15 Fast Food Chains Are In Serious Trouble Now

[@TheSchiffReport]

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[@joebruner2902]

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[@MMR-n5u]

I'm ready!!

[@BenoitWeiss-cg8pf]

Thank Biden

[@joerobert-qe9cn]

well old news when you got go you got go there's always amazon used for Ebay

[@ambrosia-qt9ts]

We already passed the beginning of 2024.Try again.

[@stilesthissell]

The quality of food the smaller portions and the increased price is killing all these stores

[@fj5144]

Indeed all the above I used to eat fast food as a treat every now and then now I avoid it as it is no longer a treat. The small portions, the high cost, and the taste and quality of what you get are terrible.

[@ricktaylor3748]

That's called "greed."

[@donaldkasper8346]

A whole frier chicken at Costco is $5. A mangled one half the size is at Walmart for $7.50. A full 8 piece meal with two sides and rolls is $14 at Stater Bros. Meanwhile a bucket of KFC chicken last I checked years ago, was $60. Shit man, let me think hard where I am going for chicken. Now, Popeyes is great but it only takes cash and the wait for chicken can be 15 minutes.

[@ebayerr]

@@donaldkasper8346 Popeyes is expensive as well.

[@donaldkasper8346]

@@ebayerr Maybe things changed. Didn't used to be the case.

[@bobbyvee8941]

So. The moral of the story is, when corporate investment companies take over a fast food chain, they are immediately DOOMED!

[@ChatGPT1111]

Nope, when Gavin Newsome raises the minimum wage to $20 including delivery drivers, all of them are doomed.

[@thistlemoon1]

Pretty much and it seems to work the same in most industries where ownership and management have never worked in that type business before.

[@pipestone67]

The franchises have been milked beyond death. They started going down hill 3 decades ago.

[@williampotter2098]

@@ChatGPT1111 Keep preaching the word brother ! Newsom has destroyed California and wants to be our President.

[@michaelpatish7248]

When the CEO'S make 3000 percent what the average worker makes, should be the writing on the wall. And yes Corporate investment firms will drain the profits till they close like Kmart/Sears

[@aloesecretinc]

I cant afford McDonald's anymore. Im not paying $18 for a big mac meal ever again.

[@razorburn7745]

This. The combo meals at my local Jack In the Box start at $15.. for 1 person? It’s way cheaper and better tasting to just make burgers for the family at home lol.

[@chachab9239]

TRUTH!

[@BmanNL1]

Be happy and spend your money on healthy food.

[@thestooges333]

Where do you live ? Probably a big city. I get a meal for less than half that price.

[@paulmiller6245]

Where

[@cptnoblivion]

The problem is nobody ate fast food because It was good or had great service it used to be cheap and that’s what matters now it’s too expensive and not a good deal anymore.

[@crystalvouse6435]

But Macdonalds used to be decent . They definitely changed the taste in everything

[@TC-1985]

Yep!

[@WadmanP]

In some small part, it might be due to word starting to spread of how fast food is negatively impacting our metabolic health.

[@erossinema8797]

​@@crystalvouse6435Mcdonalds is some of the most toxic fast food available . It's never been good

[@Busyricky]

We also went to fast food places because the kids could go to the playroom, but now they have been removed.

[@OldTimerGarden]

During the pandemic, everyone realized just how much money they saved by eating at home.

[@hoboonwheels9289]

We also learned how bad restaurant food is for our health and how much more cash we have available living on groceries.

[@robertmasina7388]

If one eats out a lot, it adds up on one's pocketbook.

[@crystalvouse6435]

Yep

[@claudedalton8970]

AND THE "CHINA PANDEMIC" WAS THE EXCUSE TO DESTROY AMERICA! AND IT'S WORKING SO FAR! *TRUMP 2024!*

[@carolann4087]

@@robertmasina7388 And, it deteriorates one's health.

[@WilliamMarkovich-u1b]

The prices are out of control.. Way too expensive!!!!

[@ScorpioBornIn69]

That is what happens when they become 'big' corp. 1 - The quality declines 2 - Make portions smaller, consumers getting less and less for their money 3 - Never ending increase in prices

[@disneylover6408]

Blame Russia

[@soxfan]

@@disneylover6408 $15./hr.

[@fredc3543]

I stopped eating out years ago. The prices and quality were disappointing. Now, I cook all my food and get the best of quality and price within reason.

[@lilblackduc7312]

You're smart.

[@theyjustwantyourmoney4539]

I also stopped eating out and do it once in a blue moon

[@lelandgaunt9985]

Too expensive.

[@MichaelBoyce-tm2vw]

I heard tales of gross things.

[@MichaelBoyce-tm2vw]

I eat at Papa Johns McDonalds and Wendy's that's all.

[@rongendron8705]

When "fast food" restaurants became more prevalent in the 1960's, a typical price for a hamburger was $.25, fries $15. & a soda was $.15, so a typical bill for a family of four was under $3.00! Today, just one "Big Mac" meal can cost $15.00, or $60. for four! People still want to eat at these establishments, but not if they cost nearly as much as 'sit-down' restaurants!

