain as a cook thinking I would check things out then apply for an assistant manager. After watching how things were run badly I stayed on as a cook for awhile asking assistant managers how they liked their job. I'd seen assistant managers abused before and I saw managers in training working 60 to 70 hours to make up for the lack of employees. What I do see working for fastfood is Chick-fil-A where they start pay at $15 an hour and full time is getting at least $20. Almost all businesses seem to have lost the ability to treat their employees well and it shows in how customers are treated.

[@heidimisfeldt5685]

All you can eat lunch special at Pizza Hut, used to be such a wonderful special occasion treat. Gone. Now we have a over-priced small takeout location. Very disappointing. 😢

[@_Rockill_]

Plus if you order extra toppings they give you the same amount but just a variety of what you order and still charge more instead of giving you more toppings. They also have a bad habit of burning the cheese until mostly brown.

[@Siclone23]

Little Caesars used to have a lunch all you can eat too that is gone...

[@thesoundsmith]

Here, Mountain Mike's does that still, but not six bucks anymore.

[@paul-young]

Yes. I recall that. Used to go there for the lunch special with an elderly lady friend which we enjoyed. Shame, they stopped that and closed the location. They always manage to ruin a good thing.

[@marconica_5052]

I remember when SHAKEY'S, and GODFATHER'S was around.... Best Lunch Buffets @ great prices!

[@lukeobrien7578]

I thought Sbarro had disappeared at least a decade ago. I haven’t seen one in years.

[@digitalwitness77]

Still at my mall.

[@darthbrooks4933]

@@digitalwitness77 lol, you said “mall”

[@Automedon2]

They are in Interstate rest areas in Massachusetts.

[@Automedon2]

@@darthbrooks4933 The last remaining mall in my area has one. It's one of the last restaurants left in an all but boarded up food court.

[@kimgordon3695]

@@Automedon2 affluent areas close last

[@NelloCambelli]

COVID changed the nature of shopping - online (Amazon etc), grocery order/deliver/pickup service & Restaurants who have apps or trained customers to order & pickup. In the last 30 months, my tableaux were Grizzlies in MT, Snooze AM with my son and friends (3 times) and thrice to friend’s country clubs. Then, some major chains report their chicken contains only 60% poultry meat. Time for all the sovereign to step into the sunshine to enjoy the happiness of life.

[@toomanybears_]

The biggest problem is the absolute glut of restaurants out there competeing for the same dollar. It's absurd. I live in a county with ~175k people and there are over 600 restaurants currently in operation. And they are continuing to build new ones all the time. It's laughable. Oh, and the price of eating out these days, it's gotten ridiculous. You can't even afford to eat at Taco Bell and McDonalds anymore. That $15/hr seems to be working out real well for everybody.

[@MetalSandman999]

What state do you live in? Minimum wage is still well under $15 per hour in much of the country.

[@dragoonseye76]

I miss Pizza Hut from back in the day. Best salad bar

[@Patriciaking-j3q]

Back in the day pizza hut was fire 🔥. The pizza taste plastic and salad bar is shot. I live in Forrest City, Arkansas 🥴.

[@SimRacingVeteran]

@@Patriciaking-j3q I used to be a trucker. The best KFC I’ve ever had in my life was in Little Rock Arkansas.

[@Patriciaking-j3q]

@@SimRacingVeteran it's not so good in Forrest City Arkansas believe me 👍.

[@aaronforren8820]

And great pizza

[@dragoonseye76]

@@aaronforren8820 yeah. The pizza was actually good back then

[@billcow3455]

Hopefully home cooking and local restaurants are on the upswing again. After settling for bad service and garbage food for decades we should take control again.

[@johnstuartsmith]

Home cooking is definitely on the upswing.

[@speedracer1945]

To home cook does cost a lot with all the spices sides etc . I mean give me a barbecue grill and pots and pans I'll cook and I enjoy my own food but once a week would eat out at our crabhouse and pit beef restaurants.

[@bayanon7532]

Newspapers and internet media sites used to always have recipes for food. They rarely do anymore. People have just been eating out instead of cooking. We will see if people are really changing back if news sites begin to have recipes again.

[@warrenlewis3977]

Charging a premium for frozen food...

[@grant5941]

Literally, no one will be worse off with less of these restaurants. As far as red flags for the economy.. that's different.

[@Franklin_Malloy]

I knew Pizza Hut was heading downhill when they removed personal pan pizza from the menu. Pizza is $10+ on their site

[@piushorning4869]

thank you joe and all the people who voted for him

[@norm2264]

$20 an hour minimum wage I'll cook my own meals at home

[@melissasmess2773]

Two large ribeye steaks for dinner is $20 at Walmart thank you very much 😋🤑

[@kimgordon3695]

@@melissasmess2773 while Wal M top 4 execs make $70k/min ea

[@tammyturowski6703]

22 in cali

[@kinkle_Z]

If minimum wage were $50 now, these places wouldn't be going out of business because THEIR employees could afford to eat there! Why do you think Henry Ford became rich? Because his cars were sold at a price his EMPLOYEES could afford! The "Falling rate of Profits" is why capitalism eventually fails. It's part of the CRISIS of "overproduction." We're in it folks!

