I started learning how to cook and eat at home after I was told, "If you can't afford to tip, you can't afford to eat out!!" I use to eat all 3 meals out. Once I started cooking at home, I seen a decrease in my weight and an increase in my bank account! I wanna thank that waitress. But the restaurant is shutdown now.
@kimberlymartin459 yep our grocery store is Wal-Mart. Fish( Grouper & Snapper) 3 times a week with their frozen vegetables that I Dr. Up on the stove top, Taco 🌮 Tuesdays with Bison or Buffalo/ Taco dinner 🍽 kit and a pizza 🍕 once a week that I order out. That's it. New job is wishy washy on the hours so probably no vacations this coming year unfortunately 😐 😕 😑 😒 😔 🙃
Yes. Tipping culture and the entitlement of servers guilting customers have also caused me to greatly reduce my spending on eating out, I can afford it, I just choose not to. While I understand in America wages for servers are lower than regular minimum wage, in Canada where I am they are not, servers are paid a regular minimum wage of nealy $17/hr but the entitlement and greed I see for tips here is still incredible, everywhere I go there are tip prompts on machines starting at 18% and 30% is not uncommon, I hope a lot of these places do go out of business. Tipping culture needs to go!.
@@_Y.Not_ No, I don't think so. It can mean great service by motivated servers. It just needs to get sane again. They work in a luxury service industry, for real. NOBODY needs to dine out.
@@_Y.Not_ I don't know what you're babbling about exactly . In the U.S. you can not work as a waitress or waiter without tips. It's not a "culture" , it's a necessity and it's really not that hard to understand. You aren't obligated to go to the restaurant however if you do and you get acceptable, good or great service you are obligated to and you should be happy to if you decide to be served. You are paying to be served. It's not a "culture" or whatever strange way you're trying to frame it. It's not rocket science. Canada is irrelevant. This is how it works in the U.S.
1. Poor food quality 2. Dwindling service levels 3. Overpriced menus 4. Diminishing portion sizes 5. Rise of superior locally-owned restaurants 6. Tip expectancy has grown from 15% to nearly 25%- and everyone expects one.
I can't even afford to eat at these fancy places. I too have been using Uber Eats to order food from Target and the other grocery stores; especially when I go out.
Red Lobster, Boston Market, Applebees, Chilis, Buffalo Wild Wings, Subway, TGIF, IHOP, Checkers and Rallys, Outback, Sbarro, Ruby Tuesday, Chuck E. Cheese, Hard Rock, Pizza Hut. You're welcome.
$12 for a good burger isn't that bad considering all that goes into putting that burger on a plate. $50 for 1 person... no way!! $15-25 at most places.
@@worldadventuretravel oh I tip. always 15-20%. I only really order when the promos are 40%-50% off local restaurants with max of ~$15. I get at least 2 dishes sometimes appetizers. it's still about the same price as what it would be if I do pick up... with $0-$1.99 delivery fee and the discount it pretty much cancels out the service fee and tip.
I used to eat out all the time but now it’s getting way too expensive and considering how expensive the grocery stores are getting it’s still a lot cheaper than going out.
It hasn't disappeared. You just have to make at least 100k a year to be the new middleclass in 2024. If you're making below 100k, you're at poverty levels. At least that's how things are now
Their prices are outrageous because the price of EVERYTHING is outrageous. This administration spent way too much money inflating everything by 30-40%. A lot of restaurants are going to fail, I would say 50% by the time it's all over
I wouldn't call at least half of these places restauarnts. Subway? Don't think so. I haven't seen a Boston Market in like forever and a search revealed they closed everything in my entire metro area, left during the night and didn't even tell their landlords. It's gotten to the point that even real restaurants all suck. There's maybe 3 places I'd return to and it's not the prices, although I cancelled one place i liked due to mandatory "gratuities." Hello?, I can figure ouit a tip.
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The other reason these restaurant chains are going under is they have cut back on quality control, same as all these recalls we hear about. The public is getting smart, and those who know don't want to risk their health eating out anymore. 😢
What do all of these places have in common?? Mediocre food, very minimal service, same ol' same ol' selections and soaring costs. Seriously.... we are staying home and cooking it ourselves.
Wrong. What they have in common is the Biden administration has destroyed the service industry. Let's see how they do now that a new sheriff is in town.
@@danasmith858 Actually you are more likely to get sick from cross contamination at home than you are eating out because of the regulations in place at restaurants. Just lock yourself away, it's a free country.