[@Reyd_01]

Wait wait wait... hold on here!!! Are you trying to tell me things get more expensive over time?!?!?!!! 😱😱😱 What is this dark magic you speak of??? How were we never told this!!!!! Where did you learn these secrets!!! Oh man, you better believe I'm going straight back to 1960 once this video finishes.

[@ricktaylor3748]

I stopped at McDonalds, I ordered 3 fish sandwiches, they wanted $14.44 cents for three tiny old carp sandwiches. I drove off without paying a dime.

[@Reyd_01]

@@ricktaylor3748 and the corporation buckled overnight under the boycott of yar and ye matey's?? It's also been carp since the 70's, not sure why that'd be remarkable now.

[@TheBatugan77]

​@@ricktaylor3748 You didn't know the price before you ordered. What a duush.

[@ricktaylor3748]

@@Reyd_01 KFC uses sparrow wings, legs and breasts. An 8 pc hummingbird dinner with two sides cost $28 dollars and 78 cents. They give you plastic forks and paper plate to eat off of. The waitresses are covered with tattoos.😵‍💫

[@churchofpos2279]

It's not a secret- high prices and crappy food. I went to Wendy's a few weeks ago and the food was terrible. It tasted like the lunches served at school and was almost 11 dollars for that experience. Last week, I bought my own quality meat and fixins. For the same price of that Wendy's meal, I was able to make 4 burger meals. It also was better quality and tasty.

[@metatechnocrat]

The bonus is you can have a perfect medium rare burger to boot.

[@l27tester]

and no food poisoning@@metatechnocrat

[@leandramelo1030]

Exactly

[@earthstewardude]

But I can leave my tent and use their bathroom!

[@dingznthingz]

Wendy's never gets the order right. They always leave something out. Check your food before you leave to make sure you get what you paid for.

[@Reality-is-Truth]

These Restaurants are closing because they have bad service bad management and shity food. Then they insult there customers with outrageous prices for food not fit for human consumption this is the reality of the closers of these kennels!

[@David-uf8ex]

Spot on 👏

[@vincentphillips9252]

Shame on them all! Is this the thanks on consumer loyaltity? They all have made billions in profits! In tough times they all should have immediatly 😢😢offered high quality,dollar menus to help their customers. Only the real ones will remain! White Castle and Jersey Mikes get a shout out!

[@rick-be]

Sure true for McD's....

[@SUNROSE7878]

Well put truth. The food in the long run is garbage, I am sure they are contributors to the obesity, chronic disorders and just overall poor nutrition. People go home and cook your own food, you come out better for it.

[@BakersMad]

We quit all fast food over a year ago. Straight poison!

[@keith4826]

There … you said…. It’s poison. Cuz that is 💩 food and straight up poison..

[@geraldjohn7954]

What took you so long?

[@MichaelBoyce-tm2vw]

So are your reviews.

[@GenX-65-80]

Dramatic 😂

[@crystalvouse6435]

Yep....but once in a blue for me burger King. But yeah most times I cook or take out from west Indian or soul food ..

[@707Berto]

The REAL McDonald's is NOT a restaurant company. It is a Real Estate Corporation and isn't in any trouble. Their franchisees not so much...

[@MichaelBoyce-tm2vw]

Owned by the inheritents of the Kroc Family.

[@TheDogbreath1]

What if the tenants run into an income problem and head to Bankruptcy court?

[@mrbear1302]

@@TheDogbreath1 that is the Franchisee's problem. McD's collects billions in franchise and marketing fees.

[@TheDogbreath1]

@@mrbear1302 With what money? the franchisee is broke.

[@mrbear1302]

@@TheDogbreath1 Not the ones where I live. Always packed and full of cars in the drive through.......

[@elvinrichard5882]

The consumer can’t keep up with price increases. The salary of CEOs keeps increasing, but average people have flat wage growth.

[@donaldkasper8346]

I know I am about to be screwed by JackoffBox when the entire menu has been wiped out and it is all new. This means they just raised prices 30% and want to MBA style wipe out my point of reference to the new pricing. Unless I get the coupon sheet a few times a year with grocery coupon pages in my mail, I don't go.

[@StarShadowPrimal]

​@@danielreid3476 True. The much bigger problem is inflation and the massive increase in food costs.

[@ebayerr]

@@danielreid3476 That's right. Let's not look at the man behind the green curtain. Nothing to see here....move along.

[@BenoitWeiss-cg8pf]

Thank Biden

[@pb68slab18]

And various state-level lib leaders and their $20/hr min wage.@@BenoitWeiss-cg8pf

[@jeffgutierrez8796]

I grew up on a farm in the middle of nowhere, we ate everything fresh and most ourselves. We had t.v. and I would see commercials for fast food chains and wanted to go to said chains that were too far away to be feasible. I graduated and moved away to attend college in a big city and couldn't wait to try them at least. I was so disappointed in all of them I haven't gone back. That was 34 years ago...

