Profit margins are around 3% too. It's an extremely stressful and low return business. 10+ years ago when I was working at the (newest at the time) baker's square we needed to make at least $3000 in profit per day just to keep the lights on.
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Profit margins are around 3% too. It's an extremely stressful and low return business. 10+ years ago when I was working at the (newest at the time) baker's square we needed to make at least $3000 in profit per day just to keep the lights on.
Private equity raiders have taken their toll as well. The flapping gums in the media blamed Red Lobster’s bankruptcy on endless shrimp but that’s not even remotely true. The company that bought Red Lobster sold the real estate out from under them which forced store owners to begin paying rent on buildings where they didn’t have to before. A similar kind of asset stripping is what put the final nail in Sears’ coffin IIRC.
Come up to the frozen Northeast. Only $2.649 a gallon here. Refineries can blend in the high RVP volatile refuse in winter.
I think most of the large reefer box trucks run Diesel. That juice was insane for a couple years. Still a bit too high at $3.39/ga
I am also another big fan or Texas Roadhouse. I also go to them when I am out of town and always a good experience.
We had a horrible experience at Cracker Barrel about 5 years ago and have never returned.
I see that they are very popular near me. I went once and was disappointed. The LoneStar Steakhouse near me was very good but they went out of business.
I always end up taking half my order home because the rolls and cinnamon butter are just too delicious to not eat three baskets of them.
Let's talk about buffalo wild wings. Now that's a place that needs to go away. None of their wings are good.
Read up on Steward Healthcare and see what they did.
Unfortunately this crap is legal….
MA is a bubble, and I know that, but people are eating out all the time here—just at better restaurants than TGIFs. Our locally owned and slightly more chic restaurants with better ambiance and food are super busy all the time. The local TGIF is dead all the time.
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We sat down, ordered our breakfast and waited. About 15 minutes later another couple came in, ordered their breakfast.. They received their food, ate it, and got the bill, and we still hadn't received our food. I asked to speak with the manager about this. The manager never came over but the waiter said the manager was bringing our food right out. I said it was too late for that and left. The manager was also very mean and condescending to an employee.
Texas Roadhouse is a go to when i have to eat out (as are cheddars and Chilis and of course waffle house)
Well the dry rub lemon pepper isn't awful, but it's a bad sign when the burger is one of the better things at a wing place. it's way way way down on my list.
To other comments on restraints in general, while traveling if i have time id rather sit at one of these types of places because the food is usually better and not much more expensive than fast food.
RE Ruby Tuesday - i also thought they were out of business but there is one in our airport as airport food goes its up the scale...
Doesn't look like there is any marbling on any of those unless the camera is off. Not worth the price.
Texas Roadhouse is always 50/50. I ask for med-rare and get shoe leather. Wife asks for well done and gets a blue mooing cheeseburger. I have a better chance getting a properly cooked steak at Applebee's without the exorbitant cost.
Texas Roadhouse is meh like anything else that's a chain these days.
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I think you mean to say it looks like there is hardly any marbling. They sell what their customers want. California is not the deep-fried South. If you go to Harris, House of Prime Rib, Bobo's, etc, anybody can get the fattest heartstopper they may want.
It's a chain for people who want to fill up cheaply on large plates. It's for gourmands, not gourmets. Of course it's pretty bad. Applebee's was horrendous decades ago. I'd rather eat a roller dog from 7-Eleven.
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Correct, and if you are out getting a steak at a steakhouse it better be a prime cut for the price and those definitely don't look the part doesn't matter where you're located.
No argument on that. Proper steakhouses and chains do not have the same clientele or offerings. This thread started out with TGIF and moved on to TR - not exactly paragons of quality food. Don't expect me to show Wagyu* or just a fine piece of marbled meat from the selection at TR.
*I'll eat something like that once a year. I'm in firm disagreement with Julia Child's First Rule.
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