I can smoke a tritip, steam some green vegetables & put some rice in a cooker or potatoes in the oven, and feed a family quality food for a fraction of the cost of any restaurant or fast food. It’s so easy. No tip needed except a hug from my family.
@truckinguy92 Agree 100%. CA min wage is $16.50 and $17.25 Jan 1 here in San Diego. The $20 wage is for fast food establishments with 60 or more locations. Nonetheless, 5Guys food was expensive before the $20 min wage push.
Agreed way overpriced for what it is and the thing that pushed me away forever is they they have the balls to ask for a tip point of sale . You don't get a tip for handing me my food in a bag.
Notice at about 3:50 mark, the chef tastes the sauce and then puts the spoon back in the pot!!!!!!! That may be ok at your home, but that is a huge mistake for a chef to make in a restaurant!!!!
I don't do it at home. I'm single but GOD forbid someone should happen to come over. And I offer something to eat (I'm a gr8 cook.) After I've "double dipped". That would be just Wrong!!
Oh I agree. As a former hospital/nursing home food service worker, food safety and sanitation are extremely important. That chef could have gotten those people in the restaurant really sick.
Thats because it's impossible for the average person to eat out. My husband and I eat out only 1 or 2x a year but we are the minority. Most people cannot afford to eat out at all. Its cheaper and healthier to cook and eat at home.
Went out to eat yesterday. My daughter, a USN Corpsman, just docked after nine months at sea in the eastern Med. She made 2nd Class while deployed, and earned the junior sailor of the year commendation while serving aboard ship. A celebration, and those kind of things are the only times we dine out.
@@yeudoi66 One of the arts of cooking, is seeing time in reverse. You start everything at a different time, so that it all comes together at the end. It is easier said than done, but you learn by experience.
But the quality doesn’t even taste like REAL food any longer. They have cheapened everything, but people just put up with it , seriously they are blind to the poor quality . In the day 4 -5 years ago the quality in Vegas at least was superior. Please public , demand better quality food by stop going there and you will force them to go back to quality and the public will come back. I was in the restaurant business for 20 years like dishwasher to cook . I know what happens in these businesses; as stated GREED ! Good Luck Patrons!
@@stairwaytoheavenplatform I'll eat it but it has to be a free gift card. Burgers are meh. Shakes are dinky. Fries are good if you eat them as soon as you are handed the bag.
The trouble with 5 Guys is that the corporation REQUIRES a remodel every 3 years,and employees/managers are only guaranteed 3 years of employment MAXIMUM! After the remodel,all new employees and a new manager are hired! This is what is making Five Guys TANK!!
@@rhiamonday456 if the situation is remodel every 3 years they need to tank. So that's the reason for high prices they have to pay the money out every 3 year. Insane
The number 1 problem stuggling resturants are having is the customers perceived in lost of value. With the inflation of the past three years dining out more than once a week out is out of the reach of many.
Restaurants’ prices are ridiculously high compared to today’s most people’s buying power. When the business drops, they raise the prices, and the bad cycle keeps going. I completely quit dining at restaurants since last year and will never come back.
I traveled extensively on business in my career as a healthcare administrator. I ate so often at most of these restaurants over the South and Midwest. I retired in 2011 and can count on the fingers of one hand the number of times since that I've been to any of these places, and I don't miss them. I was so tired of restaurant food! To me, though, the problem is that we have far too many restaurants in this country. I live in a city of about 30K and the number of chain and locally-owned restaurants seems like one each per capita! If I were raising children I wouldn't be wasting money on these places, not to mention the low quality of most of the offerings here. I grew up in a relatively well to do middle class family in the sixties and seventies--but my parents would never have blown money on eating out as often as parents do now. I love capitalism: let the market and the consumers decide. Our Red Lobster closed this past summer in my city.
Most of these places have something in common. Tipping. With tipflation becoming ridiculous, I've certainly stopped going to sit down places. It's not worth it now that they've also jacked prices
Me and my girlfriend had gone out to get tacos one night. After we wanted some dessert. I made the suggestion we go to Applebee's and she agreed. We were browsing the desserts and decided to go with a chocolate brownie that comes with a scoop of ice cream. We decided to get an extra scoop of ice cream since we were sharing. My goodness the entire plate just tasted like chemicals. Everything from the brownie to the chocolate fudge. Even the vanilla ice cream wasn't that good. Me and my girl spent the rest of the night drinking water.
