Beloved Restaurant Chains We Might Sadly Lose In 2020

A new decade is upon us, and while the 2010s have been a decade of new tastes, flavors, and trends towards plant-based diets, there is still room for fast food and big chain restaurants with huge serving portions.
However, there isn't room for all of them. Some of these beloved restaurant chains are going to have to go, because the fact of the matter is there is only so much room available in the market during these times of changing diets and tastes.
So, which of your beloved restaurants are on the chopping block? Here are some beloved restaurant chains we might sadly lose in 2020.
#Restaurants #2020 #Food
Perkins | 0:00
Marie Callender's | 1:36
Boston Market | 2:51
Red Robin | 4:05
Tim Hortons | 5:41
Steak 'n Shake | 7:07
Ruby Tuesday | 8:31
Friendly's | 9:33
Luby's | 10:43
Pie Five | 12:03
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[@MashedFood]

Which chain would break your heart to see go?

[@scott5609]

Ruby Tuesday

[@leenahancock8056]

Steak n Shake

[@BearsDashcamVids]

I only knew about half of the restaurants on your list due to them being local chains. Of the other half, I guess it would be Friendly's if I had to pick one. Although I thought they had gone under eons ago. The one in Cincinnati I was familiar with closed in the 80's and I hadn't heard from them since. Great sundaes. Thank God UDF came to Cincinnati and filled that gap and did it better. I only like Ruby Tuesday's because they have a salad bar. Those are getting harder and harder to find, even if RT's is kind of lame. Lame is better than nothing.

[@Kgio-2112]

They all should close because they all suck.

[@glorygracek.1841]

Marie Calendar's

[@AltCTRLF8]

Perkins’ own commercial shows their waitress getting the order wrong lol

[@marycook1644]

Russian Bot I noticed that, fire 🔥 that advertising agency , pronto !! She probably just took what they brought , cause it takes too damn long to correct the order ! And your friends get done eating way before you ! 🙉 🌼

[@walkerbrosfilms7077]

Jojew shut the fuck up. He can say whatever he likes however he likes to say it. LOL

[@walkerbrosfilms7077]

Russian Bot 😂

[@lindaarmes3405]

,b ii.

[@litten3578]

@@walkerbrosfilms7077 You Shut The Fuck Up.

[@mike15280]

I literally was not aware Marie calendars actually had a restaurant chain until I saw this video LOL

[@MiguelGarcia-vj7oo]

In Las Vegas there's been 3 Marie calendars locations for over 20 years..... Do you live in a small town?

[@escott1981]

Me either!

[@fluffysharkdatazz9460]

Miguel Garcia I never seen it either. I’ve lived in 3 major cities on the west coast. Maybe it’s not around the west coast

[@paleocat6354]

I've lived in Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, south Carolina & Nebraska. I've never seen a Marie callenders

[@senorbusyman]

FluffyShark Datazz We had 4 here in The Valley of CA but 3 went out of business between 2017-2019. We still got 1 left

[@gmccord1970]

“If we don’t take care of our customers somebody else will.” - Edgar Mitchell I believe that the majority of these franchises that are going out of business is not necessarily because of the prices or quality of the food. I think it’s the poor service. Management is filled with idiots. Corporate believes that laying off workers and keeping staff at a minimum is the way to make money.

[@lochnessamonster1912]

KingRyan Yeah, increasing wages will devalue currency, but I suppose that FED repo buyouts and 1.8 trillion dollar helicopter money for big banks over the last three months, along with a president pressuring the FED to lower interest rates to zero won’t. You noticed the price of food going up?

[@gmccord1970]

KingRyan Yes I have ran a business and I never said increasing the minimum-wage. I am saying that employers these days rarely take care of their workers because the social contract between employer and employee is virtually gone. Customer service these days is extremely horrible not just in the food service industry but other industries as well it’s basically companies just don’t give a crap. They don’t give a crap because they know that they can make money elsewhere through other ventures. If I conglomerate owns various businesses and if 10 or 20% of those businesses fail they know that the other ventures or investments will make up for it. This is what happens when you have the top 5% of the nations wealthiest companies controlling over 50% of the Nations wealth.

[@lochnessamonster1912]

380PPK The guy doesn’t know shtt about the real world, past the crap he’s forcefed and regurgitates on social media. He’s what happens when you live in an online bubble, just check his playlists. These younger ones have been raised wholly on the internet, and it’s shaped their worldviews, for the worst. They’re naive and easy to manipulate. He will have his own struggles in life, they can be his wake up call.

[@JettBlast]

That is rampant in many businesses in the United States of every kind....

[@JettBlast]

@@northparkmall5663 Completely Agree....

[@citrustaco]

I haven't seen a Boston Market advertisement in over a decade. Totally forgot about them.

[@xfactor3000]

Low quality food, increased prices and more and more people becoming health conscious.

[@TheSpecialSandra]

It’s crazy how Mcdonald is still popular despite Heath awareness

[@monkeyballs512]

TheSpecialSandra that’s what the dollar menu will do

[@leroysinclair8499]

People aren’t becoming health conscious. We live in a society where obesity is embraced🤷🏾‍♂️ you talking about obesity and they accuse you of “body shaming”

[@cloroxbleach3023]

@@leroysinclair8499 That's only applies to women tho smh

[@minorking1121]

@@TheSpecialSandra it's because of our high levels of poverty. So many Americans don't have the time to cook and when fast food is down the street and let's you feed your family for under $10 or $15 it's hard to rationalize spending double or triple that to go to one of these places. The food isn't healthier, doesn't always taste better, you have to tip and pay more to begin with. In general we are more health conscious, but that's only for the people who can afford to be and are exposed to the education and information to enforce those healthy decisions.