[@norm2264]

@@tammyturowski6703 🤯

[@Vade1313]

Pizza Hut changed the sauce among other things. Their pizza in 1995 is not even the same taste as one today. That's why some people stopped going and went to Dominos.

[@chrissyellem7397]

Miss the Bigfoot pizza.

[@Belovedselah]

What goes around comes around. You can't expect people to have money to spend eating out if you don't pay them enough. Every business only looks at maximizing profits and minimizing costs. Their vision is shortsighted and they forget that if most workers are seeing their purchasing power being eroded, they won't be spending at their stores or buying their stuff. Their greed is coming back to bite them.

[@bettysherman]

like most people you do not understand inflation

[@Belovedselah]

@@bettysherman why don't you inform me then? Malls and some stores were seeing significant declines in sales before the pandemic hit and stimulus checks were sent out. People's wages haven't kept up with inflation since the 1970s. So people have been seeing diminishing returns on their dollars for decades. Or do you think that there's nothing wrong with the status quo on how these corporations treat their workers?

[@paul-young]

​​@@Belovedselah You are right. And if you're smart and observant you will have noticed from around years 2013 2014 2015 forward malls were having big sales all year long. They never did that before. Sales were always only seasonal. Once or twice a year, possibly 4 times per year. People just aren't buying in mass. It's plain to see. Malls and streets used to be packed.

[@mitchd949]

Duh! A for profit business most certainly looks to maximize profit and minimize cost!? What made you think this is a surprise?! In restaurants the key expenses are: rent, food, utilities, and LABOR. Guess what, when dumb voters decide to make minimum wage $17 instead of $7, the price of everything on that menu MUST GO UP! On top of that, BidenFlation has raised the price of ALL THE OTHER EXPENSES. See my thumb? Gee you're dumb!

[@dvaritek434]

Inflation is caused by increase in money supply. It is literally the definition. Wages not increasing is due to lack of productivity and financialization of the economy. In a low interest rate environment, debt is cheap. Companies choose to take on debt and use that money to buy back their own stock or use on m&a. Paying people is less of a priority bc there are way more profits by financializing the company rather than investing in the work force. It all goes back to money printing.

[@josephfroman7135]

During covid, the public was forced to move inside and cook for themselves. Maybe they realized what I have known for years: most of the food served in public restaurants is overpriced slop. I only ate at Red Lobster once and the lobster tasted like it was raised in a wastewater facility. McDonalds used to be cheap food that caused diarrhea with the nutritional content of cotton candy. Now it’s outrageously expensive. Might as well cut out the middle man snd throw it directly in the toilet. Pizza Hut, Papa Johns, Little Caesar’s, don’t even use real cheese on their pizza. It’s a combination of the same chemicals that are used in non dairy creamer mixed with about 10% real cheese (they call it “analog cheese”). I get my pizzas from Whole Foods because they use real cheese. In fact, if restaurants are failing because food has gotten too expensive, why aren’t grocery stores failing all over the country. Whole foods seems to be thriving. And as expensive as health food stores are, I don’t see them slowing down. The biggest reason I quit eating out was that I noticed how much healthier I felt and how much energy I had when I didn’t.

[@marconica_5052]

McDonalds Filet O'Fish makes me feel bloated, it's terrible!

[@josephfroman7135]

@@marconica_5052 If I eat a McDonalds hamburger, it feels like I have a ball of cement in my stomach.

[@dedeborya9015]

I am overseas ... There are NONE of these franchises in the entire country. I have not eaten at any of them in 15 years... I do miss the food - but I do not miss the weight. I lost 75lbs just by skipping Yankee Franchise eateries - walking more, drinking more water, hitting the gym - eating farm fresh food from local sources - we do have KFC here - but I can easily avoid it.

[@atvkid0805]

problem is they are greedy so their food gets worse as they use cheaper cuts of meat and stuff. Applebees for instance used to have good steak and now it is disgusting, chewy with chunks of fat in it, I will never go there again

[@jhfit]

Applebee's blows. I went there 10 years ago and the food sucked and the prices were too high even then. Even my girlfriend didn't like her fish dish or whatever the fk it was

[@MJ-ge6jz]

I remember Shakes Pizza... great pizza with live music! Those were the days.

[@billp4]

You mean Shakey's?

[@squaresided]

Only eat out once a week if even now. The higher prices, the drop in quality, & the miserable workers just ain't worth it any more.

[@GuidedbyCrows]

The pandemic did something. Prices went up. Quality went down. Workers are more incompetent than usual.

[@jmahoney1595]

@@GuidedbyCrows Amen...

[@timothyrice1349]

Made 3 tacos at home today: fresh lean ground beef and spices topped with fresh lettuce, tomato, onion and sour cream for about $3 today. Took fifteen minutes. Everything fresh. The garbage at taco bell would have cost me $15. They need so much profit to survive that they must charge five times the price I can achieve? It's not just money. The quality of restaurant chain food has tanked abysmally. The service is not much better. Most of these places cannot even find people willing to work there.

[@Atheist100]

Glad to hear a new narrator's voice. Well-spoken mate.

[@als7594]

The biggest factor affecting these restaurant chains is inflation that is making their meals too expensive for many customers in these unstable financial times. I've personally seen many of the highlighted chains in this report having 30% increase in prices over the last year to year and a half.