We go out to eat at a locally owned casual sports bar about once a month, where everything is made in house. We take a 3 minute walk to a locally owned gelato place for dessert where we can get absolutely delicious gelato cone or dish for about $4. Admittedly, the owner spent a year in Italy learning how to make it, he experiments with flavors, offers tastes so we can choose... and oh my, its so good !! Still people will go to Dairy Queen down the road instead, pay the same amount for factory produced nasty chemically produced stuff they call "soft serve".. Come on people, seek and support tasty locally made food!!
Applebee's is terrible. It has been for a while. The last time I went 15 years ago, you could tell everything was frozen previously and reheated. We have not been back since.
I went to 5 Guys last week and spent $12 for a "little hamburger and a little fries" and no drink. I know that they always dump "extra" fries into the bag, but as I was taking the food out of the bag, I noticed that the cup that they use for "small fries" was smaller than it once was. It wasn't much bigger than the dixie cup that I use to wash down my meds. That's the end of 5 Guys for me.
My sister-in-law ordered Denny’s Xmas meals for her, my wife and I and they were terrible. Way too salty. My meal did not digest well at all. I spent about 20 minutes in the bathroom before my digestive system finally settled down. That will be the last time we order anything from Denny’s.
@ChrisP-zj5jq i'm not a fan of Golden Corral Arby's on the other hand is one of my personal favorites but as a fast food restaurant they are overpriced
And the burgers are too bland. They need to add some flavor to that burger. There is no reason why a burger ordered with all thr toppings can still somehow taste bland
@Loydstardeli2017 handburgers? Frwnches? Actually their HAMburgers are greasy and FRENCH FRIES need to be downsized. When I order a small fry, I don't need a pound of fries.
For a lot of those customers, Starbucks is a status symbol, which they feel the need to continue, in order to feel good about themselves. The management of the company knows this, and keeps up the push to keep people doing that. But eventually it will fail anyway, as more and more customers go elsewhere for a simple cup of coffee. Freshly brewed, hot coffee is more than adequate no matter where you get it from.
I can't stand Starbucks coffee. Honestly though, if you like the flavored drinks: buy Cocoa Powder (for baking), extracts, 1/2 &1/2 , and sugar. I use honey. Mix to taste with your coffee.
When I go out for coffee I go to the convenience store and get it from it the machine it's just as good at half the price without the attitude and gender confusion .
25 dollar lunches plus 20 to 25% tips. 100K pickup trucks 500k fixer upper houses - sky rocketing healthcare insurance etc ….. - the end is in sight -the middle class will soon be a dim memory.
One problem with sit down restaurants is not only the tab but then you have to add a tip usually at the 20% range. So it’s difficult when you have a bill for 50 bucks and then you have to add an additional $10 for minimal service.
@@fallout1116 Restaurants make a killing from drinks. I remember years ago, our class had a McDonald's rep speak. He said they sell a large drink for $1.50, and it only costs them 9-cents. Now this was in the late 70's.
Yes, they raise the prices, and the tip they raise from 15 to 20%, even though the higher prices already gave them a bigger tip in the first place, stopped going to those, too.
Well at $3/lb ur probably looking at $4-4.50 in cost for wings. Yes, the market is that stoopid. Put a bunch of crappy flavoring on them and cook them. Then sugary dipping sauce or a spicy dip. Still $20 is a bit ridiculous. These restaurants did this to themselves by thriving on this idiotic idea. Of course, right now the avion flu is messing up the chicken market. Worse for eggs but chicken prices as well. Prices will peak shortly with the end of football season and the stoopid assed SuperBowl.
People just can't afford to eat out anymore. Prices have risen because these restaurants have to spend so much more on food. They passed it on to us and we can't absorb it. Covid is another reason. Many places close down and people that did not know how to cook. Learned how to cook real quick
I agree. CEOs are paid too much. Mediocre food is the issue. Anytime I can cook better food at home. I don’t need to spend money at these mediocre restaurants. Why are we surprised that these businesses are notthriving?
Most of these restaurants food isn’t as good any more. Plus their service isn’t that great either. So expensive to go out to eat now plus a tip. My husband and I very rarely go to eat anymore. Something I used to love to do. Just can’t afford it.
The IHOP’s in my area are always full. In my opinion, I do not see the chain closing. Also, my local Chili’s restaurant seems to be doing remarkably well. Maybe it is different in other states, but I do not forsee Chili’s 🌶️ or IHOP closing in AZ.
Thanks to the pandemic lockdown I learned how to cook! Online recipes & yt cooking vids helped too. We can cook almost any restaurant dishes out there at a fraction of cost! We still eat out on special occasions but largely cut back from before.