[@brianlesley4099]

Surprised that Applebee’s isn’t on here

[@gapyrodawg5181]

All the Applebee's around me stay packed. Plus the food and service is good too. I'm surprised I didn't see bennigan's on the list( or maybe they already went out of business). I can see olive garden on this list. The food sucks and it's over priced!!!

[@senorbusyman]

Brian Lesley Most Applebees that went out of business cuz of cheap & low cost but also crap & rude service. An applebees in my area closed down & was replaced by Black Bear Diner

[@johniii8147]

True a lot of them have been closing.

[@JettBlast]

@@gapyrodawg5181 Amen! Olive Garden is overpriced when they are selling noodles pretty cheap items....

[@evilpimp2475]

I like applebees, i order an appetizer or two with a few drinks. It's heaven for me

[@DavidEsparza2143]

CEO: "We'll get through this and make it through!" Coronavirus: "Allow us to introduce ourselves."

[@bobastu]

Let's see, Ruby Tuesday was started by Sandy Beall as a college bar and restaurant. They were in malls in the 90s and had great food, a fun atmosphere, and breadsticks with honey butter, yummo! Ten years later, out of malls, no longer attracting a young crowd, and they started to go from casual dining to putting ketchup in little metal ramekins and fries in a metal sleeve. They outclassed themselves, and ten years later, are about to go bankrupt. The goto job for teenagers in the 80s was waiting tables in casual dining restaurants; minimum wage was $3.35, and pay for waitstaff started at $2.01 an hour. Within two months I was making $2.10, another six months, $2.55 an hour. My tips averaged between about $80.00 a night for a five to six hour shift. On a Friday or Saturday, talking between $120.00 and $150.00 for five to six hours of work. Today, 2020, servers still make around $2.00 an hour when minimum wage is almost triple what it was in the late 80s. The problem is not the restaurants, it is corporate management desiring high six figure incomes at the cost of good employees. It is the greed that skyrocketed in the 90s due to the success of the 80s. This problem ed exists everywhere.

[@StukInBuf]

@Boba Stu(open): My wife and I were recently in Erie, PA; I was shocked to see the Millcreek Mall location closed.

[@Zodia195]

And there there are certain restaurants that pool tips all together. First job I had was at a local chain restaurant that got new ownership and they decided to pool all the times. My tips were basically my gas money (this is early to mid 2000s) and I went from getting $20 per day (approx) to maybe a couple of dollars if I was lucky. I worked to help get me back into college, so I wasn't rich by a long shot. To this day I still ask waiters at restaurants if they get their own tips and so does the rest of my family too.

[@bobastu]

@@StukInBuf 😥

[@bobastu]

@@Zodia195 pooling tips is socialism. I would keep all of my cash tips and only pool my credit tips. I would agree to pool tips if the managers and cooks added their wages/salary earned per shift to the pool each time we pooled tips. That way, all of the employees were treated equally. Like true socialism, the top earner receives much less than they deserve, and the bottom earner receives much more than they deserve. Pooling tips encourages mediocrity, at best. I never worked a restaurant that pooled tips. I was always a high tip earner, so to share that with Schmuckatelli the Server was never going to happen.

[@bobastu]

@@Kittie28 in 2003, the salad bar was $1.99 added to any meal, then, a year later, $2.49 added to a meal, then $2.99, then $4.99 added to a meal. All within five years. The salad bar started at $4.99, then topped off at $9.99 during the same period. At the time Ruby's minuscule, puny, salad bar was $9.99, Golden Corral's buffet bar was $8.99, during the week, and $9.99 on the weekend. It is like Olive Garden and their soup and salad offering. You can get a meal with soup or salad from $9.99. Then, if another person at the table chooses the other, either soup or salad, you can have both.

[@noahpierson440]

Me: *sees Steak n Shake in video* Also me: "Well, no point in living anymore

[@jwtish7825]

I feel ya man, If we lose Steak & Shake anytime soon, all humanity would be GONE

[@space_4736]

FairfieldCountySirenFan 279 fatass

[@bookreadalongwithGramps]

Ain't happening, the best burger hands down at that price point and not even close!

[@jwtish7825]

@@space_4736 fuck you, lol 😂

[@billybob-fw7ns]

Steak ‘n Shake where I live is known for its slow service, almost 2 hours for a damn burger.

[@highrzr]

Don't hire anyone from corporate management in these companies. If the best thing you can think of to boost profitability is too layoff workers, and close locations, you're being paid too much.

[@paleocat6354]

@@chuckinhouston9952 I was a GM for years. Downsize a few higher up corporate jobs & even the responsibilities between exec's. Then give performance base incentives for both corporate management as well as the GM at the restraunt. It starts in the restraunt.

[@lochnessamonster1912]

Gotta protect the profits of the board members. That’s paramount. Better to put people out of jobs and close restaurants than give up that Christmas bonus or restructure.

[@JettBlast]

Sadly the worker's aren't and treated like garbage and carry the success of the business on thier backs....

[@JettBlast]

@@lochnessamonster1912 been laid off 2 times because of that....along with the cost cutting of quality parts but expects the same product from the past when quality was a big Priority

[@patveldon6843]

Dining out is so expensive, add to the cost of the meal (where I live) an 11% sales tax and 20% tip so it is 31% higher than the price of the entree...not worth it.

[@josephubil]

Back growing up in Madison, NJ Friendly's was THE place to go and be seen at...sadly that location closed and over the years the building served as home to various banks...there's a Friendly's still open in neighboring Convent Station.

[@michellebrown7714]

Marie Callender's will live on in the frozen section of the grocery store. that division of the company is doing just fine.

[@RacingVagabond]

Unfortunately for the restaurant, the frozen meals are a part of ConAgra so they only make money from the licensing fee.