[@grant5941]

Very true. I personally don't eat out nearly as often anymore because I refuse to pay $12-20 for a crappy fast food meal. And absolutely forget it if you're paying for more than 1 person.

[@jamesrecknor6752]

Building Back Better

[@dimitriberozny3729]

@@jamesrecknor6752Build Back Broke!!

[@toegunn4905]

The problem isn't prices, it's shitty food

[@rickpicone9751]

@@jamesrecknor6752 Bumbling Bubblehead Biden.

[@NurseOasis]

Hopefully the ones remaining will decide to have decent food

[@TheeclassicOne]

Not likely.

[@chrissyellem7397]

It's not so much the food but the care-less employees putting the slop together.

[@tooch1180]

Yea, shut down all the chains to a few choices left and then they’ll serve you bug burgers.

[@nordy259]

Plenty of decent food out there, just avoid tge chains and eat at mom and pop restaurants. Mom and pops often have much higher quality for just a dollar or two more.

[@Jaxxon123]

I hope you didn't bet your mortgage money...

[@Automedon2]

Just about every restaurant I've been in lately has been a ghost town. The exception is the owner operated diners, which are often packed.

[@darthbrooks4933]

Local guy in my town said “f*ck your Covid restrictions” and kept his doors open. He exploded in business and on Saturday night it’s packed. Doesn’t hurt his food is really good

[@kimgordon3695]

@@darthbrooks4933 87k new IRS AGENTS headed there now

[@tammyturowski6703]

Phx az has a 90 min wait for a table every nite of the week

[@heidimisfeldt5685]

Because they will have the very best food, for a decent price too. ❤❤❤❤❤

[@heidimisfeldt5685]

​@@tammyturowski6703 In a hot desert climate where it is way too hot to cook dinner at home. Makes sense. ❤❤❤

[@melissacole1821]

Billion dollar corporations are cutting off their nose to spite face. It's ALL about GREED. The employees are overworked, overwhelmed and under paid. I was the only cook at 2 restaurants and they had me doing the work of four people. They didn't bother with air-conditioning so the temperature was a 104° in the kitchen, while I went non-stop making all the orders for dine in, carry out and drive thru. I worked the grill, fryer, steam table, oven, while running back and forth to get food out of the freezer and coolers. I literally had no time to get a drink or use the bathroom, then I had to clean the whole kitchen, take out the trash and wash an enormous pile of dishes in scolding hot water. I ended up becoming so dehydrated that I nearly collapsed several times and had to go to the ER, I had no saliva, couldn't urinate, my vains were completely flat and my skin felt like rubber. The nurse had to use a tiny needle for a baby to draw blood and my vain collapsed. I worked swing shifts 6 days a week and all of that was for a mere $10 an hour. When you go out to eat and you and the cook forgot your extra tomato, don't throw a tantrum because one person is trying their best to make 50 different orders in deplorable work conditions and a high stress atmosphere. You have no idea what goes on in those kitchens, what kind of nasty food your actually ordering and how badly your getting ripped off, just because CORPORATE wants to cut corners. You would vomit if you knew what you were actually eating and your large orders are actually small orders dumped into a large container, so you're paying more for less.

[@jimgarofalo5479]

Between high prices (IHOP) and toxic ingredients (Subway) some of them will not be missed. Many are simply priced out of my comfort level. Four of us (including one child) sat down to lunch at Applebee's. We had modest meals. The total check was over $120 and that was before any tipping or tax! If you want a nice breakfast at IHOP, you better have an armored car follow you to the restaurant. Then there are some that I simply do not like their food. Pizza hut tops that list. Their food looks good, smels good, and has no flavor! I'll stick with home cooking as much as possible. I'll spend my money on hard goods instead of wasting it on mediocre food.

[@CapeSIX]

Why would I go to McDonald’s when chick fil a is the same price ?!?

[@ViolentCabbage-ym7ko]

Why would I want chick fil a where there are horny chicks living near me?

[@kimgordon3695]

McDonald's is NOT food

[@markjackson994]

Chick fil a owner just came out and said you should bow down to a black and shine their shoes due to slavery, no thanks, I can cook my own chicken sandwich.

[@markjackson994]

@@kimgordon3695 My cat won’t eat McDonalds hamburger, that tells me it’s mostly soy will little real meat.

[@diannt9583]

I don't bother with either place. It's all just boring drab chicken breast instead of the tasty parts of poultry.

[@user-et8sn3hy8r]

Barely able to buy groceries to cook and eat at home, neverless trying and going out to eat at a restaurant. Then you have to tip on top of that. Not to mention the quality of several of these restaurants has dropped dramatically while the prices have skyrocketed. Just different times we are living in even compared to a few yrs ago.

[@marywinn8953]

I feel sorry for all the people who will be out of work. The depression will be here sooner than we think.

[@_Rockill_]

Yeah. I work in food service as a default job. I am doing grocery delivery but it’s a bit of a scam. Have to pay quarterly tax and fuel and then take hours to make a few bucks plus don’t get miles from drop points back to store. It’s not even $10/ hour. Basically sucking equity out of my car for quick cash in gig work. At least I am mobile and can move to find work. I can’t afford my rental. I have been dragging my feet moving out but I can’t afford rent and can’t find a job around here with a livable wage.

