15 Fast Food Chains Closing Restaurants Right Now
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ต.ค. 2023
- Your favorite local fast-food restaurant may disappear before you even notice. That's because the sector is now preparing for the year ahead, and companies are reevaluating their businesses, cutting costs, separating the profitable restaurants from the unprofitable ones, and deciding which locations will make it into 2024. Competition has never been so tough, and with economic conditions suggesting that consumers will continue to limit their dining-out budget, brands need to adapt to the new market conditions and cut off some bad apples that could compromise their growth and stability in the near future.
For instance, after parent company Yum! Brands reported a 25% drop in net income for the first quarter of 2023 due to declining sales and foot traffic at its restaurants, KFC and other chains owned by the company began closing stores to start rebalancing their business. Since 2020, almost 70 KFC restaurants have been shuttered, with 35 closings happening over the past twelve months. Though the chicken chain also opened some locations in 2022, after generating its first unit growth in years, it reverted back to closures this fall. Revenue slipped by 1.1% during Q1, but data from the most recent quarters hasn't been released to the public yet. Now, the popular fried chicken fast food chain is exiting the market of one U.S. state completely, shuttering all stores and liquidating its assets in the region. According to the U.S. Sun, dozens of KFC locations are closing down in Louisiana. And the last seven closures meant that the chain will no longer serve customers in the state. KFC restaurants in Jennings, DeRidder, Crowley, Eunice, Lake Charles, Lafayette, and Sulphur were reportedly closed without notice. The company didn't respond to the outlet why it is leaving the state. Staffers said they were only made aware of the shutdowns by notices put at the restaurants' doors. The stores were not franchisee-owned, but operated by the corporation. According to retail analysts, the only reasonable explanation for the sudden closings is underperformance. Right now, Yum! Brands is reassessing its portfolio, and many other chains operated by it, including Taco Bell and Pizza Hut, are likely to follow the same move as KFC.
Similarly, burger chain Hardee's seems to be in trouble. In 2022, annual sales declined by 4.2%, and average sales volumes dropped by 3%. The brand is a sister to Carl's Jr., and both chains have been reporting weak sales since at least 2018, according to Restaurant Business. Then, Summit Restaurant Holdings, a large Hardee's franchisee went bankrupt and closed 40 restaurants. Now, parent company CKE Restaurant Holdings is planning to reduce Hardee's store count by 13%, or approximately 213 locations. The targeted restaurants are based in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Kansas, Missouri and Wyoming. During the filing, CKE said Summit Restaurant Holdings should sell the restaurants it operated to a “qualified and well-capitalized buyer, with a record of success across the restaurant, entertainment, food, beverage and retail markets.” Unfortunately, that didn't materialize, and the restaurants are at risk of being liquidated.
For most of these brands, closing stores is not something they take lightly. Oftentimes, that is their last resort. However, they must protect their business now to be able to navigate the challenges ahead. In many cases, it's a matter of survival. This trend is likely to intensify as economic conditions continue to deteriorate, meaning that we may have to say goodbye to multiple beloved restaurants before the year ends.
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These places are closing because the service is lousy and so is the food. Prices are just too high.
My local Mc Donalds charges $12.80 for a "medium" Big Mac meal. Forget it and good bye!
Quantity is down, Quality is down, Service is down...and...The price goes up? I'm out
Tiny serving cost of whole pizza everywhere
Many times the local diners have comparable prices and better service and much better food !
Yes
$11 for a burger, fries, and a soda doesn’t work for most Americans.
Agree. Many of these companies can charge even much higher prices in overseas market like in Australia, Dubai, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan and still stay in business because people in these countries have high discretionary spending power. But most Americans are tapped out nowadays and prefer not to spend an arm and a leg for fast food.
Most of these fast food companies are expanding their businesses overseas whilst shrinking their operations in the US.
Try $12-16 at McDs & CarlsJr /Hardees
25$ in canada
Try $11.00 for a halfway decent burger 🍔 with NO fries or drink.