[@donaldkasper8346]

Our family just stopped any fast food about 15 years ago unless that coupon sheet for them comes in the mail with the grocery store ads.

[@ameliadiaz8040]

​@@donaldkasper8346 Good thinking, sir!

[@corssecurity]

What puts me off chains like Applebee's is that all thier food comes pre-cooked and frozen on a truck from a commissary. Olive Garden operates the same way. They don't cook they reheat. I don't go out for a tv dîner.

[@churchofpos2279]

Panera does the same thing for their hot meals. They are just reheating ingredients.

[@user-ii3vn8tn3q]

The only reason anyone went to Applebees was for cheap drinks.

[@corssecurity]

@@user-ii3vn8tn3q chi chis

[@doubleedgedfist1535]

Exactly!!

[@kbbrown8154]

I used to go fairly frequently because the ownership and staff cared, had excellent service and were always actually enjoying their jobs. That location is a bit of an anomaly. @@user-ii3vn8tn3q

[@kyereCat]

The problems with this declining fast food chains are their rising cost to the comsumers. Their corporations are most interested in higher incomes for themselves than maintaining a stable economy growth.

[@ricktaylor3748]

Or serving reasonably priced, high quality food. They don't care, if we eat garbage.

[@moefoh96]

It's a problem they have seen coming. Thank Bernie sanders. $20 minimum wage for fast food workers in California after January. Say goodbye.

[@HalfAssHomestead]

No one, including my self ever go into business without protecting the investment, and the value. The economy is never a part of the equation. As long as the value keeps getting bigger, the rest rolls down hill. The higher we pay for the goods we sell, and the cost of shipping to send them out, never stops rising. In a great economy like we had under Trump, But the one we have under Biden will kill many small businesses. We need a Republican back in charge, and we have to secure both houses, if you ever want to see that life again!

[@StarShadowPrimal]

That's such an idiotic take. You think that corporations are tossing away their wealth because they are greedy and want more wealth? If corporate management is truly only motivated by greed, they will still try to find ways to increase profits, instead of tanking their companies and losing all of it. Also, corporations have next to nothing to do with what you are calling "stable economy growth." What you are seeing is economic failures due to inflation, which is caused by government increasing spending and currency printing at a rate exceeding actual economic growth.

[@Randytherumbler]

It's corporate greed that's the driving negative force, that's giving them a taste of their own medicine.

[@edwardf9661]

Also the size of the burgers, fish sandwiches and chicken are SHRINKING! Do they think we don’t notice??

[@jacksquat4140]

Corporatism says they don't have to care. You'll eat their stinking, shrinking, over-priced products or go hungry.

[@shahadathkadir]

This is a blessing for Americans . Now they will cook their own food & stay healthier rather than eating junk .

[@thunder5x]

A lot of people are losing their jobs and you call it a blessing you're an idiot.

[@christinegraham2579]

Unfortunately, buying good quality foods is not nearly as inexpensive as it used to be. Look at the price of meat & fresh produce. Compare that to a bag of Cheetos or any bag of potato chips!

[@shahadathkadir]

@@christinegraham2579 A fitting name " Cheetos " Cheating people of nutrients .

[@malachi-]

@@christinegraham2579 No joke, they just try to create a bunch of addicts... people need to start demanding higher standards.

[@Snipewoods69]

I agree! There are ways to budget.

[@Dabeachguy]

People are getting sick and tired of paying premium prices for under par quality food. It’s that simple.

[@davez325]

If all or most of the fast fooders close down, the population might start getting healthy for a change. Imagine that.

[@stoveboltlvr3798]

I was thinking "Good, maybe now people can relearn how to cultivate their own food, eat healthy and let the greedy corporations eat themselves.

[@SUNROSE7878]

​@@stoveboltlvr3798Good answer. They've already made their billions, they don't give a damn about people or health. Health. The more poison they can sell, the more money they can make. So let him sink.

[@disneylover6408]

And then everyone will starve to death because they can't buy food or water due to all the supermarkets closing too.

[@markreierstad2418]

Eating fast food is now as expensive as eating sit-down meals. One of the selling points of fast food was that it's cheap. Not so much anymore.

[@rick-be]

I only use coupons.

[@bricefleckenstein9666]

Sit-down meals have gone up JUST AS MUCH as a % from what I've seen.

[@danielheartsill4269]

The last two Subway stores we have visited, The employe working there acted mad we were bothering him. That will not work in Texas.

[@SportsBoss999]

I never liked going to Subway. When I want a meatball sandwich, they ask a thousand questions: Why kind of bread do you want? What kind of cheese do you want? Do you want it toasted? What toppings do you want? Blah, blah, blah. I just want a freakin' MEATBALL SANDWICH!! I don't want to keep listening to all the questions. Very irritating!

[@daniellaubach7544]

The management should screen new employees as they apply for a job to help keep the business open!