[@Thommadura]

The restrictions on Immigration, the loss of many workers during the pandemic - and reduced birth rates in the USA have combined to produce a very TIGHT labor market with still lots of Jobs available although some of these are jobs that Americans do not want - like Farm Work and Fast Food places. However, most fields are showing that there are plenty of higher paying jobs available too - because MANY people retired during the Pandemic. There is a major shortage of Nurses in the USA - Teachers are actively leaving that profession due to new regulations making their job harder - And a large part of the Upper Western USA needs Doctors as well. Truck Drivers are in short supply too. And as long as the labor market remains tight - it absorbs layoffs from other industries. While that may not prevent a recession - it certainly does prevent a Depression - which required very high unemployment rates. But as long as states like Florida make laws against immigrant labor - there will be economic problems caused by the inability to bring food to market. Farms in most areas depended on Migrant workers to plant and harvest crops. Construction companies also depended on migrant workers for many skilled positions.

[@_Rockill_]

@@Thommadura Do you even live in the same country I do? I go to Walmart where I am and a minority and no one speaks English. The lines for money orders are an hour long because all of the people that have immigrated are sending their wages to family in other countries. Millions of dollars leave the US every week to support countries outside the US. Those people get stream lined services and aid from non profits that provide them with housing, food, clothing, utility assistance, help them with language tutoring, they get loans for transportation, cars, they have perfect credit and are able to buy homes within a few years of arrival. People who are born here can’t get homes or jobs that allow for quality working conditions or job security. Corporate America has become a predator that has consumed the working class. The corporate environment has supported bullies and toxic power hungry people who crush, manipulate, and threaten their workforce. The working conditions now are horrible. How is this going to improve when jobs are eliminated with more automation and there are fewer jobs? If we do want to work we have to teach AI everything a person can do so it can perfect it and the machine will never get tired, get sick, need bathroom breaks, make a mistake, be wrong. We are at a point in human history where we are being shown that millions of people are expendable, their skills are no longer needed. Students in high school don’t need to go to college to prepare for a job market that will completely alter in five years with technology and where the job availability and security will totally change. We were are flawed dysfunctional society before this new technological industrial era. At least 25% of the workforce will need to be reskilled in the next five years. In that musical chairs of jobs you want to bring in more illegal immigrants to compete with the already limited job supply and low quality jobs. We have asked impossible expectations from our teachers and made the profession undesirable and unsafe. Trucking doesn’t have a driver shortage ask any driver. All the freight started going rail as soon as Biden took office. Rail is cheaper. There are record low shipments being imported so there are many trucking companies going out of business or being sold and owner operators that can not afford their bills with low freight rates. Nursing is a profession that has been gate kept and well as medical doctors. I am aware there is a shortage of doctors and many of the doctors in the profession are working part time. If people want to come to the US legally to live and work okay, but to flood the southern border and discard their documents and lie about their country of origin to say they are a refugee to get in and then immediately have children so they have claim to family with US citizenship is wrong. There are millions of retirees that can not afford to retire in the US and leave the country. Millions of people are not only leaving California but also leaving the United States. I don’t know what kind of tax base the US can hope to expect with the future this government is creating. No one wants a digital dollar. We don’t trust our government now with cash currency the digital dollar would be overstepping government oversight and control upon the citizen. The people of this country need help. We have thousands of people without homes or shelter. The US needs to prioritize all of their existing citizens not send billions of dollars to other countries. Have you stopped to wonder why people have stopped having children? The economic uncertainty and unavailability and lack of a positive future make bringing life into this world questionable. Data is also being manipulated by politicians so CPI, jobs reports, definitions of recession are being changed to paint a better version of reality.

[@ColonelHoganStalag13]

@@_Rockill_ Well said. The amount of illegals in this country is astounding. No matter where I go, these people are there. And I know good and well they didn't come here legally as we don't issue that many visas to Central American countries. They flood in and they're on the roads, in the stores, in the schools and receiving benefits to which they aren't entitled to. If I speak out, some scum bad will call me a racist or xenophobe. I always speak up on this issue and will be aggressive towards anyone defending the invasion.

[@umbytrader8933]

🤣

[@HighBrow-lm6yg]

I don’t see Taco Bell going away. I live in a very large city and those places are always packed. The rest wouldn’t surprise me although the Cheesecake factories are constantly busy too.

[@Canyoureadmydeadpan]

Red lobster struggling makes me sad because of the fond memories I have there. Always good service, good food and decent prices. Every other place I either thought had it coming, or they used to be great but went down hill hard, or jacked prices up so high I stopped going cause if I'm gonna spend that much I might as well do fine dinning.

[@ElectroKinetic1977]

My God this is so terrifying, the scary narrator’s voice, the scary background music and it’s all true 😔

[@susananthony6071]

Very weird accent. It’s fake.

[@jamesync]

@@susananthony6071 He is actually a real person, the accent is Australian.

[@paul-young]

The terror lasts just up until the next video alert segment is released.

[@latetotheparty184]

Epic Economist is one of the few sources of true and very important information of how our economy is in trouble and with no salvation in sight. I appreciate it.

[@garymensurati1631]

Agree 👍💯

[@darrenstansbury4433]

I haven't eaten in any of these places in at least several years. It's been mostly due to food quality reduction as mentioned in the video. These places just aren't as good as they once were. Subway recently renamed its old sandwiches to make them seem to be new menu additions. Maybe this was an attempt to stop the bleeding.