I think this is because too many restaurants have tried to cut costs too much by reducing quality of food and people are tired of it. They have all been overpriced since 2020, as it is. If the food was quality some people would still want it. But people are not going to pay these prices for food that’s no longer worth it to eat.
Fast food is now literally garbage!
I think people just have better options for the price and time. Why go to McDonalds, sit in line for 100-20 minutes and pay a lot for mediocre food when I can pay slightly more and get a better burger at various places. Today I got a steak, 2 sides and a burger with fries from Texas Roadhouse for $2 more than my last order from a McDonalds.
@@fadsa342 Don't eat McD fries. Documentary showed the farmers who farm their special russets strictly for McD won't go in the fields for at least 5 days after they spray it full of toxins. Something to think about
@@goconnor5460what was the name of the country that had their food on display and it didn't mold over? Also do you have a link to the video? I'm going down the rabbit hole tonight. 😂 🤣
I think you're right! Even the McDonald's hot and spicy tastes worse now than when it was $1 in 2019
I'm still trying to figure out how we can have double the business closures than we had last year and still be adding 360,000 jobs at the same time. Am I the only one thinking we are being lied to?
Looks like the same people who got fired are reapplying and they are counting it as new jobs.
It’s ….
I never trust anything the Federal Government says, I live in DC and know too many Federal workers.
They employed more to work for the feds,,If you had a job and have to get another you created another job.
Cuss they hire more quiters than stayers😊
The flaw in the business model is that it is top heavy which makes it unsustainable if a downturn persists. Fast food is discretionary spending so it is a useful indicator of how much money people have in their pockets
I love KFC and Arby's....but the food is just way out of my price range. I have not eaten at many of these places in YEARS!
1. KFC
2. Arby's
3. TGI Friday's
4. Firehouse Subs
5. Bojangles
6. Moe's Southwest Grill
7. Raising Cane's
8. Chick-Fil-A
9. Hooters
10. Hardee's
11. Steak 'n Shake
12. Papa Murphy's
13. Baskin-Robbins
14. Starbucks
15. Pizzeria Locale
Chick-fil-a is going nowhere! Same for Starbucks. Rest all are doomed.
I now go right to the punch by checking comments to find list. Thank you.
@@dgdave2673true
BK should be closed also
NOT hooters lol
I've been to most of these restaurants and , with exception of Steak and Shake, Chick filet, and Firehouse, the employees are unfriendly and just slap the food together without correcting incorrect orders
Lol you would be too with shit wage. Can't even buy their food without losing less than 1 hour of their own wage.
Which is why all these no skill employees who have no skills and they expect to make $100,000 a year will be replaced by automation and robots. Robot won't spit in your food😊
@@deathlarsen7502 Do you seriously think that the money addicted will stop their incessant hoarding at hungry "no skilled" humans? It's a Monopoly game and they want every dollar, every seed, every breath of air in their possession. They'll need a few of us, less than a few hundred thousand of us to help them manage their personal continents and countries. The winners are already consolidating and buying up Earth and all of its resources. I guarantee you that you won't be one of the final winners and they will find a way to not need your "skill" either. They are only looking to feed themselves. They might not spit in your food; instead, they poison it. Pick a side!
2 years ago I decided to treat myself to a meal at Applebees. The host (if you can call the skinny kid with stringy hair wearing a knit cap) a host. I am a senior and use a walker. He told me it would be a 15 minute wait. When I asked if I could sit in the waiting area, he said NO, you have to wait outside. So rude, and it was only because one waitress says I can sit in her section that I stayed. Still every time I pass an Applebees, I think of the employee who treated me poorly, and keep on driving. I am so lucky I live in a state with so many diners. Good food and plenty of it, friendly staff, and prices that are comparable to fast food.
Too many large brands are owned by corporations instead of the individuals they're more interested in stock price and keeping up their income than they are in running the businesses and putting out good food
6 to be exact... #YUM endx
And correct They Care not a bit.