[@draneym2003]

Ever notice how the endless parade of CEOs who are supposed to be turning these places around find every possible reason for their failures except their bloated pay?🤔

[@pkamoments4798]

Mike Most of their compensation is in stock options, which do well when the business does. Regardless, $20 million is a drop in the bucket for a company doing a billion+ in revenue.

[@firepower7654]

No. But I do notice people who don't know much about business or economics discussing them a lot.

[@draneym2003]

@@firepower7654 Oh man then how in the world did I get through business school as I clearly know nothing? How in the world is it anyone but C suite execs who set poor strategies that lead to these places going down the toilet in the first place? Setting aside the pay for a second, it's not the average employee making these kinds of decisions. Eventually leveraged buyout companies like our good friend Mitt Romney's Bain Capital come along, saddle these companies with debt they can't possibly pay back and walk away with their huge fees.

[@averagejoe9040]

@@draneym2003 no ones debating if the ceo's are to blame, but the amount they are paid is most definetly not the problem.

[@austinhughes6852]

I really hope that Red Robin’s and Steak n’ Shake don’t close for good!!

[@RCmack]

I'm not a big fan of Red Robin. They only serve hamburgers and don't have steak dinners. One time, my mother insisted on going out for a dinner there and it drove me crazy to find out steak isn't on their menu.

[@jonjonas2528]

Then go to steak and shake every day to eat and tell your friends and family to go to steak and shake to save steak and shake please !

[@ThatWolfWithShades]

Steak n’ Shake can go for all I care. Haven't had any positive experience with them.

[@thetaekwondoe3887]

I go to Red Robin for their crispy chicken salad and their fries, but their service sucks. Waitress brings your food and then disappears. A Steak and Shake just opened here, but it's not in the greatest location and the prices are odd. ....The shake costs as much as the food ($5.49 for chicken fingers and fries, $4.99 for shake). It's nothing special though. Shake was disappointing.

[@brianstupasky3745]

I don't think steak and shake will be going any where. Every one I see is always busy.

[@MrProlantern]

Well ruby Tuesday has a perfect song for when it’s gone

[@56jsking]

I've always liked Steak and shake food, but the service was always awful. It's a shame.

[@LaurenImbriano]

js king yep same here. The one by my house closed...it’s a shame bc the food was good but service was always awful

[@LoveClassicMusic0205]

Same here. I thought it was just one particular location with bad service, but it seems to be a corporate wide problem. The one by me closed. I liked their food, but not the service.

[@Mirroxaphene]

They can’t retain staff because their wages are garbage.

[@Mackaylinn]

The one on the West side of Knoxville TN used to be good... until I went in one day and found some weird fibers in my burger. They took one look at the burger and were like "Hmm..." comped the food and I didn't go back for a while. The times I've been after that the staff have been slow. Shame because I really liked that place.

[@72breezy]

js king their food is wayy too greasy

[@rezinrussell1689]

Steak and Shake needs to drop their waiters/waitresses and become more like Culver's. The waitperson slows things down and adds 20% or more to the customer's cost due to the tip.

[@jaidamcintosh9234]

rezin russell lol we slow nothing down. Same people cooking food and making shakes for inside and outside. Literally we make it better by providing service, extra whatever you want (sauces, tomatoes/onions, napkins, pepper sauce, honey). Refills. Etc. If you can’t afford to tip a server just go through drive thru or order for takeout. Nobody is forcing anyone to eat inside and be served by a human trying to make a living.

[@rezinrussell1689]

@@jaidamcintosh9234 I eat inside at Culver's all the time and I never have a problem with condiments, napkins, refills etc. I get my food quickly and it's hot, and there's no tip.

[@jaidamcintosh9234]

rezin russell well that’s just how that place is. But it sucks that everyone would rather prefer there be less jobs available so they don’t have to cough up a few more $ than they’re already spending.

[@jaidamcintosh9234]

And it’s easy to say it’s the jobs fault but there is literally not one person trying to get servers to be paid more. It sucks but we can literally do nothing. And someone has to work it

[@Zach-eb1jd]

Jaida McIntosh servers don’t slow everything down. I would much rather do away with all server positions and just get my food and drink myself instead of having to pay you

[@sallyphillips9175]

Never heard of Luby's or Pie Five.

[@jamieohjamie]

Pie Five was actually a great idea. Get a custom pizza with unlimited toppings for $5. And then it was $6. And then... no one gave a shit.

[@vikeyshamurray7553]

Lubys is awesome. Country meals

[@paulashmore4521]

It's a Texas thing.

[@trevrah]

We used to have a Luby's here in New Mexico but they closed down in the early 2000's. I miss them 😞

[@Rocketsong]

@@jamieohjamie So basically the exact same model as Mod Pizza or Blaze Pizza, except those chains have the word Pizza in their name.

[@gapyrodawg5181]

Anyone remember Ponderosa, Western Sizzler, Jillies, El Toro, Bennigan's, Joe's Stone Crab, or Sizzler.

[@whooelse9444]

Yes to ponderosa & sizzler. All those other places i've never even heard of.

[@upsidedownworld934]

How about Ground Round? 😂

[@whooelse9444]

@@upsidedownworld934 yeah i heard of them. I think we had 1 years ago. Different regions have different places.

[@rexbeavers6746]

Everything has its time.

[@upsidedownworld934]

I remember a place called D'Lites. Always thought it had really good food. McDonald's bought the locations here.

[@rawfoodgirl3]

What goes around comes around. The franchises pushed out the mom and pop restaurants and now the reverse is happening. People are becoming more thrifty and are spending more wisely.

[@williamjones7718]

@@danielucha1310 - that's a great idea! Will pass it on to my son. Glad cooking is not a lost art.