[@ColonelHoganStalag13]

Quality has always been an issue with Subway. Even in the 90's it wasn't great. Don't know how it is where you are, but anywhere in the state I'm in, the employees look like they've all done time. In the past, neck and hand tattoos and/or face piercings were prohibited if you were dealing with the public. Now the standards are so relaxed that any blue-haired dyke with a nose ring and filthy tattoos is hired as long as she "passes" the drug test.

[@paul-young]

What happened to Quiznos which I thought was giving Subway a good run for their money?

[@sandybruce9092]

Quiznos has been gone for along time. Also Blimpies. I bought a 6” sub at subway a couple weeks ago and it was still good but the price was ridiculous. In my opinion the workers at many restaurants, fast food places only want the money and don’t want to put any effort in actually being a good worker. They don’t smile, they shuffle around and give ,lush service.

[@bayanon7532]

I've seen chain after chain bought by larger corporations who then lowered quality to save money to pay for the purchase. Macaroni Grill is a perfect example. They used to be terrific. The last three times I went, the last maybe three years ago, someone had bought the chain and the food was bad.

[@darrenstansbury4433]

@bayanon7532 Some are thinking that will happen to Whataburger. A few years ago a Chicago firm bought what had since its 1950 founding been a regionally owned Texas chain, and it has since been slowly expanding into more states.

[@armoniqfields8016]

I used to work in that industry. Business was good. I was going to school at the same time. I am now a Welder and Forklift operator. I miss the food jobs.

[@tomdrummy4984]

It seems many businesses in general seem to feel they need to expand and get bigger and bigger…….when they don’t. You become over leveraged when you do that. Quality over quantity…….in everything is the way to go

[@EllHuron]

Last year, a friend ordered Pizza from Pizza Hut. I said I was hungry so he told me to get the large one. Okay, it was 23€ in Europe. Finally he went to pick up the order. I ate my "large" pizza and i was still hungry! This pizza was normal sized. At an italian restaurant, you get a handmade pizza with good ingredients for the half of the price! Same size! That was the last time I spent money in a pizza hut. When it is about my food when I'm hungry, I allow you to only fool me once😉

[@michaelreid8857]

That’s Europe for you. Half the size for 50% more! I used to refuse any soft drink in the UK when I would order a can of Coke. If they brought me a tiny 200ml coke, I would tell them I’m not paying £3.50 for that!

[@carterhayes4624]

They’re going under because the food sucks and it’s too expensive. Real restaurants have chefs, not teenagers thawing out pre-packaged food in the microwave

[@JoseFlores-xh5cj]

Thawing meat in the microwave will quickly kill someone that eats that meat

[@brucemartini2288]

Farewell Applebees, they lost me Years ago, they're not missed

[@volpelunare3613]

Remember not their fault, the damn Millennials apparently killed it!! lol

[@EpcotCenter1982]

Our local one had horrible service. Stopped going a few years back

[@bruceballygar4880]

This is what $15 an hour gets you, lost jobs and no middle class wages.

[@jeffreyjackson5229]

When your living is contingent upon people spending their money, an economic change will definitely put your well-being in jeopardy. No position is completely immune to such a reality, but that form is on the front line. I wish all in that industry the best.

[@davidalbright7335]

"Tack-oh Bell." Hahahahahahaha.

[@tungengasche]

Clearly the problem is that these chains have not fully embraced woke ideology and are not pandering hard enough to the transgender community which now comprises a majority of the population. They all need to immediately hire Dylan Mulvaney as their spokesperson, replace all American flags with the Transgender flag and decorate the entire place with LGBTQ themes. Maybe even set up grooming stations to groom children to the gay and trans lifestyle. That should put them back in the black.

[@kaunas88]

A lot of restaurant chains open with something fresh and nice which it captures the public's imagination...but after a few decades the novelty wears off and the places may seem a bit tired. The worst part is when they get the "experts" in to try and figure out how they can cheapen their food to make more money. It does not take too long for the public to catch on that the quality of food has deteriorated, there is a lot of competition for the consumer's dollar, they start to go elsewhere, and the restaurants begin a downward spiral. If they would focus on long term profitability by keeping their quality high, instead of short term profits which lower quality, then I believe that a lot of these restaurants would do a lot better in the long term.

[@lsteinke3987]

I prefer going to family owned restaurants.

[@jbr84tx]

I suppose many people are like me -- I can't afford to go out to eat more than once a month, and that's at a cheap fast food place like Burger King or Del Taco. I'm cooking more than I ever have, and it's actually fun.

[@Lillith1203]

You can make a great burger in the air fryer or grill, thousands of recipes for great mexican dishes online.

[@Oheeeoh]

I'm so glad I learned to cook. I used to eat fast food constantly it's so much easier to eat healthy and quality food when you make it yourself.

[@garymensurati1631]

Agree 👍💯

[@navneetpunj6697]

I am from India and all these fast food chains will shut shop even if localize their menu to suit Indian taste, for the taste changes every 200 kilometres, the question is how will they adapt to such environment without incurring high infrastructure and operating costs, more so as almost all of them are located in high rent premises. Secondly most of Indians believe in value for money and feel that the food prices of chains like McDonald's, Pizza Hut, Subway, Starbucks, etc. are on higher side. Yes initially all these quick service restaurants got good response, but it was due to novelty value, but now it is wearing off.