@@kimgordon3695 let them fail just like they did the Mom and Pop's they need a good taste of their own medicine
@@kimgordon3695 yes and their greed has got the best of them. They thought it was funny to push out the mom and pops and it come back to bite them in the butt.
Blackrock, Vanguard, State Street, is more if you look.
I love KFC, but I can not longer afford it, or Popeyes. 🙁
Grocery store fried chicken is 1/3 the price of national brand fast food places and tastes just as good if not better
Ya kfc cost $30 for ten tenters and 4 sides for one person
Bruh, I purchased two original chicken sandwiches and a small side order of mashed @ Popeyes the other day. It was like $15 and that didn't even fill me up. I could've easily whipped up some healthy meals not just one, with that $$$.
KFC really isn't good for you.
I think that is the goal lol to have people go back to cooking at home and overall re-thinking the food they consume for better health as well as slow down the bored eating habit America has..You are not actually supposed to eat until full.If you fancy fried chicken, you can easily buy tenders, flower, eggs, oil and potatoes for a month for the price of 4 single outings to a fast-food restaurant.
I got in the habit of cooking good quality meals at home During covid. My tastes have changed. Fast food taste like crap to me now. For a $12 meal Eating out. I can get four meals at home and feel like i've been really fed.
Since 2021 restaurant pricing has gone insane. I simply stopped going and so have most of my friends. Maybe once a mth we go for the local fullbreakfast for 6.50 and its a local place and we support them as best we can. Cook at home!!!
I have almost completely stopped going. I used to go multiple times per week. Fast food is heading toward extinction in Calif.
Who can afford to
Poor customer service, higher prices, food not good & or not made correctly a lot of times & on top of that ppl are feeling more comfortable eating & cooking at home these days. NWO
And add to that a current underclass of employees who don't care, re ANYTHING & also choose Not to Wash their hands, among other things.
Exactly.
That food will make you sick and throw you into an early grave.
Well thats 95% of food everywherr.. jeff rense calls it thr SAD … standard americsn diet
Yep, Veggies, rice, and tea is the way to go
Never tried mo’s
Not surprised to see Steak and Shake on this list. Last time I went to one, you were expected to order your food from a kiosk ( no other option at this particular one, don't know if they are all like that ) and seat yourself. Not going to do the employees jobs for them and then pay too high prices. We left.
It all boils down to the horrendous cost of their rent.
Me after seeing 50 cars line up at a Chick-Fill-A drive thru : 🤔🤔🤔
ours used to be that way but after the original owner died and the other people took over not So Much Anymore
Also, Chick-fil-A went woke ----- DIE policies. 🥴😳🙄🤦👌
Because they have a great business model. The food comes out super fast short wait!
Whilemina Gates silently bought up over 80% of us FARMLAND in 2019
@@cs.8821 used to be ours doesn't have lines like they used to
It's nice to see these companies get smaller.
The Chick-fil-A located 2 miles from us is always packed. They just opened another one about 5 miles away to meet the demand. I don't eat fast food restaurants, but Chick- fil-A does have good chocolate milkshake, but make sure you run for miles after consuming it. 😊
The only Fast food I will eat. I'm in NC and they are always packed! They are not going anywhere.
Chick Fila is always packed in Colorado and Georgia too. They even have a special method for moving customers through the drive through. Chick Fila is better quality than most other fast food. When I lived in Colorado the town I lived in did not have any nearby Chick Fila. People would bring it from Denver and sell it to people, not even kidding. Every time I was in Denver and it was not a Sunday, I would go. They are very popular there. People in my town would always talk about wanting one in town. I live in Georgia now and there are plenty of Chick Filas. They are all busy. People will pay more for Chick Fila because they usually have great food and service.
Chick-fil-a is going nowhere! Same for Starbucks. Rest all are doomed.
Location; Location; Location !!!!
I haven’t eaten out or ordered in in over five years, and I don’t miss it for a second
Corporate greed seen in ever-increasing prices for consumers is contributing greatly to their downfall. Fast food outlets have just become way too expensive.