Personally, restaurants charge now more and offer less ( food quality, quantity). In a world where the cost of living is rising, I find that eating out is not an absolute need; but just a luxury. I'm eating much less in restaurants, & now find that my weight is now down to more normal levels & I generally feel better ( I think my body thanks me for consuming less unhealthy foods). We certainly will not have a general public starve because of restaurants vanishing in 2025.
@@scapegoat762 people love Jersey Mike’s. I’ve never had it. The sandwiches in their commercials look so unappealing and bland. Looks like something I can make at home.
It's not about the price for me since I rarely eat out having hope and expectation will be paying for quality food and good experience. It's about food and service being disastrous on top of the price.
Not only are the prices ridiculously high, the quality of food is horrible, and the service is terrible but yet, they want a huge tip… here in California 20 -25%! Much cheaper to stay home and cook something healthy.
You know times are tough when the main street here, which has all the fast food joints, has no wait times. Few years ago, the street became a parking lot from all the drive thru lines growing into the streets
Many restaurants have chased me away because they have reduced menu options. Olive Garden is a prime example having gone from an Italian restaurant with great selection to a pasta shop. Not worth it for the money.
My wife and I decided, post Covid to support local, privately owned restaurants as much as possible. Whether it is breakfast, lunch, or dinner, we have discovered we can get better food, larger portions, and better service at the same, or, in many cases, less money that corporate chain restaurants. For example, in 2024, I only went to McDonalds 4 times. Because directly accross the street is a family owned restaurant where I can get a breakfast twice as large as any combo breakfast for the same amount of money (not including a tip) and a human actually takes my order, with a smile. Corporate Chains have mostly lost me as a customer.
ALL food is frozen, I see it being delivered every night to every restaurant, fancy or fast food locations. If it ain't frozen how long do you think it takes to go bad? Preservatives? NOPE!
Corporate could learn a lot from reading this comment section, but they won't because they are smarter than their customers and already know everything, good luck, you'll need it!
What also hurt Subway was when it was revealed in news outlets that their bread wasn't real bread and their tuna wasn't 100% tuna. At least that is what turned me off and chose other places instead of Subway, which was once my place to go for a fast healthy snack.
Remember too, that recent results of long term dietary studies have shown that what used to be 'healthy' has now changed. Low fat, high carb foods have been implicated in the diabetes epidemic, and there turned out to be no connection between cardiovascular disease and saturated fat in the diet. So, once again, we can eat all the bacon, butter, lard, pork chops, that you want, and just avoid sugars and simple refined carbohydrates and starches.
Ya! Bread that qualifies as cake is not a good start. That tuna thing is pretty ridiculous too. I stopped buying tuna bcz of the big fish more bad stuff in them. I’ve been using canned mackerel for years. Add some minced sautéed onions and some relish and mayo and you can’t really tell the difference. If Subway menu said … mackerel salad on a decent wrap, I’d consider buying it. And charge me accordingly. Tuna prices can be high. Mackerel is half that and the quality of omega 3 is better.
People are more health conscious and are tired of being poisoned by these restaurants and their terribly processed meals. People aren’t eating this frozen and reheated garbage for the most part.
Here's an alternate view. Tripadvisor is killing them. Years ago, people went to these mediocre chains because they were consistent. The local restaurant was a risk. Now I can go on tripadvisor and fine a really good family owned restaurant - fresh food, owners that care, and I'm not paying for a CEO and national advertising.
Your mentioning restaurants who should have closed 10 yrs ago. Almost all used to have great food. Chilies in the 90’s was amazing. Rubs and drinks. TGI in the 90 s awesome! Outback is tiring. All the sell is gristle steak. Many I thought were closed already
Yeah part of it is he is just trying to get clicks. Obviously if costs go up , they have to charge and oh grocery stores charge outrageous prices and profits are up.
People are learning to cook again. And this is good. We eat out 2 times a month…usually a soup and sandwich kinda place .. nothing fancy. It has lost its charm….too expensive and rarely is the food very good. I can cook a meal with four servings one night, eat the same meal as leftoversthe next night and maybe make pasta with whatever is in the frig the third night. three nights, six servings , about 25-40 bucks depending on the season.
Red Lobster’s food never looks as good as it does in their ads. Plus, it sits under the heaters waiting to be served and dries out! Stopped going years ago.