[@tackcolin6645]

Glad to see it beginning!

[@pablo81778]

I still go to taco bell but it is noticeable how much business has been lost there. Restaurants are empty during lunch hours

[@kytim89]

Taco Bell has become very expensive these days.

[@carlosaferransr1392]

Going In n Out

[@kimgordon3695]

The price tripled since 2019

[@victorforzani3433]

Here in Florida most of the name restaurant have a line so here is good....

[@papabear562]

Taco Bell has started raising their prices while reducing the size of their products, and people notice. I no longer go there.

[@MarilynArchey-qw4vh]

Sad to say,but the restaurants closing will leave more food for home cooking. . The , Depression that we are already easing into is going to be Catastrophic. Please,work and prepare as best you can. 🙏

[@melissasmess2773]

I agree, the restaurants waste the most food of anyone preparing meals

[@garymensurati1631]

Agree 👍💯

[@stevethomas5209]

I bought my first steer took it to the butcher to have it slaughtered. I requested that they give me all the intrial's, head , feet, tripe, liver, everything. They balked at it but finally agreed to give it to me. I want to make my own lunch meats and liverworst since I'm retired and have time to do it. It's allot of work but my freezer is full of meat of all kind not just the expensive cuts. Only family members that help me w the preparation of sausage get invited to have a steak w the wife and I. Hard times demand hard work as for expensive restaurants...not for us thank you.

[@_Rockill_]

@@stevethomas5209 It’s neat that you know how to make processed meats like bologna and sausages.

[@dustinberthold962]

Thank you Joe Biden...

[@Grimm299]

Thank you corporate greed you mean

[@oldschoolgnrfan6035]

There are no Pizza Hut restaurants left in my area, and there hasn't been a Red Lobster around here for at least 20 years. I live in New Hampshire. It's strange to see national TV commercials for both of these chains, when they are non-existent around here.

[@markg6860]

I rarely eat out and not at chains. Good riddance!

[@tmntchad]

I'm fine with a "great reset" of restaurants. The food from corporate chains have progressively gotten worse. Oddly only Applebee's in my hometown has kept the same level of mediocrity that it has been known for. So by comparison they are now the go to place where I live.

[@carlj208]

Applebee's has the best fish and chips (and cole slaw) in my area. Little pricey at $16.99 but worth it to me.

[@timewa851]

did a test years ago, steak against steak. Applebee's versus Outback. The Outback cut like old horsemeat. The Applebee's was a winner by 75%.

[@_Rockill_]

My issue is I have boughts of homelessness between jobs or rentals and travel for work so cooking is inconvenient or not an option at times. I know what a cold can of spaghettios taste like and it isn’t good.

[@_Rockill_]

@@carlj208 Crackerbarrel on Fridays has good fried fish

[@_Rockill_]

@@timewa851 Texas Roadhouse has the best steak these days imo.

[@denniscosban6145]

Stubbornness did in Pizza hut. When they changed the recipe. People complained. Smart companies go back to the original recipes when people complain. Like Coca-Cola did with New Coke. People complained then they went back to the original formula. Pizza Hut didn't care that people complained. That's what did them in stubbornness. Those meat lover pies in the late 80s early 90s were awesome. Nice crust on a pan bottom. What a shame😢

[@TheSimba86]

if I could invent a time machine the first thing I would do is go back to the early 90's for some Pizza Hut pizza

[@markjackson994]

Pizza Hut used to be great.

[@PianomanKY]

Pizza Hut lost my business forever when they stopped having anchovies as a topping choice.

[@chrissyellem7397]

OG Coke never tasted right when they changed it back. I haven't had a Coke in 12 years they taste gross.

[@_Rockill_]

Not sure why but Pizza hut and papa John’s give me bad gas. I think it’s additives to the crust. This wasn’t a thing until recent years.

[@Spiritueli]

well, you know i kinda don t mind this, i hate eating out. i worked in hotels and in restaurants, and i witnessed collective theft within a hotel, employees eating off guests plates before delivery, and spitting in their coffee if they didn t like them, and so on and forth, as i thought its just what i ve witnessed. turns out, these are quite common throughout the hospitality. and on another note, also when working in a hotel abroad, i brought home bed bugs and had a night mare for a year or so, thats from spain, so that closed off even a small chance of me traveling ever again, as i hate to travel as it ...

[@drusilladana4184]

In the area where I live, the cost of rent is so high that people are having trouble paying for all their needs. Meals cooked at home are cheaper, no doubt about it. But, I also know the profits at restaurants have never been great. The fact is they now have to pay the help better wages as well as pay higher prices for the food. It's not just hitting people at the grocery stores! You can thank corporate greed for inflation.

[@Dyaxxis]

I used to work for several of those brands around 20 to 30 years ago. I didn't have a problem with them trying to exist but I also won't shed tears over their failures. Just history repeating itself much later and in a different form. In all due respect, much of the retail and restaurants in existence are overstaurated, overrated, and in many ways, outdated. Other opportunities eventually.