Good! You gouge the customers long enough, they'll stop coming into your stores. Just because a company "can" raise prices, doesn't mean they "should".
I was wondering when you'd mention Hardee's and Arby's...RIP. It's been a good run for the legends!
There should be pressure to the parent companies to pay up, rather than pressure from the parent companies to cut operation costs!
Wow 😱! It's "The Voice" again! He's been on a roll lately. When "The Voice" speaks, people listen 👂.
I was in a McDonald's just last week. A Quarter Pounder 🍔 with cheese, medium fries 🍟 and a large soda 🥤 cost me ------ almost $15.00 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱! I for one is not , "Lovin' It". 🥴😳🙄🤦👌
Not food. Garbage
You must live in New York
@@wannabe4668 No. Actually, I live across the Hudson River in New Jersey. 😁👌
Then they have the audacity to ask you if you want to contribute to Ronald‘s house. I told the girl last time I was in McDonald’s I got my own house maybe Ronald should contribute to me and I got a coffee. Which was just as much there at Starbucks.
Just noticed that Denny's in our area went out of business. Now we just have I-Hop to fill in that genre.
Same thing with the Denny’s in my neighborhood!! It closed at the beginning of this year.
Hey, it’s an American institution!!
People stop drinking out and ending at Dennys with a hangover?😊
Ours is closed too and it was always busy.
Good news. Obesity rates in those cities are reportedly decreasing without those 3,000 calorie plates of grease cleverly disguised as grand slam breakfasts.
Thank God for the mom and pop restaurants. Better foods!
Baskin Robbins should not sell their ice cream in grocery stores. Keep it in-store. Make the customers come to you, don't go to them.
People are still going to Grocery stores - but they do not go to Baskin Robbins for a lot of the year. When the weather gets cold - BR needs money to survive the winter.
@@Thommadura Yeah, and then, out of habit, people will continue to buy B&R ice cream in the stores once the weather warms up , brick and mortar B&R stores will lose sales, go out of business then everyone will ask, "How'd this happen?".
Pure Nonsense - There is not a single "GROCERY" store that depends on ONLY the profits of Ice cream to survive. Grocery stores sell LOTS of things that you can buy at other venues such as restaurants and diners, fast food places, and even soda shops - and they manage to survive quite nicely. Add in the fact that there are dozens of brands of ice cream and B&R certainly has no major share of the product category I suppose the next thing you are going to say is that Grocery stores will go out of business because of lack of sales of Frozen Waffles when Vacation season rolls around and people go to IHOP on the road.@@jediknightjairinaiki560
Less fast food is a good thing and no restaurants at all would be better so people would need to eat at home and cook their own meals. People might even lose a few pounds, which would also be a good thing. I stopped going out over a year ago.
I stopped eating out 35 years ago, I cook myself , eat fresh and you will not be sick
Tijuana style taco vans are doing business on roadsides everywhere here in Southern california.
Good quality fair prices.
Everything is going up even the divorced rates haha 😂
Ya all I hear is yelling out the windows glad to single and childless
Overdoses (Fentanyl), suicides, crime, employees on strike add to that list.
The only thing not going up is Brandon's IQ
I'm loving it 😂! Karma has arrived for lots of men and women 😂, the honeymoon is over! Time to pay the piper
The people still in a relationship or marriage are basically using each other now, for money in exchange for occasional sex. But they are not happy or in love which each other
Hooters is great. They went down as they put more clothes on the waitresses
Political correctness isn't profitable?! Who knew?! /s
@@caseyadams1861 I don't believe anyone thought the chicken wings were great. The attraction was scantily clad pretty young women.
Last time I went to Hooters was eight years ago. The food was horrible. The service was slow, and the girls, you could tell it all gained weight. Yeah, I guess they had to hire the heavy D’s. And it’s heyday I never really cared for Hooters. How is felt that was going to get teased up I was going to go to the local strip club. I think even today they push that stupid calendar. They come up in flirting your table hoping to drive up there too. I’m like go gold dig somewhere else.