[@rollercoaster24]

William Jones It will never be. Ever since the internet it just keeps getting bigger imo

[@stephencodekas3745]

@@williamjones7718 yeah theres no fear of cooking going away. If anything, the art of being a good dining companion is becoming a lost art thanks to cell phones

[@retromoviefan944]

I remember when Marie Callender was THE place to eat in the 1960's in Southern California. I mean, movie stars ate there. There was really nothing like it, with all the different flavors of pies. At that time, they focused on pies, not on all this other restaurant crap. And the pies were TO DIE FOR. They are still good, but I remember the pies being amazing. And the prices for everything back then was reasonable, with nearly any family able to treat themselves from time to time. I also remember when Red Robin first opened in L.A. It was also the "in" place to go, and you'd see upscale people eating at Red Robin. The burgers were FABULOUS, and again, very reasonably priced for that era. Younger people don't realize how things have changed and gone downhill at these once stellar places. The quality in all these types of chains went downhill, the prices skyrocketed (there's no burger on earth that's worth $15), and people had more choices. I was surprised to know that Marie Callender was down to only 20 stores nationwide. There's no excuse for that, they were an amazing chain and brand, as was Red Robin. They could have competed if they'd kept the quality up. Burgers today in most places SUCK!

[@paulht3251]

Retromovie Fan I believe Marie Callender’s started loosing business when they introduced their foods in the frozen food department in grocery stores. This Doesn’t do to much for their restaurants 😬

[@BR-cq2hm]

Quality of all dine-out food in general has decreased due to more and more artificial ingredients and short cuts in preparation.

[@bennylevine387]

I live in an area where there is a bustling Red Robin and Marie Calender's. I didn't know either were struggling. Both are still good, though maybe there's been some slippage over the decades in terms of quality.

[@Zodia195]

While the Red Robins in my area is still thriving and I do love their burgers, I will say the best burger joints I've been to have been Mom and Pop places and there are a tone of places like that in San Antonio like Cheesy Janes (it's a popular College eat out since it sits right across from my former university), Bun 'n' Barrel, and the place in my town La Vernia (which is SE of SA)- Buffalo Joes.

[@mizannwells8381]

Never knew Marie had restaurant

[@lesiskomarie2177]

Steak n Shake corporate does not care about the customers. That is the problem.

[@lesiskomarie2177]

I am sorry Steak n Shake corporate does not car about the employees either.

[@lesiskomarie2177]

Care

[@Mang0jo]

Here in Louisville, the steak n shakes that were ‘closed for renovation’ are actually permanently closed. There’s only 2 left in the whole city.

[@samuelakinfenwa6532]

With the worse service on earth

[@TheRealNormanBates]

Samuel Akinfenwa The one on Outer Loop is really good (depending on who you get serving you). I go there every other week with the parents and it’s been pretty consistent.

[@BeastReview]

God can only hope Long John Silvers makes it!!

[@jorgegaytan3012]

My local LJS is gone😣😣

[@AndrewsArt78]

"Here's your shake and bowl of chili. No I don't have an explanation of why it took over an hour. "

[@AndrewsArt78]

@TC Fenstermaker its steak and shake.

[@wendellsawyer4386]

"For your convenience we went ahead and allowed you to make an online order at 2am and charged your card for that online order. However that location closed 3 hours ago. Come back when we're open and inconvenient for you or good luck getting your money back."

[@JettBlast]

@@AndrewsArt78 Agreed!

[@JettBlast]

@@wendellsawyer4386 You went to the same one I did? Amazing!....😳

[@AndrewsArt78]

@@JettBlast I believe that's all of them. I remember when we were kids and my mom would order a shake through the drive thru and it seemed to always take forever.

[@tombuck]

“Waffle House Knockoff” - truly living their best life.

[@FlipFlopGod]

The Enthusiasm Project huddle house is low key fire tho

[@scootover7]

As far as waffles I like waffle house better, but if I want something else, I'd rather go to Huddle House.

[@aris_mendez]

We’ve got like 4 steak and shakes in surrounding Houston area. Business seems steady but the service is ehh.

[@gd.523]

Rene Junior ....service downright sucks. One day we tried to go through the drivethru for breakfast and a worker with his headset on just sat outside on the step chilling. We asked him if they were open since no one took our order and he said “I don’t know” lmao. Plus when you go inside you get terrible service and this has been going on for years. They just need to throw the whole chain away 🗑.

[@phillipmain6475]

I hate going because the service sucks. Food is great.

[@Nonamegoodsir4332]

Steak and Shake is so trash. They always get my order wrong and it’s not good even when it is right. Got raw chicken once when I ordered a chicken sandwich. Told I was dumb for not getting a burger but their not any better

[@alfredoalcantar8691]

Rene Junior like whataburger

[@alfredoalcantar8691]

Dillon Isham in Chicago they are good they thrive

[@2MuchSoul810]

Ryan's Restaurants is next. Saw one in Kentucky 5 years ago and still didn't believe some still existed even back then!

[@deonnadyson]

we had two 20 minutes from me and they both closed down...

[@burtonwilliams5355]

Yes -- one in North Nashville and I think Murfreesboro, TN have shut down.

[@astrosjer822]

Wow Steak and Shake and Perkins...wow!

[@theredhead5553]

Was I the only one who never heard of like 6 of these restaurants until now? I live in Nebraska soooooooo

[@davidjohnson1569]

You're in good company. I live in SoCal and have never heard of Perkins, Steak N Shake, Friendly's, or Luby's.

[@vulgaritar48]

Chains tend to start out as independently owned restaurants that specialize in local cuisine, then bloom across the region where those dishes are most popular. Some get big enough to go national, but for the most part chains tend to stay where they know they will appeal to customers' tastes. I remember when I was a young Missouri kid and visited my dad in Houston. There were Chik-fil-A's everywhere, and I had no idea what that was at the time. The whole notion of not knowing that place seems funny now.