[@FuhrerTrump]

16$ for subway? Just today, i hope they all go out of business.

[@josephfilm73]

Scamway.

[@lopakabanzon3910]

Subway not that good anymore

[@Technocrat.]

Also, Fast Food is no longer cheap food. Here it costs $12-14 cad for a regular combo. Unless you have a coupon it costs $23 to $29 for 2 people at regular fast food places. Applebee's was great, but they started to lower the amount of food and increase prices

[@thomasbeslanovits9163]

APPLEBEE"S KILLED MY FRIEND HIS WIFE WAS AND IS A FAT ASS LAZY SLOB HE DIED 2 YEARS AGO HE DIED A FEW WEEKS AFTER THEY TOOK HIS FOOT OFF.HIS WIFE NEVER COOKED SO THEY JUST LOVED THE APPLEBEE'S HE ALWAYS WOULD SAY REALLY GOOD FOOD AND CHEAP.HIS NET WORTH WAS AROUND $ 2 MILLION .AT AGE 63 AFTER EATING CHEAP JUNK FOOD ALL THOSE YEARS KILLED HIM.EAT SMART AND EAT LIKE YOU WANT MAKE IT TO 100.

[@rick-be]

Buying sugary drinks is a big mistake and is the leading cause of obesity in the USA.

[@Peekaboo-Kitty]

Good. Who's going to pay $20 for a small dried up Burger?

[@bricefleckenstein9666]

Sounds like a Red Robin. Thank goodness the only time I've ever been in one of those places was during their "free meal for Vets on Veteran's Day".

[@squrtcap]

We have 10 times more fast food and regular restaurants than we need. My family operated a restaurant in the 1960’s, small town only two restaurants and maybe 5 other places with food, like a pizzeria. Today same size town will have 24 restaurants and 40 fast foods in same geographical area.

[@redwolfexr]

The economics are a bit more complex.. those 24 restaurants are spreading profits thinner but also have far more employees who buy food from other places when not at work. That is how a "service model economy" works. We don't really WANT it to be super efficient. If it is super efficient with far fewer employees nobody has any money. (the manufacturing jobs have gone, so service between people is basically what we have left)

[@redwolfexr]

@Jaegar19Ultima Service is what we have left. Manufacturing ain't coming back.

[@josiahsuarez]

Maybe (hopefully?) the lack of fast food will encourage higher quality diets... 😮

[@jjjrjjjr1]

@@redwolfexr I think that was the plan,Citizens United was the final nail. The ominous "they" want us to be servants,or worse,slaves.

[@MikeM.1971.GenX.]

I'm a restaurant owner/operator and i rarely eat out. if i do, it's never to a franchise.

[@jeffrobodine8579]

Correct, always support local entrepreneurs.

[@OneOfThoseTypes]

I'm glad to hear that burger king, subway and kfc are struggling. They don't care about the quality of their products and I'm glad to see that people aren't buying their crap.

[@1952jodianne]

It's odd when you go to a Burger King during regular hours & they're open, but burgers aren't available because they're out of ground beef. This has happened a few times recently at the Burger King in Wheelerburg, Ohio.

[@laustcawz2089]

I want KFC wedges back. Subway lost me when they limited the onions to the red/purple ones that I hate & they got rid of pastrami, after charging twice as much for it as other meats. Usually have great experiences at Burger King. Hate Popeye's chicken. Top damn spicy.

[@1952jodianne]

Really miss the pastrami at Subway, & don't see it elsewhere much, anymore, except at some local delicatessens. I think Popeye's chicken is a little too salty, not necessarily spicy, but I like spicy. Burger King is okay, except when they're out of burger, which has gotten to be a pretty regular thing, lately.@@laustcawz2089

[@elhombre8925]

You aren't kidding about kfc. Last time the chicken was as hard as a brick. And corporate didn't care. Or bk with their nasty burgers. And bk food made me sick.

[@malachi-]

It does depend on the neighborhood you are in, to a certain extent, and the manager can make or break the place.

[@racingphotographer8251]

Good riddance Burger King -- their biggest mistake was microwaving their burgers to order

[@LKaramazov]

I disagree, they were microwaving burgers back in the early 80s and they were still good. Microwaving was a good way to make the food hot, but you do have a point.if the workers just make huge batches and never throw any nuts can get weird. I’ll take a microwaved hot bk, over a lukewarm Wendy’s any day of the week. I’ve NEVER had a hot burger from Wendy’s, the cheese is never even melted!

[@EdmundSampson-pd7vi]

Their burgers got small, more expensive and the suffereable app never works properly, shame, the burgers Are better

[@bjornmarley5670]

The advertising suggested it was home of the flame grilled whooper.....yet in 42 years i have never seen a grill or flame....

[@LKaramazov]

@@bjornmarley5670 you’ve never been in the kitchen then! Wtf are you talking about???

[@racingphotographer8251]

@@bjornmarley5670 I remember when they did flame-grill to order. That ended in the 80's.