Not to mention today’s soy boys no longer like half naked girls.
I had planned to stop at the Burger King closest to me in Kernersville, NC only to find out it was closed. This BK is very close to I-40. Across the street I saw that a Taco Bell and a Culvers had opened. Wow!!
I went to high school in there, Glenn High
Dozens of small restaurants closed left and right due to the plandemic. Nevertheless these franchises aren't inmuned eithe,r plus the amounts of saturated fats in these foods contribute to people preparing home cooked meals or switching to more healthy and less expensive choices.
😂PLANdemic!?
Hardee’s have had problems for a long time along with Pizza Hut little Cesar’s Steak ‘n Shake Arby’s domino’s and more
First: Thank you for yet another well done and interesting video. As for Inspire Brands 'sister' brands of Dunkin' Doughnuts and Baskin-Robbins, with the former doing much better, it does not take a business major to understand why.
Quite simply: Dunkin' Doughnuts can sell product year round. Ice cream, (mainly being a seasonal offering) puts it in a position which makes me wonder how they even got this far. Most owners of locally owned ice cream shops here in Illinois, temporarily close for the fall/winter and, take up residence at their 'snow-bird' homes in Florida or Arizona.
These fast food restaurants came into existance by offering fast , reliable, friendly service with affordable prices.The tastes were consistant and each had their own stamp.Now the service is slow ,the employees mostly seem to not want to be there and some unable to even speak english .Many menu items are out or discontinued or served cold,portions size has gone way down and quality is an after thought.
starbucks, chick fil a, dunkin donuts, 2 banks, and a new addition to a kinda-new shopping mall, have all been built in my area in the last 18 months and they are busy when they need to be, so i guess my area is doing pretty good still
We all should FIGHT BACK against these high prices at fast food places. I'm getting to where I won't eat out unless I have a get a discount. Because it is much cheaper to cook at home. My Teaching Salary isn't going up just because these kids are paid big wages. Actually, my living standard is going down with all of this inflation. We are barely making ends meet, so I'm not going to help them pay employees like $15 to $20 / hour.
That is the result of needing to pay the employees $15.00 -$ 20.00 per hour.
@@gordonbone3689 Well, that's not my problem. My Teaching Salary isn't going up just because these kids are paid big wages. Actually, my living standard is going down with all of this inflation. We are barely making ends meet, so I'm not going to help them pay employees like $15 to $20 / hour.
Fast food no longer means inexpensive. The McDonald's where I live charges $3.50 for small fries (about $4 when including tax). I can go to the local grocery store and pick up a ten pound bag of potatoes for the same price.
Already did the same 2 months ago.
That is basic economics. People demand a higher wage, then the company raises prices of the product to accommodate the higher wage, and people either pay the price or choose to go somewhere else to get a product. Then the company makes hard choices.
I love this channel! I watch it every day!
Raising Canes': Finally tried their food a few months ago in Woodfield, IL. Was very underwhelmed, especially in comparison to Popeye's and Chic-Fil-A. Surprised they even got as big as they did.
I didn't think it was all that great
The ones in South Louisiana are usually wrapped around the building and out onto the highway I tried it once when I moved to Louisiana back in 2003 at their original location in Baton Rouge near LSU it was overrated then and 20 years later it's probably still as overrated or even worse my daughter said the tenders have shrunk but the prices are higher than a kite
There is no Woodfield, Il. There is Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg, Il
tRY jOLLIBEE
@@user-zu3md5qz8y Very few Jollibees in the US
Hooters was well known for attitude from the serving staff.
It's sad to see Steak n Shake on the chopping block. It was good and didn't make you broke. I was happy to hear they're coming to Las Vegas but that didn't last long. Both locations are in casinos but not open 24hrs and the quality just isn't there. I was a cook back in my school days so I know how it's supposed to be. Wasn't expecting chic fil a, I thought they were killing it.