[@ngonsor]

Dont feel left out. Most of these are not here in Texas. Wtf is a Perkins? Tim Horton? We live in a bubble down here.

[@JW-vd4il]

I never heard of Luby's or Pie Five at all. The rest I've heard of but have never been in one!... Except Boston Market a few times, years ago.

[@theredhead5553]

@Jason Monto nah I love it hear don't have to deal with the big cities and traffic

[@x2rise]

The Ruby Tuesday @ my location didn't even inform employees that they working closing. One of the servers told me they had cleaned and rolled up tons of silverware only to return the next day to the doors being locked and closed 4 good.

[@kineticBP]

Long John Silvers

[@P1983sche]

A Bc LJS! LJS! 🤢🤮

[@darlenemcnealy6306]

Throw in Captain D’s... 😒

[@schallrd1]

Love LJS and would hate to see them all close.

[@shadwell749]

Love LJS

[@gapyrodawg5181]

Is bennigan's still around. We used to have them all over the Atlanta area. Now none, same with Sizzler. But I know Sizzler is still around.

[@kwynn1016]

There was a Perkins that was located about 2 hours away from me. Whenever we visited my cousin we would go and eat there. That place closed and changed into a mexican restaurant. It was so heart wrenching because we loved their food so much

[@stevesidare2493]

No one ever considers how annoying some of the ads are?

[@Laufield]

Please don’t they close Steak ‘n Shake. That’s my favorite restaurant

[@ivanreese7087]

Steak & shake e-gift cards for 40% email me now [e-mail]

[@XRXONE]

Ivan Reese stfu you scammer

[@nowords.405]

Wonder how long it takes for you to get it.

[@ivanreese7087]

Scooter1 smd scamming for food be serious lol

[@ivanreese7087]

King crown instant. [phone] text me

[@jerrycorrea5974]

I've only seen like two of these places IRL and the only thing I've ever eaten from them was a slice of pie at Marie Callenders. Some of thesr, I had never even heard of.

[@ChakatNightspark]

If only we could Lose Walmart in 2020.

[@bobscafidi9184]

Why?

[@ChakatNightspark]

@@bobscafidi9184 well lets see. This is gonna be Long Post. Walmart hurts local communities, Many people are aware that when Walmart comes to town, the company drives out smaller mom-and-pop businesses, but what not everybody realizes is that the presence of Walmart actually does little to bolster the economy of local communities in the long run either. The company uses foreign labor, including child workers. been estimated that over 50 percent of Walmart goods come from overseas suppliers. This doesn’t just take away American jobs in favor of cutting costs; it also creates a living hell for those forced to meet Walmart’s hefty supply needs. The corporation has been accused of paying off officials in foreign companies in order to keep many of the details silent, but various stories paint a gruesome picture. A great example of this is Bangladesh, where the minimum wage for garment industry workers is just $37 a month. The conditions in the facilities where these products are made are incredibly unsafe. A 2012 fire in one factory which made garments for Walmart killed 111 people. Walmart underpays women and neglects pregnant workers. However, Walmart does care about rich people In 2013, the Walton family received $8 billion in tax breaks, $6.2 billion of which came from federal taxpayer subsidies handed to them because employee wages are so low. Currently, the company is also hosting $21.4 billion in offshore accounts, which remain untaxed by the U.S. government. And in 2014, as Walmart failed to meet shareholder expectations, the company somehow managed to dig up enough money to give its CEO a $1.5 million bonus for performing poorly at his job. Walmart isn’t just greedy. The company is the epitome of greed. As its overworked and underpaid employees struggle to make ends meet, Walmart’s top brass make billions, even as stock is dropping. Everything about the company is capitalism at its worst. Walmart’s universal reputation as the “bad guys” stings that much more as the company keeps trying to remind us how good it is. Take their OUR Walmart initiative, which attempts to silence dissenters with positive representations of the company, even as workers flood the Internet with their personal horror stories. Or the Walmart Foundation’s initiative to “fight hunger,” while their own employees go hungry, spending $300 million in taxpayer money on food stamps. Or how about its campaign telling you to “buy American,” even while the company’s new uniforms were made in Jordan. In the last 10 years Walmart has Sued over 1,000+ Former Employees who were spreading the truth about the Horrible working Conditions This is just a friendly reminder that Walmart is terrible. Call it a public service announcement: Don’t shop there. Don’t work there if you can help it. And if you do have to work there, don’t expect to be treated well. Get out while you can, before Walmart takes your spirit, your health, and your dignity. If Walmart’s ugly practices are a cycle of power and abuse, there’s only one way to break it. And that starts with you.

[@MrZEEsterious]

@@ChakatNightspark Walmart isn't just greedy, they're corrupt as hell.

[@wendellsawyer4386]

Being a former associate I can totally agree. It's seriously night and day in how the company (92-95) I worked for and what it has become. A serious big fuck difference!

[@js5072]

@@ChakatNightspark yet their prices are cheaper, jobs don't create wealth it's a resource, walmart is more affordable than mom n pops, don't ever use your phone shoes tv etc because that's likely to be made by child labor, greed isn't evil. Even people quote the new testament wrong, its "the love of money is evil." This doesn't translate to greed which is mistranslated and preached in the western world for centuries. Gtfo with your virtue signaling.

[@cryptozoomauler5505]

This makes me sad, especially since this was before everything closed or went to take-out only due to Coronavirus/Covid-19... =(

[@hayleyh14]

The Modesto CA location of Marie Callendars just opened back up last week!!

[@tolfan4438]

Good for then. I really hope they make it. They have good food they're mostly run by a nice people

[@Andrew-xn4sc]

Hayley Hutchings thats like close to where i am and like there are a lot of restaurants to compete with

[@TidderBitters]

I really wanted to hear about Steak n Shake because it was a high school classic but after one too many times sitting 30+ min in a drive through, I gave up on going.