[@thesoundsmith]

Well, what it DOES is make room for the entrepreneur chef again, the local one-location, maybe two or three but that's IT foodie with a dream to make tasty food from local ingredients instead of importing pre-formed "servings" from chickens that never once touched the ground.

[@stevescafidi6692]

To dyaxxis. What a vegetable stand?

[@andrewvisiko5250]

This video is spot on. Every single one of these restaurants listed has been in decline for years, this next economic downturn will be there demise for sure. COVID did not help things either. In ways it sealed there fate. COVID, then inflation completely changed how consumers view dining out.

[@newyorkfan16]

Go a little further back...I mean have we really recovered from the 2008 economic crash?

[@floxydorathy6611]

Every day we have a new problem. It's the new normal. At first we thought it was a crisis, now we know it's a new normal and we have to adapt. 2023 will be a year of severe economic pain all over the nation.. what steps can we take to generate more income during quantitative adjustment?I can't afford my hard-earned $80,000 savings to turn to dust

[@Aziz__0]

Me too. I thought about investing in the financial market, I heard that people make millions if you know the tricks of the trade, but I lack good knowledge and a strategy to outperform the market and generate good yields. I have $160,000 but it's hard to bite the bullet and do it. Money is hard to come by

[@user-3456rtu]

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[@jefesalsero]

Word is that “NICOLE DESIREE SIMON” is a grifter - best to avoid!

[@LaZarusXtnct]

The country was booming under Trump. The cause of the downfall is Biden and Democrats.

[@davidlangley2064]

The Cheesecake Factory near me is not very good. Most of the wait staff is quite lazy and act like they don't want to be there. They couldn't even cook a chicken breast (raw in the middle). The chicken wings came out undercooked. Then, the smart-t-pants cooks sent them back to our table charred to the bone. The manager acted nonchalant about it. I don't go anymore and have no plans to go in the future. May God bless us all, Amen 😇

[@theterracebanquethall7124]

Part of the problem is everyone's food has gone down in quality. AND after having worked in a Pizza Hut, I can tell you exactly why they are going down hill!!!!!

[@miainsel513]

It's time for change. Small business and owner operated restaurants will make a come back because they take care of their customers not their stock holders.

[@marylivingstone9815]

Retail rents are too high for that to happen.

[@NorCalMtnBiker86]

I worked at many of these restaurants. The thing is most of them on this list use sub par ingredients and most items are pre cooked and pre made. You can taste the difference between cheap premade ingredients and a a restaurant that actually makes everything and cooks everything fresh. So why pay an arm and a leg at these places where maybe $5 more you can get something that tastes way better!?

[@thegreypath1777]

Some people don’t have $5 more….

[@allenwatkins4972]

Then they should eat at home and save their money.@@thegreypath1777

[@e.x.ceaser2958]

IT'S $5 FOR A LARGE FRY @ MCDONALD'S HERE IN NYC!

[@twoFrenchBunnys]

The narrator sounds ominous no matter what's happening.

[@vincentrodriguez1135]

It was inevitable for Red Lobster’s demise, when they started limiting the cheddar bay biscuits.

[@Ziegfried82]

A fatal mistake. Almost as bad as Arbys getting rid of potato cakes.

[@pegcity4eva]

That and last time i went to red lobster like 12 years ago it was 80 bucks for a meal for two

[@peterkiviat9969]

They all smell and have dirty carpets. Too dark and sticky tables.

[@jimoconnor6382]

Red Lobster always had a lot of black people yelling.

[@kinkle_Z]

Red Lobster sucks! Hard Rock Cafe has always been a complete corporate joke! Good riddance! Applebees has always been a blight on every single community it took over. Adios corporate Applebees! Your food sucked and was overpriced! Sbarro pizza is quite likely the worst pizza I ever took a bite of! Learn how to cook and goodbye/good riddance! Hooters - I never ate there but we had one in downtown San Diego a few blocks from where I lived and we did have a "Hooters" case study in my MBA contract law class in 2003. lol I never ate at the Cheesecake factory because their menu items looked like poison bombs. Buffalo Wild Wings... no thanks. I'm not into combining 500 blaring screens of corporate sports with good food and they didn't have any "good" food. IHOP's food quality is really bad but it's been around forever and I've appreciated its being open 24 hrs/day and its corporate longevity. And even though I only eat there maybe once or twice every 10 years, I'm gonna miss it...kinda. I got through San Diego Community College eating at Taco Bell. It was just a stand back then, not a walk-in. Every item on their menu was 15 cents so I could fill up before school for under 50 cents... but I haven't eaten there since 1968 so no big loss for me. lol... TGI Fridays...last time I ate there was several times in the early 80s with workmates. I can't believe it's still a thing...lol...Subway is so awful I always wonder, "Who in the hell eats this sh*t?" No loss there! Boston Market sucks. I ate sashimi at Benihana's in Carlsbad, CA about 4 years ago and it was delicious. Unfortunately that's a 6 hr round trip from me. Chipotle is terrible! Last time I ate at Pizza Hut was in 1962, before Kennedy's assassination! lol None of these chains are LOCAL! Good riddance! Maybe we can get some REAL local restaurants filling their void! YAY!

[@KelleyKat]

Hilarious and true!