[@breeinatree4811]

My husband and i stopped going to any chain restaurants. We now only go to local mom and pop restaurants. The food is delicious and when your a regular customer you get treated like family.

[@janetcarbone4213]

And now that $20 an hour has come to CA-well it’s just a matter of time 💁🏼‍♀️

[@ScorpioBornIn69]

Only in California these days where the insanity is at it's finest.

[@brianjenkins4611]

Eating out anywere is expensive, when times are hard people stop eating out.

[@disneylover6408]

People can't eat, period anymore, it's not just restaurants it's Supermarkets too that are closing

[@obconoby7395]

Everything is getting smaller and the prices are always going up. I miss my Popeyes but I can't do it anymore.

[@sandysmith9869]

I don't go out to fast food anymore. It's not like it was back in the 80s.

[@danieltrickey9285]

What do all these fast food places have in common, bad seed oils, chemicals looking like food, and increasing prices. They're all doomed.

[@brianrundle2875]

So Warren Buffet bought a major interest in McDonalds at $24/ share in 1999 and sold it two years later for $27/s. The share price now is $300/share (Jan26/2024).. It is a real estate company not a food company and profits are growing. The franchisees have to pay increasing rents to HQ and buy food from their processing plants at inflated costs all while being responsible for renovating their stores.. Yes McDonalds is making more money but the operators are making a lot less and could be forced into closing stores.. This sounds like a story that does not end well..

[@mrKozmoz]

I remember growing up in the late 80s and 90s when fast food was a cheap quick option, especially Taco Bell with it's ridiculous nearly everything being sub 1 dollar. Haven't really eaten fast food in the last 10 years because of health and dietary restrictions, and don't miss it besides the social aspect when people want to eat out.

[@MilePost106]

The prices are no longer affordable! Just ordering and getting the order through Door-dash is around 30.00 which is crazy!

[@cptnoblivion]

Nobody should be using DoorDash that’s just stupid.

[@davemoss9505]

Door dash is lame. If you don't want to pay extra get off your butt and get it yourself.

[@gilbertopineda1649]

The problem is how expensive it needs yo be to keep corporate swimming in cash. Small restaurants only have one owner who needs to make a living. W this corporate stuff you got to pay supervisors, franchise owners and then share holders.

[@bildo1977]

Subway accepting the endorsement of Megan Rapinoe was truly the beginning of their end.

[@RansomHollywood]

BURGER KING is in SERIOUS trouble. They have restaurants that are CLOSING--EVERY DAY, somewhere around the country.

[@jossangeles4011]

There were always too many fast food outlets. As more and more people seek quality food they are just not going to these places. I don't think they will be missed

[@JeffreyAlan-i9b]

A cheeseburger was 20 cents when I was a kid... All rip offs now

[@gregorybaltzer2736]

And bigger,juicier

[@thurstonpowell8687]

When I go to MacDonald's you either wait 15 minutes to get your food waiting in a line of cars or 1/2 hour inside when there are no customers.

[@Cyrus992]

These companies aren’t like Apple or Intel which are difficult to boycott. Go for mom and pops or more compact companies like In-n-Out

[@kevinsavage808]

KFC in the UK thought they would be clever by eliminating all the original herbs and spices. It now consists of chicken pieces coated in cheap, often overcooked fatty batter.

[@SRTGHOSTS]

Burger King makes good food problem is they always hire trash I mean trash. Everytime I go it’s not the food that disappoints it’s the low class employees they hire.

[@jjjrjjjr1]

So it's not where i live,it's a nationwide problem. Every BK from Baltimore to Boca that I've been to hires lousy employees. It's still crap food though...

[@erniericardo8140]

​@@jjjrjjjr1also here where I live in Northern California they have closed many Burger Kings.

[@dianeremington3676]

Yes, they are rude and never get my order correct! Any location I’ve been to.

[@jonjorstad2061]

You mean tattoos and nose rings ? Me too

[@mikefromct5415]

To expensive i can now buy a Steak a grocery store for less then a Mcdonald's Value meal!

[@mikefromct5415]

No price reduction stickers here thats just the normal price of Steak in Connecticut@@living2day617

[@thurstonpowell8687]

It has a lot to do with generations that got paid more and cared less.

[@charles-y2z6c]

I used to eat at subway 3-4 times a month until Megan Rapinoe became their spokesperson

[@rick-be]

I didn't know,but I could not support anything that POS endorses.

[@The-You-Doober]

Let them all close. We will all live longer.

[@lucanidae100]

I had to use a magnifying glass to find the burger at McDonald's. Burger King just has lousy food

[@LyleFrancisDelp]

I would take a Whopper over a Big Mac any day, but I’ll admit MacDonald’s fries still reign supreme…when you can get them fresh. The rest of McD’s food pretty much sucks.

[@bobsacamano7653]

burger king's burgers have shrunk also.

[@LyleFrancisDelp]

@@bobsacamano7653 Not that I’ve noticed.