[@joannaedwards4504]

Wow that's crazy how time flies when you' just heard about your favorite restaurant is not even around nomore

[@George50809]

I used to go to the Steak n Shake in Lawrence, Kansas. The food was so good.

[@cylesteasunrise3199]

I loved going to friendlys for icecream as a kid

[@Kgio-2112]

The real name of " friendlys" was friendly restaurant. Probably switched to friendlys cause of people saying, " lets go to friendlys"

[@MattLearnsHow]

Mediocre chain restaurants shouldn't be called "beloved"

[@elvisjames]

My sentiments exactly.. Every one in this list that I have heard of, overpriced mediocre food ....

[@Karmy.]

Timmies is not mediocre!

[@Flight-wo6jn]

Boston Market’s some darn good stuff good sir.

[@jfranklins]

Mediocre to you maybe but not to everybody.

[@80budokai]

Mashed, great video!😍

[@JoelsterG4k]

Well at least In & Out here in Cali still super busy even in this pandemic.

[@RonMac08]

Perkings never got my order right. When my dad started going to Steak n Shake when there was only the original restaurant in Illinois.

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

S&S was film critic Roger Eberts favorite place ... 🍔

[@williamjones7718]

My grandmother, who loved that place, passed away decades ago. I always thought they were lackluster and never went back when she was gone.

[@RonMac08]

@@williamjones7718 We go on my dad's birthday and order his favorite meal.

[@theshiftybeef6251]

Marie Calendar sells enough TV dinners, frozen lasagne, and frozen pot pies to keep them afloat.

[@monkeyballs512]

Michael Masoner do they? I haven’t seen them in my local grocery in years. Used to like them

[@AnthonyDavis-rs9dg]

😂

[@marycook1644]

It could be a different entity runs the restaurants ? 🥧 🐨

[@theshiftybeef6251]

@@monkeyballs512 Heck yeah I love their pot pies.

[@theshiftybeef6251]

@@marycook1644 Lol Mary nah same company.

[@jadenova]

7:26 "Closed for remodeling" they said the same thing about the Steak N Shake by me when it closed.

[@libertylion6088]

Every time my family travels to the south for our summer vacations, we hit Steak n' Shake a LOT. We love that place, as long as it's a location that is run decently. That will be the one I will truly miss.

[@phillipmain6475]

Ruby Tuesday revamped the menu by removing what I went there for.

[@marycook1644]

Phillip Main Bummer !! 🙉 🥁

[@jimmyjamedwards5967]

Their Fresh Bar needed more items.

[@Ray19888]

There's a steak and shake in Damascus Arkansas and it is always pack.

[@AJL_90]

There’s one near the airport in Cleveland and it’s always packed as well. Every Steak N Shake I’ve seen has always been busy.

[@AJR-zg2py]

Just because your location is always packed doesn't necessarily mean the chain as a whole is doing well - it just means your location is in a great area for business. It's just like the jewellery store I manage - top 5 company wide but the company missed its 2019 expectations by $300,000. My future depends on the performance of 40 other stores despite our amazing sales.

[@bestatnba2k]

ray lamar there’s two near by my house both are packed and on the other one you can’t even park

[@neilpuckett359]

That's because Arkansas is still amazed by indoor bathrooms

[@Ray19888]

@@neilpuckett359 Smart ass. LMFAO

[@projectamis4772]

I love the happy beat music that plays while this tragedy unfolds. Oh oh do y'all have a video on Bonanza Restaurants? I wanna see that. We had one near my hometown and I'd love to relive that.

[@erikacevedo1136]

I miss perkins i remember always going there to get breakfast with my mom when i was little but sadly the only location that was near us closed down back in the late 2000s

[@SamuelginTV]

steak n shake is the saddest entry on the list. great burgers that are cheaper than other fast food and open 24 hours.

[@thrasherx2k1]

Sam Elgin and higher quality meat than most. Plus their chili is the best and never gets any recognition

[@Vriess123]

My Steak and Shake used to be 24 hours, now it closes at 12 or something it's sad. Great Burgers for the price.

[@wendellsawyer4386]

Maybe open 24 hours. I worked 3rd shift at a place, and there was a SnS really close. So I would sometimes make an order online. Only to drive over there and it'll be closed. Then I had to spend several days trying to get my money back, or be inconvenienced to come get the food I ordered at their convenience by coming during the day.

[@thrasherx2k1]

Todd Harris sometimes inside closes at 12. But drive thru remains 24 hours. At least at my local Steak ‘n Shake

[@nickturmes1715]

I have yet to go to a Steak 'n' Shake that offers even decent service.

[@FlatFifties]

Steak and Shake used to be the burgers I would ask my wife to bring home after work, two single steak burgers, baked beans, and fries. However somewhere along the way they changed the way they make their burgers so I don't like them anymore. Freddies is now my burger of choice because they cook their burgers the way Steak and Shake use to, thin and crispy at the edges. I don't know why restaurants change when they are successful. Take , for example, Red Lobster. Twenty five years ago there would be packed restaurants with people stacked up and waiting to get in at a Red Lobster on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights. Now Red Lobsters are only half full or less at the best of times. The reason is all the bad changes they have made over the years. The food is lousy compared to what it used to be.

[@johnlacy7883]

It's almost like everyone figured out they have a microwave at home and all the restaurants that just reheat food are blaming having to pay a living wage for their laziness.

[@grapesodasalmander2434]

Well, some ar'nt that

[@grapesodasalmander2434]

Some also can't cook, so...

[@faust5727]

Some are also too lazy to learn so....