[@slickl4l]

Ok boomer😂

[@zragonal189]

Kinky, I don't believe that "local" restaurants, at least the Pizzerias, will be able to survive this 'Depression' either; at least not my "local" one, it is now gone. (Cafes might survive, but they most likely wont be "profitable".) I spent 7yrs attempting-to recreate my late-Wife's Pizza (once or twice per month, before catching a movie in the 1940's style Movie House, down the street) working with the Owner-cook of the wood-fired Italian-dome brick-oven pizzas (his wife was his only employee), all made-from-scratch (using Authentic Italian Tomatoes & Cheeses) and then fired, in 90secs or less, and served blistering-hot; the locale was in the Central Plains. The Shop survived Covid & reopened for "dine-in" service, bringing happy family customers in from a 50mile radius, during weekends & Game-days. Last Spring, I finally 'cracked-the-code' to my taste-bud's memory of 'The Pizza', and I offered it for Menu usage, in exchange for 1-free 'pie' each time I visited. The Owner gladly agreed and "The Garlic Lover's Pizza" was re-born. It sold-out each time he had enough of the ingredients to create them (minus the one "saved" back for me, or him{or his family}, if I didn't show-up, that Saturday evening, by 7PM). Come last Summer, he started to-have-to deny receipt of cold-foods shipments, due-to poor quality, he had-to go on vacation a month early, in order-to attempt to track-down a quality provider of meats, cheeses, and produce (they had always closed during the summer-vacation time, because most of their customers would leave the area for two months). The Pizzeria found a new supplier and everything was looking 'good' for the Fall & Winter seasons. Then, come this Spring, and customers started to get sick; the illnesses were tracked-down to having originated from one meat supply; but every time one type of meat was replaced, another type was now causing illness. This trend continued until the Owner could not locate any "good quality" meat suppliers left (yes, even the local butchers & suppliers were having the food poisoning problems; in "Cattle & Hog & Chicken Country"). So, our beloved Pizzeria shuttered it doors by the middle of Spring, he removed his Italian Oven, and put the space up for sale (after replacing the wall the Oven passed through to be loaded onto the semi). The Owner's family had moved from Colorado, where he had run a very successful Pizza, Italian, & Seafood Restaurant, ~10yrs-ago (before THC destroyed his employment-pool), and then they moved to the Central Plains to Semi-retire. The "Supply Chain" is a bigger 'problem' than the Mainstream Media is disseminating. I am Autistic & my model-esque Wife died at 38 of Cholangio carcinoma, after going through ~36 "spontaneous-ab*rtions", unbeknownst to us, until her diagnosis lifted-the-Vail as to why we couldn't "conceive"; she pasted 3mos later. The following is possibly my "only" legacy left to me (it has-to-be encrypted w/in hashtags, to fool the censorship "alga-rhythm"): #MalesOnStrikeUntilEQUALrightsANDconsequencesForALLsexes #FreedomEQUALSfreeSpeechANDthoughtNOTgovtCorporationsControlingPOWERoverUs #TheShadowEliteGovtsDONTdesireFREEDOMtheyWantWageSlaveryANDpowerOverUs #THEYdivideANDconquerUsToControlUsAsSLAVESwhileTHEYremoveOurRightsThroughTheirEQUITYagendasNOmatterOurSex #TheWOKEareNOTawakeTheyArePAWNSinTheEquityAgendaToControlUsANDlaterThem #TheNewWorldOrderEQUALSnoRightsONLYslaveryToFiatMONEYcryptoWithNOrealValue #WEthePEOPLEwereTheGovtNOTthePoliticalSystemsNOWinPlaceTAKEbackThePOWER #PoliticiansWORKforUsNOTforTheirOwnGainsANDpower #StripPoliticiansOfTheirCorruptedPowerOverUs #PoliticiansANDgovtBranchesShouldNOThaveThePowerToPASSlawsONLYthePowerToProposeBILLS #WeThePEOPLEvoteBILLSintoLAWnotANYgovtBranchesORofficesEQUALSoneVoteOnePeople #OneVoteOnePeopleToENDgovtCorruptionAndPowerThroughENDINGtheCorruptVotingSystemsOfBranchesAndOffices #BoycottPuppetVotingSystemsAndTHEIRpowerAndLawsOverUsORitIsTimeforAworldwideRevolution #WithoutRevolutionNOWitWillOnlyGetWorseTheWORLDover #FreedomORfightToTheDeathTHEREisNoChoice #UniteORbeAslaveToTheCorruptSystemOfWorldPowerOverUs #EQUALrightsANDconsequencesForEQUALtaxesNOmatterOnesWealth #TheFirstLAWisDoNOphysicalHARMexceptDuringSelfANDotherANDpropertyDEFENSEandOrDuringLegalWarWithANOTHER #FilterAllPresentANDfutureLAWSandBILLSthroughTheFirstLAWandThenWEthePEOPLEvoteToPASSorVETOthem #EQUALindividualRightsANDconsequencesEQUALShumanPEACE #UnlawfulWARequalsTakingAnyResourcesByForceToGainPowerOverANOTHER #LegalWARequalsAFightingContractBetweenIndividualsOrGroupsStatesCounrtiesNationsInDEFENSEofaDisputeWhichMIGHTcauseDeath See behind the 'VAIL' over "Society": "1984 Tried To Warn You" by "Moon" kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4uyiIWYnt13htk Spread the ones which resonate.