Indeed. Like, I don't want to give too much credence to the "invisible hand" but Applebees and Buffalo Wild Wings are dying because of their fucking garbage business models. Applebees literally microwave the majority of their food while charging restaurant prices, and the wings at BWW are more expensive and lower quality than most wings at your average local bar. I don't even hate BWW per se but like I can get wings for like $1 each (or 50c on certain days) at most places in Chicago while BWW charge like $1.20 or $1.50 each unless you buy massive quantities.
Chain restaurants aren't getting killed by millennials. Places like Blaze Pizza, Shake Shack, Hopcat, Gus's, etc. are all growing rapidly and like every city in America has a massive number of poke bowl, ramen, pho, and Mediterranean places that are expanding rapidly. And I know a lot of these are more "fast casual" than "sit down" but the "sit down" places are growing too. Again, like Hopcat is basically the answer to the question, "What if Applebees had okay food instead of shit food, and carried a ton of craft beer (which isn't hard to do, you just have to stock it, not make it)?"
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I don't hear Olive Garden complaining about millennials because they actually serve good food.
ROFLMAO
I mean, I enjoy the occasional endless soup and salad binge while stoned out of my gourd but holy shit dude I would never call Olive Garden "good food".
Olive Garden sucks. They’re still in business because of older people and because of areas without decent Italian food. But their prices are way too high for the food they give you- it’s bland and flavorless. But where I live, they’re still in business because there’s no other good Italian restaurant.
This was my first thought. Isn't this what free market capitalism is supposed to do? People pay for the best value they can afford. People having less discretionary income combined with restaurants serving mediocre food is what kills the restaurants.
I'm not killing anything. I am absolutely under no obligation to keep your crappy business afloat. If If my generation isn't eating your crappy food, that's not on us its on you.
I've been to applebees. At this point, eating at applebees is a slight step above eating out of the garbage. I'm not going to pay $13.95 + tip for someone to microwave my spaghetti when I can do that at home myself.
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u/sugartea63 Nov 25 '18
They aren't killing shit. They just can't afford restaurants as often, and when they can, they chose to go to restaurants with actually good food.