[@redwolfexr]

@@bobsacamano7653 Neither place has "shrunk" -- they are a specific weight.

[@MichaelBoyce-tm2vw]

The colonell said the Taters were library paste and the gravy was crap

[@dannys-beverage-world]

I'm not sure if Burger King actually uses meat.. They sometimes Heat their hamburgers in a microwave.. It's mind-boggling how low the quality is.. Or how most of them stay open with the parking lots empty.. Thank God for higher interest rates maybe they will all go out of business.

[@couchwarrior2449]

Burger King and McDonalds are TRASH. I stopped eating there a long time ago.

[@josephfilm73]

Booger King hasn't been good since the third original star wars movie. They sucked and stores were smelly.

[@odetomy]

Greed is killing these companies, along with ridiculous decisions. When a company cheapens the taste/quality of the food, shrinks the size of food, sneaks in extra fees, jacks up the price of the food, and continues to pay employees poorly, they will go under. One thing a lot of these fast food companies have failed to recognize is that if you want to stay in business, you have to share some of that profit with the people who break their backs to make your dream stay alive. Decent, reasonable raises should not equal having to raise prices to customers. Also, what is up with all the gloom and doom neutral, gray colors, McDonald's? To me, it looks like suicide. If they weren't the one of the cheapest places to eat at, I would not stop there. Those color choices for a hamburger joint say, "Stay away! Unless you plan on briefly popping-in on your way to work, or a funeral." I've noticed that some of these chains have moved away from family. They got rid of their play areas for kids, and just seem to not be too inviting for families. The color pop and atmosphere is GONE. And now, places like Subway want to charge all these extra fees for the things they add to sandwiches (which use to be already be included in the pricing), such as cheese. What should be a $8 to $10 sandwich (from what the pricing says) ends up being a $14 sandwich because of the new, hidden fees associated with the toppings. That's dirty business, if you ask me. I wonder who is responsible for creating these new changes, and how come they don't tell the customers until they ring up the price? I feel bad for the employees who are forced to implement these practices, just to keep their jobs. It's sad.

[@jacksquat4140]

The lust for perpetual profits will bring about our end. We need an economic system that doesn't utilize a monetary system. We see what money has done to people.

[@DLHH407]

Price of food ingredients has gone way up, especially beef. And availability is limited or at the least slowed down. I see empty shelves in Wal-Mart, grocery stores, and most stores in general. Discontinued items and brands. The restaurants and fast food places have to raise their prices, because they are having to pay more, too. Unfortunately, we the public can't afford to buy their meals. Service has gone down hill, too.

[@slchambers1]

Last Burger King I went to my shoes were sticking to the floor. Nasty. Left and never visited another BK. 6 years ago

[@LWRC]

You've got to wonder how much of these restaurants' downfall is due to crappy attitude, service and work ethics by the workers? Average food may get by but poor service and internal operational issues and inefficiencies is the final nail in the coffin!!!

[@andyking957]

"You get what you pay" is valid in employment too. The sector is known for minimum wages - so they can expect minimum effort.

[@LKaramazov]

I don’t really go to fast food places anymore, it if I have to go, it has to be in an affluent place where it’s affluent teenagers working there, and there needs to be nice, clean, teenage girls working the mic.

[@fj5144]

What type of good service are you expecting from a minimum-wage worker? lol If you made $7.25 per hour or hold on for it $10 an hour you would not have a good attitude either.

[@LWRC]

@@fj5144 Pretty stupid comment! These jobs are intended for high school students to get experience in the job market and are not intended to sustain a faimly's survival! Have a piss ass poor attitude - fine, those sandbaggers who haven't figured it out yet will get replaced by automation! Let's see who gets hungry first - these folks who are out of a job or the android machines powered by AI??!!!🤣🤣👍👍👍

[@suzyq3746]

Seriously, pay your workers 7.25 for 10 yrs while mgmt makes 3,000 x that.

[@zaq55]

My local Noodles & Co. never seems to have the same personnel working there, and always seems understaffed. This has to be an issue affecting profitability across the whole industry.

[@robertbroughton1443]

Where KFC is concerned, it went downhill when Yum brands took over. I worked for 2 different KFC's, one in Evansville, Indiana, and the other in my hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio. The Evansville stores were franchisee run, while the ones in Cincinnati were under the umbrella of Pepsico. Both were run with very high standards, while the Yum brands umbrella seems to not care about the customer. These days you get product that was cooked in very old shortening, which makes the coloration very dark, and the taste is god awful. Under Pepsico they let each FF entities control the procedures for their stores. We had strict corporate standards, as well as strict local/state health code standards to up hold. In order to make sure we were doing our jobs, KFC had mystery shoppers come into each store, or through the drive thru, depending on the instruction. I myself had gotten "TAGGED" several times, and each time passed with flying colors. Not only did it tell corporate how we were doing, but the GM, and Assistant Managers bonuses depended on it.