Five Guys gives you less burger and prices now over the top. I've dropped them like a hot rock. Two of us spend close to $40, and then there's a TIP jar.
If I have to stand up to make the order and I’ve gotta come to the counter to pick up my order, I don’t tip. The first offenders, I remember of the tip jar without giving you any real service or donut shops.
Why tip in fast food places when $20/hour is the law. Habit workers don’t work any harder than Burger King workers. They get paid the same. Habit pops the tip screen at you. Burger king doesn’t.
Honestly, the only one on here that I miss is Boston market and I thought they went under already. I haven’t seen her been near one in many many years.
A lot of these chains use celebrities to promote their restaurants. They could save money by using non-celebrities and improving on service and the quality of food.
People have no money because they spend on dumb items like cars they can’t afford(leasing). Everyday shopping on Amazon and their lack of basic financial concepts.
@@ibdam1 i agree. the economy isn't as bad as what people say it is. gas prices have gone down, my 401k is higher than ever, inflation has slowly gone down, etc. if ppl have money trouble, maybe time to find a better paying job, cut out useless or unecessary spending, & be smart with where u spend it. live within your means. 🤷♂️
@@samcolt1079 You are right - THEY SUCK ! I was a long-haul trucker for 22 years . They have Subway's in almost every truck stop ... they are terrible !
I hope we don't lose Red Lobster. It's the only seafood restaurant in our small Midwest town. It does very well. Prices have gone up, but it's still within reason.
A one-two punch to restaurants. The high cost of food supply and high cost of labor has pushed most middle class families out of the going out to eat business.
Raising the minimum wage has just been passed on to the consumer..Duh... Corporate greed plays a part, but sit down restaurants are becoming dinosaurs thanks to terrible politics.
This administration has just dwelled every aspect of the normal American life like going to your local restaurant chain. The fact is there’s so many restaurants in trouble we’ll be with almost nothing to choose from a normal meal out these days is $150-$300 and I’m basing this on a family of 1-4 people!
@@stanmansWhat they were saying was that the video footage often doesn't match the restaurant being discussed. Like showing a person serving coffee during the Hard Rock Cafe segment, where burgers are the main food, not coffee lol.
The videos were stock videos. Perhaps none of them were from the actual restaurants. Like the same pizza shown for two different places. Oh and showing Five Guys in the splash screen but it not being one of the 15.
Ours went under a decade ago due to a food poisoning incident. Was empty for about 5 years, came back for about four years, and now is shuttered again.
This channel needs to revisit this list at the end of 2025. It would be interesting to see how these predictions turn out.
yeah...i do think their concerns are warranted for a lot of the places on this list...
1) Red Lobster
2) Boston Market
3) Applebees
4) Chilli’s
5) Buffalo Wild Wings
6) Subway
7) TGIF
8) IHOP
9) Checkers
10) Outback Stakehouse
11) Sparro
12) Ruby Tuesday
13) Chuck E Cheese
14) Hard Rock Cafe
15) Pizza Hut
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Wow!! I have been to only one of these restaurants in 10yrs…… all but 2 are in my city……i just have not gone to any
I thought Outback Steakhouse had gone out of business. Most of their stores disappeared in Florida, years ago.
Wow I only go to pizzhut this sucks oh don't forget Shari's went under in 2024
I started learning how to cook and eat at home after I was told, "If you can't afford to tip, you can't afford to eat out!!"
I use to eat all 3 meals out. Once I started cooking at home, I seen a decrease in my weight and an increase in my bank account! I wanna thank that waitress. But the restaurant is shutdown now.
@kimberlymartin459 yep our grocery store is Wal-Mart. Fish( Grouper & Snapper) 3 times a week with their frozen vegetables that I Dr. Up on the stove top, Taco 🌮 Tuesdays with Bison or Buffalo/ Taco dinner 🍽 kit and a pizza 🍕 once a week that I order out. That's it. New job is wishy washy on the hours so probably no vacations this coming year unfortunately 😐 😕 😑 😒 😔 🙃
Yes. Tipping culture and the entitlement of servers guilting customers have also caused me to greatly reduce my spending on eating out, I can afford it, I just choose not to. While I understand in America wages for servers are lower than regular minimum wage, in Canada where I am they are not, servers are paid a regular minimum wage of nealy $17/hr but the entitlement and greed I see for tips here is still incredible, everywhere I go there are tip prompts on machines starting at 18% and 30% is not uncommon, I hope a lot of these places do go out of business. Tipping culture needs to go!.