Chuck Fil A isn’t closing!!
Steak N Shake here in MO. Have no waitress service you go to counter and order you pick up food drinks
Disabled get table service exception and Yes they are packed customers are happy
@@dimitriberozny3729 The question is if CFA is temporary or permanent.
How is Chick-fil-a a thing? I remember the cafeteria food from high school being better than this wet "fried" stuff and two pickle slices on a bun. I don't get it.
Not to mention it's bland as hell .. I've had ol leather shoes that had more flavor than chick Fil -a
You guys are smoking crack
Always busy
Central Texas here. And Chic Fil A is always busy. They use MSG so I can’t go near the processed foods.
They have become a restaurant associated with church folks
It’s a restructure, almost every company has been forced to do it. Everything is almost 2x as expensive and no company is making 2x the money. You will see this continue to shrink until the threshold of pain becomes tolerable. 😊
Funny to see restaurants commercials during the video🎉😂
Thanks for sharing. While I purchased too much stuff last yr when I got scared/warned by social media that inflation has come. A lot of stuff hurt my financial, and I'm fixing this issue right now. Thanks for warning us months ago, and months later, now, it might be still on the way. Thanks God!!
Fear not people we still have Baskin Robbins .... with all the crap going on we need ICE CREAM
Agreed🥶😋
Exelent info! Thanks!
They went from high school students taking jobs that gave them responsibility, to employing adults who DEMANDED higher pay. Be careful what you ask for, because now everyone will suffer.
Most of (if not all of) fast food joints will turn into restaurants or just go out of business. Current fast food prices are unsustainable.
I like your videos, good job.
Very informative video as always.
The Chick-Fil-A here in Winston-Salem just closed down to expand the store. I don't know about the other ones but that store does a booming business and has since day one. The place is always clean and the workers all have a smile and the food is good.
Yep, they do that. Close to expand, remodel, or redo the drive thru.
Most of these Ive never had.. 🤷🏾♂️
I agree with the last comment that was on here about lousy service and prices on food. When you pull up to the drive-thru at a location in Garden Grove California and you order a superstar with cheese and a small fry and it's $10.85 and the company wonders why their sales are lousy. Their franchisees and the company can keep their prices low. How many decades has Carl's jr. Been in California where they've made millions possibly billions of dollars. The company can keep prices low they made enough profit over the decades. Cut back on all these CEOs and corporate salaries and then you can pass the savings on to your customers. This goes also to every other major business in this country that's been around for decades and is made millions to billions. Until greedy shareholders and CEOs stop with this madness it'll never get better.
Starbucks closed all its stores in Ithaca, NY. The reason was a problem with the labor union of Starbucks workers. They refused to work with them,so they closed all their stores. Pigheaded, they were.
Can you F'ing imagine a union meeting among barista's?
Monty Python could not parody that freak show.
Coming to a town near you.
We always order the soylent green salad, the badger gumbo, and the fillet of muscular dystrophy when at fast food establishments.
Goy slop for the mindless masses of the criminally stupid
That's it!! We start a chain called the Soylent Green Cafe and put out really good food!! All the deserts will be green!! Soylent green cake, green pudding and green shakes!! Heck green eggs and ham!! Ok John its you and me buddy!!! Lets go get some investors!!!
2013 B&G foods in Louisiana had KFC and Taco Bell combined stores as well as had stand alone KFC stores and got rid of every single 1 of their KFC locations and focused strictly only on Taco Bell
Too many monopolies institutional investors instead of the mom-and-pop restaurants are owned by big corporations and I bet you some of my from overseas
NAILED IT!! International corporations even own the franchises and don’t have a clue what they are doing!!!!
I'm done with these over priced fast food joints...They used to be fast and affordable. You got a decent amount of food to fill your belly. They are no longer that way. GOOD RIDDANCE
Ya you play 16 dollars your still hungry😢
I never understood the Papa Murphy gimmick. Like if I wanted to bake a pizza at home, I would just get it from the store. Why would I go to a restaurant to buy an uncooked pizza?