[@Zodia195]

When Marie's Calendars closed in my local city, I was heart broken because I loved their chicken and artichokes (and pies of course). Luby's is one of my mom's fav restaurants, she likes how they do serve veggies there when other places lack them. I've yet to see any Luby's closing in our area (I live near San Antonio, Texas) yet, so hopefully for my mom's sake they'll stay afloat here. If the Red Robins in my area closes, I'd be devastated for sure since that's one of my fav burger and milkshake joints. I prefer it to the Shake Stack because you get more bang for your buck (endless fries and a free refill for your shake).

[@scottsheehan9890]

steak and shake up the road in spring hill fl is always full

[@ndagda]

More like Spring Hell, glad I'm out of that place.

[@junkboy555]

I mean “Pie Five” is not as recognizable as MCDONALDS.

[@MisterMikeTexas]

May as well have named it "Edsel"

[@williamjones7718]

I never heard of them until now.

[@marycook1644]

Michael Bacon 🥓 You’re very funny !! I just noticed the main comment is from BAKER ,you’re BACON and I am COOK ! What the ? 🥁 🚀

[@BenJohnson0531]

wtf is pie five?

[@hogant.551]

I love the old spongy mcnuggetz, yum yum plop💩 go McDonalds. Baby back baby back ribs.

[@arrowlogproductions2509]

I got a ruby Tuesday ad while watching this lol

[@mizearkkinchens5289]

Dang, we have 3 Ruby Tuesday’s here in Florence, SC. On the weekends it’s hard to get in any of them without a wait.

[@thrasherx2k1]

Mizeark Kinchens people sure do like subpar salad bars in your area

[@bignutz5169]

Damn I work at steak n shake 💀

[@somguynamedpaul]

I've only been to Boston Market before and that was about 15 years ago

[@marylawson6060]

My Steak n Shake is quite busy so hope it stays open. Years ago Wendy's had the burger but mine has gotten sloppy because of employees at the drive thru.

[@wolfhawkgaming]

Tim Hortons started going down in Michigan (I worked at a few locations) due to rising costs. Coffee and sandwhich prices went up and we saw a rapid drop in customers who had been loyal. Even some who still visited didn't order as much as they once did.

[@minim6981]

Tim Horton's has already expanded to Asia. We have several locations in the Philippines

[@coolandtrending]

We love their iced capps!!!!!

[@justsomeguywithabeard4388]

We have many branches in Saudi Arabia

[@323starlight]

The steak and shake near my house is just awful. Employees are down right lazy and do nothing except stand around, most of the tables aren't even clean half the time. Its just bad.

[@jaydee6572]

Friendly's hit me right in the childhood.

[@noman6041]

On a recent visit to Steak 'n Shake, my friends and i both noticed the higher prices for the smaller sandwich. It used to fill me up, but this last visit just a month ago, i left still hungry. The location we usually go to is ALWAYS a packed house, but the other one where i'm at DID close its doors a few months ago. As for Red Robin, their food has sucked for years, and i am always surprised that they are still open, but now i see they are in trouble and may be closing and it is NO BIG LOSS. They DESERVE to close. Their food is AWFUL, and their prices are outrageous.

[@ShoNuff26]

cicis pizza buffet need to be on this list They used to had a location in Michigan

[@queenfufu4305]

Teenage and child ruin them

[@Bubblegumelectra]

Definitely should’ve been included, they closed 2 of them near my house.

[@jimmyjamedwards5967]

Cici's was horrible! Salad bar with very limited items and pizza that tasted like it was once frozen, baked, and then re heated after being frozen again.

[@yogurl011]

A “Steak and Shake” is planning to open in another location near me. I’m not sure if it’s going anywhere, anytime soon!

[@TheRealLaughingGravy]

By the way, it's interesting to finally find out Tim Horton's is a restaurant. I've seen the rinkside signs on hockey games for years and had no idea what it was.

[@etonbachs4226]

I had no idea Tim Horton's was in Murica. I thought it was strictly a Canadian thing.

[@bob_._.]

Canadians rave about it, but their coffee is coffee, their donuts are average and their sandwiches are mediocre at best. Of course the Canadian National Dish is french fries with gravy and cottage cheese, so...

[@darrell9546]

Marie Callender's pies at the grocery ain't what they used to be, either.

[@MisterMikeTexas]

I didn't know they were a restaurant chain! I'll bet the pies in the restaurants are better than their licensed frozen siblings at Kroger.

[@richardharepax123]

For me they are better than most

[@IcekPanNaPolin]

i feel sorry to.you.Americans. We in Europe have sooo much better food.

[@williamjones7718]

@@IcekPanNaPolin - best pizza I ever had was in Budapest. Crazily, best seafood was in Vienna. We do have top tier regional food at the local level, but yeah, our chains are pretty sad with a few exceptions.

[@dattack1970]

@@IcekPanNaPolin You shouldn't . Depends where in the United States you are .. If you live in California and Texas , you will find the best MExican food in the world not in Mexico. And the best asian foods in the world also, especially Vietnamese and Korean in southern california.

[@Donbett1974]

Steak 'n Shakes burgers are better than In & Out.

[@imrickjames7012]

Pffft quit smoking that crack boy

[@-Henry-cu9vu]

I've tried both, in n out is way better

[@thedoublea147]

No

[@kevinmoment8461]

Cant a man have an opinion

[@Jim-Tuner]

In & Out is a cult.

[@KOSAMAGAMES]

Just happy to see Rally's not on this list, I literally visit my old home town once a month to eat there (22 miles away). Good prices, good food.

[@deeblack9393]

Rally's is killing themself! Most are being shut down by the Board of Health at least in my area.

[@motordaddy5]

Red Robin needs to go back about 18 years when they changed the store model where you bought your burger and went to the salad bar to add what you wanted on your burger. They cost enough back then, but who can afford 25 dollars for two people to eat burgers

[@SpicyNoodleDragon]

Boston Market wouldn’t go out of business if they didn’t stop making bland, crap food!

