Ruby Tuesday -- I can see it happening, I guess? I never thought the chain was great and none are close to me so I'm kinda indifferent
Ihop -- I like Ihop, but I don't think any are around me.
Applebees -- I can't see them going out of business, and would be pissed if they did.
Denny's -- I like Denny's, although they're overpriced. I can't see anything happening to them.
Chuck E. Cheese -- They declared bankruptcy last year. Honestly, I wouldn't be terribly surprised to see them gone. Every town I know that had one already lost theirs years ago.
Golden Corral -- I think I'm only familiar with this chain by name. I have no expectations as a result.
Dave & Buster's -- Never been a fan. Their food sucks and their arcades are meh. However, I'm not sure how likely they are to vanish.
Subway -- lolwut? How could Subway be going anywhere? I'm calling bullshit on that claim. iirc, Subway is the second-largest fast food chain. Even if the argument is that the pandemic has hurt their owner-operators, most of the major fast food chains are *also* run by smaller operators. McDonald's is 95% franchisee, for instance (which makes the moronic arguments, "Oh, McDonald's employees only make this, but the CEO makes this!", even stupider because the McDonald's CEO has about as much connection to 95% of McDonald's workers as the CEO of Wal-Mart has to McDonald's workers). That said, I wouldn't mind seeing Subway leave the marketplace so it can be replaced by any number of its superior competitors... and pretty much every other major sandwich chain blows Subway out of the water.
Red Lobster -- I would be bummed out by this, although I haven't been there lately. Why would Red Lobster be affected but not Olive Garden, though?
TGI Fridays -- It's been so long since I've eaten at one that I can't really remember if I like it. I imagine I probably do. I wouldn't be terribly surprised to learn it went out of business.
PF Chang's -- Offhand, I'm not sure if I have one near me. In fact, I think I'm more familiar from seeing them down the freezer aisle.
Ferarri619 posted...
Everytime I've gone to Subway, I was literally the only customer in the restaurant, even during BOGO footlong deals, so I guess it makes sense that they're struggling.
Subway's staffing costs are generally so low that I'm not sure something like that has a major impact. A lot of locations are family businesses, and it's probably the biggest example of fast food chains serving as modern day sharecropping since you have struggling owner-operators paying most of their revenue to the franchisor.
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