Learned something surprising a couple days ago about the fast food industry
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Of course they are. People are poorer and the competition of quick dine in has been eliminated. Never seen so much fast food trash in parking lots, everyone is wasting in their cars.
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And zero dining in, so way more streamlined
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Pretty sure @Pitchfork51 chinned this because of ArizonaDerekJohnson said:I was talking to my sister who lives in Arizona. She works for one of the nation's largest commercial property management companies. They collect rents for Walmart, Red Lobster, Target, etc. She said fast food chains are making a killing during Covid. They have significantly lowered overhead while having long lines of customers at the drive-thru windows. She says they are doing better now than before the Covid lockdowns. I found this to be shocking but she insists it's true.
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Perhaps true in some parts of the country ... but fast food (unless you live on the value menu) at least in Seattle isn't that much cheaper than actual good foodBob_C said:Of course they are. People are poorer and the competition of quick dine in has been eliminated. Never seen so much fast food trash in parking lots, everyone is wasting in their cars.
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This I think is the bigger issueLoneStarDawg said:And zero dining in, so way more streamlined
I much prefer going to a restaurant and eating compared to fast food ... but I can't really sit down easily in a restaurant and have a beer or whatever and watch some sports while I wait for my food, it becomes more tied to would I rather wait the 5-10 minutes to get the fast food by my house or the 30+ minutes to get a meal in a restaurant plus the time to drive to/from?
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Soylent green is covid people!
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RIP, Hooters girls.
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I can't stand sitting down in restaurants
I don't mind the bar.
But restaurants nowadays are bullshit. After you've had a drink or two I can't finish an appetizer, much less some monster plate of food. -
Christ, where do you live?Tequilla said:
This I think is the bigger issueLoneStarDawg said:And zero dining in, so way more streamlined
I much prefer going to a restaurant and eating compared to fast food ... but I can't really sit down easily in a restaurant and have a beer or whatever and watch some sports while I wait for my food, it becomes more tied to would I rather wait the 5-10 minutes to get the fast food by my house or the 30+ minutes to get a meal in a restaurant plus the time to drive to/from?
It's all about substitution and value ... and current conditions makes fast food look a little better. -
North end of Seattle ... so most good restaurants for where I live require me going down to the U-District area or to the other side of I-5.doogie said:
Christ, where do you live?Tequilla said:
This I think is the bigger issueLoneStarDawg said:And zero dining in, so way more streamlined
I much prefer going to a restaurant and eating compared to fast food ... but I can't really sit down easily in a restaurant and have a beer or whatever and watch some sports while I wait for my food, it becomes more tied to would I rather wait the 5-10 minutes to get the fast food by my house or the 30+ minutes to get a meal in a restaurant plus the time to drive to/from?
It's all about substitution and value ... and current conditions makes fast food look a little better.