[@courtneyb7194]

@Von_Nightmare_ Luciferian only if you knew the dirty secrets ebhind that food.. i use to work there and seeing what i saw I WOULD NEVER EAT THEIR FOOD!

[@courtneyb7194]

@Von_Nightmare_ Luciferian worse one is the pot pies. The meat used them is chicken that been sitting out for hrs on end (past expiration time)before being picked and placed in the cooler sometimes for 3 or 4 days at a time. Sometimes the leftovers from the night before which usually was well past expiration will be used for the lunch rush until 2pm. I even noticed employees on their phines then serve customers without washing hands. The chicken isnt fresh. It usually wks old in the coolwr and never rotated to put older first. The st louis ribs are NOT so called. It steamed ribs covered in boston market bbq and are chewy like rubber. We all know that most of the food is frozen there too but steamed in the plastic bags(chemicals anyone). And the vegetables are NEVER STEAMED but microwaved. I even seen emplotees not wash produce before using. I coulr write a book.

[@stuffdylan]

They on every military base

[@ladyriethegoldendelmo5441]

@@courtneyb7194 u could write a book. not only u bring awareness to people but u make profit. but yea so true. I mean there might be some good chiefs like gordon ramsay but overall yea I agree with u. I remember when to this one japanese restaruant. we were there first and they saw it but didn't care. but the 2nd we saw the dude go there he got accepted first. and we had to wait another hour to even be seated and don't get me started how it took 1 hour to get the fish. and my ice cream was like melted. and lots of times I go to tai foods. lots of times I threwed up because its so dirty

[@troutmiester7441]

If they were so beloved, they wouldn't be in danger of closing. Just sayin'

[@burtonwilliams5355]

True -- preach it brother.

[@silent0751]

Beloved in this case is more to the nostalgia from these restaurants. Many of them have been around for many, many years and countless people visited them during all those years. So I don't think they were meaning "beloved" in a romantic way, more in a nostalgic, reminiscent manner.

[@dawna1214]

Boston market closed years ago in Seattle. I still miss the food!

[@barath14]

it sucks but the steak and shake near me closed like 6 months ago, and i dont even know if the one across town is open anymore, i could maps it but alot of times it still shows me places that havent been open in like 2 years

[@greggkrueger]

Mashed: "beloved" Inigo Montoya: I do not think it means what you think it means.

[@MrBucketlist]

Perkins is all over Florida, and still generic

[@Erinsbeach]

MrBucketlist yup. There’s one in Viera Fl

[@jayp1034]

I had friends who worked at the location in Seminole, FL and they went to work one day, and there was just a sign on the door saying operations were done. Sad. No heads up to any of the employees.

[@organicsoulgumbo]

There are zero Perkins south of Port St Lucie. I wouldn’t say that’s all over Florida.

[@nito209]

@@jayp1034 I went to seminole High

[@dave3261]

Jay P j

[@Wesarizona21]

Marie Callender’s strawberry pie is like no other. I’m definitely buying them this summer! Screw my summer body

[@WAL_DC-6B]

Time to bring back Howard Johnson's restaurants!

[@squle7186]

All the steak and shakes I’ve been to as of recent years have been awful in terms of customer service. I’m not even upset about the food because you get what you paid for. But the fact that I see about 3 employees working for an entire restaurant is the reason it’s on this list.

[@sirenbrewingco.3235]

Red Robin has sacrificed quality and is not even recognizable. The managers admit they know there is a quality problem

[@kathleenestes1442]

The last time I went into the local Steak & Shake, I was told that they could probably manage to fix me a shake to go but they were not doing any sit down service because they didn’t have any wait staff!

[@thetaekwondoe3887]

Wait staff? Ours you order at the counter, go sit, and then go up to get it when called.

[@gokusondbz]

I Love Ruby Tuesday 😢 .

[@keeshamarie2889]

Steaks n shakes burgers & prices are great but they have terrible service n horrible shoestring fries.

[@gd.523]

KeeshaMarie ! I hate those fries 🤮. They’re tasteless and get cold in like 45 seconds lol.

[@keeshamarie2889]

@@gd.523 Yes! If they had different fry options id go more often.

[@mkivy]

Ours closed in Myrtle Beach SC steak and Shake. I love Marie Callender’s!

[@operez1990]

Red Robin was a hilarious one for the one that opened in my area. It was opened at the Mall at Wellington Green, years ago, and didn’t last a year.

[@robertgoidel]

I was surprised by the closure of Steak and Shake here in Dallas, Texas near Prestonwood area. There is another Steak and Shake on Coit Road here in Dallas, Texas that does appear to still be open.

[@elvisfreshly3295]

If I loose that steak n shake chill, I'm going to be distraught

[@unchainedwiththecapt]

If Steak and Shake goes under, we riot.

[@alexjv1370]

It makes sense if they do. Feel like it is one of those food chains people like but hardly go to

[@austinweishaar2710]

I remember Perkins, the restaurant in our city shut down in 2016

[@jeffmiller1159]

I think most people hate cafeteria style restaurants. I hate having to go through a line and pay by each dish. By the time I get to the end I owe more than I would at a regular restaurant and feel like I get less

[@CelticStar87]

I love Tim Horton’s... wish there was one here in FL. Would totally go there over Starbucks and Dunkin.

[@StukInBuf]

@Mermaid Celtic(open): In the Buffalo area, where I live, we have a Tim Horton's on the worksite.

[@itzlucaaa6789]

We have them in New York State, mostly in train stations. I saw one in Penn Station and one in a train station in White Plains, NY Also they ain’t going nowhere in Canada

[@CelticStar87]

There was one in WV where I went to high school. It was a daily stop on the way to school. I don’t remember there being a Starbucks or Dunkin’ around.