[@dustinleonsky4513]

Yum Brands also owns KFC and Taco Bell as well.

[@dennisjoiner4164]

I ordered a gravy biscuit at Hardee's. The gravy only covered half of the biscuit. I asked for the one that looks like the pic in the window. The cashier said, "I'll have to charge extra for that". That was ten years ago. Haven't been back since.

[@midcenturymodern9330]

In what's left of California, employers are now required to pay the minimum wage of $20 per hour. This is killing all kinds of restaurants, big and small. People have stopped going to fast food places, because a single combo of burger, fries and a drink can set you back over $20. Fast food is just not worth it anymore. For $20, I can buy a steak and cook it at home.

[@upsidedownworld934]

I'm seeing Burger King's closing all over the area.

[@HuFlungDung2]

There's been far too many fast food and restaurants anyway. But there's little else for people to do in countries that have outsourced most of their manufacturing to other countries. And people don't want to humble themselves in grubby blue collar work. That's what our 'education system' teaches the young.

[@nathanisenhour4420]

Mom n pops are much better. Better quality. 98% of the time.

[@lelandgaunt9985]

And can be cheaper over all.

[@Suzanne-f4x]

And you can get a "plate lunch" of homemade meatloaf, green beans and baked potato and iced tea. What's better than that?

[@ameliadiaz8040]

​@@Suzanne-f4x Everything is possible eating sanely at home! You know what I mean?

[@UncleDavesKitchen]

I've loved Jack In The Box for decades. Recently twice in a row the burgers fell apart in the sandwich, the meat wasn't even formed. Also half of the onion rings were round bits formed into rings. What a disappointment.

[@ScorpioBornIn69]

That is what happens when they become 'big' corp. 1 - The quality declines 2 - Make portions smaller, consumers getting less and less for their money 3 - Never ending increase in prices

[@lawrencearnemann3923]

Fun fact. Subway has zero corporate stores.

[@goingplaces2274]

Subway is losing money and customers, and closing stores because the quality of food is beginning to SUCK! Before when I order a sandwich the meat falls off cause they give a generous amount. Now you can count in one hand how many pieces of chicken or roast beef/turkey they put in, and its as thin as paper. They even skimp on vegetables even if those will be thrown away at the end of the day. Worst, these tiny fillings taste mediocre. Subway is headed to a downfall.

[@Rayeast-uv3uo]

Alot of fast food places are closing to most fast food places

[@DonaldKDever]

Priced themselves out of business!

[@ScorpioBornIn69]

That is what happens when they become 'big' corp. 1 - The quality declines 2 - Make portions smaller, consumers getting less and less for their money 3 - Never ending increase in prices

[@donaldgoodinson7550]

Disgusting food.Only Iceland had the sense to not allow them.

[@scottymoondogjakubin4766]

I have 2 mcdonald's and 2 burger kings in my town ! They tore down the burger kings and built new ones last year that look like old amazon book stores and the prices doubled ! The prices are insane for all crappy fast food restaurants !

[@Bartonfink3434]

The reason is raising minimum wages raises costs to consumers. I for one am not going to pay $10 for a burger! Minimum wage is not a career, it is an entry level job into the workforce.

[@filthyanimal874]

Exactly!! Well said.

[@quito215]

18% mínimum tip. Ouch!

[@Catzilla931]

No, the biggest problem is the increase in the cost of food.

[@filthyanimal874]

@@Catzilla931 yes, caused by the minimum wage hike on entry level jobs. Exactly like he stated. Don’t you get it? Try thinking outside the box like the old saying says.

[@josephfilm73]

Yeah. But also people found out that there's no food in their food. Eat out less but go to better places, you'll be healthier, wealthier, and happier.

[@theyjustwantyourmoney4539]

McDonalds drive thru continuous queues and busy all day whilst Burger King next door is totally empty as if it's closed

[@elhombre8925]

Bk makes nasty tasting food.

[@geod3589]

We have a McD's beside a Chik-Filet, and CF probably has 25x more window traffic and the dining room appears to be quite full also. I don't see how that McD's stays in business.

[@moonshinerman]

I went to Subway a couple of times. They would take a giant ham out of the cooler, slice two or three paper thin slices and then put the ham away. They would fill the sandwich with lettuce and that was it. I wasn't about to pay 6 bucks for a lettuce sandwich. Needless to say, i never went back

[@dimitriberozny3729]

Jerk in the Box didn’t last in my area very long! They started in the 1960’s and were gone by the 1970’s!!

[@gofast3209]

It has NOTHING to do with bad service or poor food!!! I work for a food distribution center that service hatdees restaurants. When i started there in 95 we delivered to over 300 restaurants in 2024 its now 68!! Its all money people/business want more money. Its a vicious circle. And in the end we are not paying 20.00 for a McDonald's burger

[@markdanielczyk944]

I support my local restaurant, top notch food, cheaper than McDonald's!