They are FAR better than pizzas you buy at the grocery store. And I, for one, like the ability to decide WHEN I want to eat it instead of being forced to eat it the minute you get home while it is still hot.
Doom and gloom voice I love it..But nothings gonna change
I work in a grocery store full time n I pt at a Five guys. U get free food on shift but if I didn't work I couldn't afford it.
The NYS Thruway is opening up Starbucks, Chick-Fil-A, and Shake Shack in new buildings they just constructed after they tore down every rest stop and toll booth on the interstate for the pandemic. I tried a meal at the last two and it was $15-$25 each. And how much is gas again? OMG! Even getting snacks at the regular store there were double and triple priced. It's highway robbery! But if you're upscale, you can bring your laptop inside and spend a few hours inside lounging around. The ventilation is updated for COVID reduction.
I wouldn’t be sad if all fast food restaurants were closed, it just might help out local businesses
Basking Robbins still has a good chance. Since summers are longer and hotter. They need to downsize their stores such as little Caesars. Just carry out.
Not Longer Or Hotter Here,,,In Ohio 😞
The co-branded Dunkin' / Baskin Robbins stores do very well.
Americans are exhausted with war, and whatever happens in Ukraine isn’t really going to have an effect on us like it will on European nations, so we do have a logical breaking point with endless support
USA is paying wages for thousands in Ukraine.
But you are not exhausted giving Israel billions every year? They have free basic health insurance. While we don't. Many of you cry about Ukraine but not Israel. 😂 and Israel been happening for ages now. Either way
Thanks for your continued support of Ukraine! 😂
You are foolish if you think the outcome of Ukraine won't affect the US. Besides, we signed the Budapest Memorandum, stating that if Ukraine gave up it's nukes, we would defend them against foreign aggression. Throwing money and half baked weaponry isn't even holding up our end of the bargain FFS. If Ukraine still had nukes, it is doubtful that Russia would occupy half of thier territory.
@@rightsdontcomewithpermits7073 the Budapest memorandum has not been ratified by congress so it is not binding. Congress controls the purse and declarations of war. That was a geopolitical deal leaders made without citizens support. I don’t believe Ukraine shouldn’t get any aid, but it should be approved by Congress, not just declared by the president.
@@rightsdontcomewithpermits7073 I think funding for Israel and Ukraine are unrelated. Justifying support for Ukraine shouldn’t be watered down to “but Israel”. The issues should be evaluated independently. I’m not anti aid to either one, the funding process just needs to be followed. It’s things like the Europeans saying the us is holding up funding, it’s the sense of entitlement to do whatever they please, and the disdain that there is a system in place that requires them to get approval.
$3 for a small diet coke at Jack in the Box Phoenix, AZ. I walked away, went to Dollar Tree and got 20 oz diet coke for $1.25. I'm not stupid.
16.25 for two little filet o fish and a large fry at McDonalds! 17.32 for two little chicken sandwiches and a large fry at Wendy's! This is not sustainable.
Good Afternoon
Chick Fila is probably shutting down some locations because they built new ones. They recently closed the oldest location in my town and built a new one. We have 3. They did not need the old location because it does not have room for all the customers in the drive through. The new one has much more space.
Regarding those Chik-fil-a closures, are they permanent or temporary (for remodeling)? They do that a lot to redo drive thru lanes.
Hardee’s and all these other restaurants screw up! When they have a good product, the discontinued them! When they took the cinnamon and raisin biscuit off the menu, I was done!!!!
They charged 6 dollars for 2 basket tiny thing gravy did have much sausage looked like Elmer's glue😅
The Kroger near me is remodeling and moving things around. Wondering what they will do. 🤔
this video is capping on chic fil a closures ... the very few that closed were temporary to renovate the restaurants to improve the facilities and make them bigger .... the others that were closed were to move to a new location ... chic fil a and in n out restaurants are killing it in the fast food business .... they easily add new locations without problems
Figures….
Absolutely sure though that the California minimum pay raise from $15.50 to $20 for fast food workers wont affect their job😅
Restaurants are a very hard business. And think of all the chains not mentioned. Some just might be managed better than others.
I was surprised Pizza Hut wasn't on the list, they never seem to be very busy, and pizza has a bad reputation healthwise.
Pizza Hut stopped using fresh ingredients back in the '80's... their decline is self inflicted.
Mom and Pop restaurants struggling to stay open, food costs/waste control, they be doing things they normally dont do. = Kitchen Nightmares.
Bojangles, Raising Cane's, Firehouse Subs...
I've never even heard of these brands.
Firehouse is one step above subway
Bojangles is still mostly in the South so it is essentially a regional chain. Raising Cane’s is all over the country (with international locations too), but it has large holes in the US where it doesn’t exist. Firehouse Subs for a long time seemed to open only next to Walmarts and has been branching out for the last 15 years or so.
Hooters is stale!! It was a fad just like water parks which we lost all of them here in New England.All of the water parks here in New England closed down permanently over the last few years and have been replaced by limited access so-called amusement parks and Halloween themed early autumn amusement parks.
Most of these failures are no surprise really. The market is saturated with burger and sub restaurants so some will have to go. KFC has also gotten a lot of competition recently with lees and Popeyes putting out a quality “as quality as fast food can be” product. Throw in the current economy you get a hostile environment.
Around here Chick Fil-A is certainly not hurting for business!! Cars lined up about any time you go, and they move them through fast!!
The consumer already left for better prices ... no one is going to miss these closing.
Wouldn't America be healthier without fast food??? Thing about it! This might be an opportunity!!!!
Definitely is! What they offer is not real food 🥑🥝!
What?! You don't like grease? You don't like your arteries screaming as they clog shut and you fall over and die???? (OK, I'm being silly, but I agree with you!!!!)@@paulrom446
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KFC is making life easier as their meals are convenient and it saves cooking time. Here in my area there seems to be a subortage with the batter of chicken and potion sizes. I pray it stays open all else can go for me
No fast food? WTF!!!! Well folks, just another sign of the inevitability of ....................................................................... S O Y L E N T G R E E N
But looking on the bright side...
Supplies will never run out!!
Exactly
@@0patience4flz I’m Gen X.
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In 2008 our winner schinnchel closed down . In2010 our Dennys closed , in2019 before covid our burger King closed. Now El polleo Loco is in the burger King building, Dennys is a Orangetheropy gym and the wninier schnicheple is now a cheap taco shop
Chick fil A isn’t closing!!!
Lol,,,Them And Many More! Joe Bidens Going To See To It!!!
KFC closing don't shock me at all 30 dollars for a 8 piece bucket
$11.00 for a burger, fry and drink isn't too bad. $10.00-15.00 for a burger alone is bad.
I see a wave of mega tsunami on the horizon rapidly approaching.
To bad they are not closing fast enough.
Well as far as KFC goes in Louisiana I'm sure the Cajun folks would rather support their "local" brand, Popeyes. Personally I haven't eaten at KFC since I discovered Popeyes. All fast food restaurants prices have gotten way too high for many. Somehow paying around $12 for a burger, fries and drink is prohibitive for many. One thing I find driving me away from most FF restaurants is the looks of the food. Only Wendy's burgers look like the pictures on the menu or in ads. Those gorgeous burgers most others use look like an employee stood on them before serving to customers. Sonic is probably the worst offender.
I’m surprised you didn’t mention Deneys
Dennys is for drunks and people living in thier cars 24hrs plenty drunks
Fast food is too expensive people are cooking at home now and enjoying it the fast food chains are played their cards.
Thank goodness In & Out isn’t on the list 🙏🏾 😊
Here in the Philippines where I live, we have a new Kenny Rogers, Shakey's and Seattle's Best Coffee and all are doing well. Saw a brand new Denney's last time in Cebu.
MABYE MORE love in food