[@dustinleonsky4513]

I never have and hopefully never will work at McDonald's, but it's what's PAYING my bills right now. I work for Golden State Foods. We process beef for McDonald's.

[@lornegilbert9734]

Burger King can't die fast enough.

[@zoesummer1076]

The new chain gaining fast in popularity: Food Banks--for those who can no longer afford to eat even fast food out. Too much competition for the fast food chains.

[@stevenrowlandson9650]

There are two primary killers of small business especially restaurants besides mismanagement. Low income jobs limiting the spending power of potential customers and secondly the real estate market consuming a major if not overwhelming portion of workers income. What doesn't come around doesn't go around.

[@bobwilson758]

You said it : out of touch executives / greedy idiots !

[@garyleahy4537]

I agree with most of the comments already stated. Food quality, portion size and higher costs are the primary reasons for the majority of the closings. Also, while everything was shut down during the pandemic, people realized the amount of money that was spent (wasted) on fast food and actually learned how to cook. I'm even seeing commercials stating that fast food prices are nearly as high as some sit down restaurants for a lunch time meal. Quality is no longer a goal of these places, it's all about profits. NO THANKS!!!

[@trsdarrin]

Are used to be five dollar foot-long. Now it's five dollars for half a foot-long they're going down..

[@wasiuuu1]

the power is in YOU, don't eat garbage , look after your self , no one else will do , they interested only in your money , this is the system we chose to live in

[@martinwalker9386]

Adding to some of these businesses problems is that the business has joined the political scene and irritated customers. It may only cause a fraction of a percent decrease in walk ins but that hurts. On this list there are four that have got on my list to avoid because of politics.

[@ocsrc]

I remember when BK started They had fresh boxes of lettuce, tomatoes and onions They would slice the lettuce tomatoes and onions each morning. Now, they come in bags and plastic tubs and they are absolutely horrible and like rubber. I stopped eating BK years ago because they were horrible. If I owned them I would go back to fresh vegetables and slice them every morning and go back to the original plans

[@ScorpioBornIn69]

That is what happens when they become 'big' corp. 1 - The quality declines 2 - Make portions smaller, consumers getting less and less for their money 3 - Never ending increase in prices

[@thurstonpowell8687]

You have thousands of managers pissing off employees and they're cut from the same cloth as the generations that never worked as teenagers.

[@samueljames4043]

When greed, politics and arrogance surpasses quality, practicality and customer satisfaction.

[@susanindy6406]

Build Back Broke

[@MarkStebbins-xx7ee]

If the Restaurants would lower down there prices to be affordable, more people would start to go to them. Right now it's cheaper to eat at home.

[@doug8525]

I live in central Iowa. We’ve had the two kfc and two burger kings both close. I really liked the whoppers and the chicken. I could see it coming though. Poor service, unclean conditions inside the buildings, rude and thankless help, etc etc. They pretty much did it to themselves.

[@DayTwo-w8n]

I paid almost $15.00 for a Whooper meal....NO MORE! The value is not there.

[@over07ful]

Everybody. Go to your local diner. What is everybody thinking?

[@MoonOverYou]

Our town doesn't have a local diner. The last decent one we had burned down after being sold. I can't recall when we were able to find one within 100 miles. The hard-working, skilled owners, who made the food a lot of us remember and crave, retired, died, or shut down. Covid destroyed a lot of restaurants that have not been replaced by new businesses.

[@pb68slab18]

BK was always my favorite! But the local ones are terrible. Service sucks, long wait times, burgers and bacon is under-cooked, often almost raw. And a local manager was recently arrested for sexual abuse of his employees.

[@timvala7577]

Even early as 1970 my cousin called Jack in the box crap in the box!😂😂😂

[@RIVALContentJammerz]

My dad called it "Jack in the Crack"

[@DKisOk]

The sky high prices for one meal has been a blessing in disguise. I have learned to make ALL my favorite meals myself and More, for much less and larger portions!!!

[@BradAcquilin]

You totally left out the real reason Jack went down. You skipped the food poisoning deaths. This resulted in their original demise. You're welcome for free.

[@johnmourer5747]

You can spend more for lunch at jackn box than applebees or chilis. Why pay more for garbage food

[@3ma_lengend]

Subway KFC burger king I noticed that there are a lot of subways disappearing Apple bees was a shocker the one closest to me disappeared a year ago

[@Artanis667]

​@@johnmourer5747Yea i've never been sober, went to jack in the box and thought after "that was a good idea"

[@bottmar1]

It cost $7.70 for three hamburgers at McDonald's the other dày (4/15/24). I can get two deep fried chicken breasts for that much! No more Mcdonalds ever!!!

[@bobgrob4]

I know one thing...Burger King should do away with the slogan "have it your way". All they know now is 'you want the combo?"

[@theresistance1111]

What about "u rule"that's the dumbest thing for the employees to have to tell customers

[@doubleedgedfist1535]

@@theresistance1111. That’s right! I rule! So I wanna clap the cheeks of the cute cashier after my meal. 😊