I used to eat out 3 times a day as well - but now the value of the food you get is so minimal that we eat mostly at home now!
@@_Y.Not_ No, I don't think so. It can mean great service by motivated servers. It just needs to get sane again. They work in a luxury service industry, for real. NOBODY needs to dine out.
@@_Y.Not_ I don't know what you're babbling about exactly . In the U.S. you can not work as a waitress or waiter without tips. It's not a "culture" , it's a necessity and it's really not that hard to understand. You aren't obligated to go to the restaurant however if you do and you get acceptable, good or great service you are obligated to and you should be happy to if you decide to be served. You are paying to be served. It's not a "culture" or whatever strange way you're trying to frame it. It's not rocket science. Canada is irrelevant. This is how it works in the U.S.
1. Poor food quality
2. Dwindling service levels
3. Overpriced menus
4. Diminishing portion sizes
5. Rise of superior locally-owned restaurants
6. Tip expectancy has grown from 15% to nearly 25%- and everyone expects one.
Hasn't affected McDonald's
Raise the cost of living wage and the prices get higher and the Democrat policies are doing the end of restaurants .
@@rogerquintanilla863 And poor working folk stay poor. Perhaps company/corporate Greed is the downfall for all.
*Bidenomics.
I can't even afford to eat at these fancy places. I too have been using Uber Eats to order food from Target and the other grocery stores; especially when I go out.
Red Lobster, Boston Market, Applebees, Chilis, Buffalo Wild Wings, Subway, TGIF, IHOP, Checkers and Rallys, Outback, Sbarro, Ruby Tuesday, Chuck E. Cheese, Hard Rock, Pizza Hut. You're welcome.
Thank you! This needs to be at the top!!!! Would save so much time!
Thank you❤
You go out for lunch and end up paying $50.00 at the end of the meal. $12.00 for a burger is ridiculous.
$12 for a good burger isn't that bad considering all that goes into putting that burger on a plate. $50 for 1 person... no way!! $15-25 at most places.
@@cyphi1 Tell us you don't tip without telling us you don't tip. 😂
So why go there?
I eat a boiled egg & an avocado for lunch & substitute fruits, breakfast is coffee athome
@@worldadventuretravel oh I tip. always 15-20%. I only really order when the promos are 40%-50% off local restaurants with max of ~$15. I get at least 2 dishes sometimes appetizers. it's still about the same price as what it would be if I do pick up... with $0-$1.99 delivery fee and the discount it pretty much cancels out the service fee and tip.
I used to eat out all the time but now it’s getting way too expensive and considering how expensive the grocery stores are getting it’s still a lot cheaper than going out.
Yes, it's very strange given that just a couple years back everyone was forced to rediscover home cooking.
I can afford to eat out but choose eating at home instead. The value is no longer there.
The MIDDLE CLASS is disappearing. Awful.
You are clueless
Bidenomics is "working" 😄
By design ☠
Been that way since Reagan
It hasn't disappeared. You just have to make at least 100k a year to be the new middleclass in 2024. If you're making below 100k, you're at poverty levels. At least that's how things are now
There are just too many food chains and their prices are OUTRAGEOUS 😳
Yep
You can buy enough food for a week in a supermarket for the cost of one meal in some of these restaurants.
that's what happens when minimum wage gets too high....
Their prices are outrageous because the price of EVERYTHING is outrageous. This administration spent way too much money inflating everything by 30-40%. A lot of restaurants are going to fail, I would say 50% by the time it's all over
Food chains have the lowest quality foods.
Most restaurants are frozen food heaters.
I wouldn't call at least half of these places restauarnts. Subway? Don't think so. I haven't seen a Boston Market in like forever and a search revealed they closed everything in my entire metro area, left during the night and didn't even tell their landlords. It's gotten to the point that even real restaurants all suck. There's maybe 3 places I'd return to and it's not the prices, although I cancelled one place i liked due to mandatory "gratuities." Hello?, I can figure ouit a tip.
Yup...delivered by Sysco and heated up. Sysco even delivers salads.
Frozen food heating brokers.
Only in the states
Twice the price with half the quality and half the portion. Too much to justify.
No actually twice the price and half the QUALITY & HEALTH of its food and services and environment including its treatment and pay to its workers
And how much have the CEOs been making? The real problem is greedy corporations and disgustingly low food quality.
💯 percent agree.
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cutting CEO pay will keep those places open.
@@SamSitarAnd the problem is 95% of the CEO’s don’t know a fork from a knife!!
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The other reason these restaurant chains are going under is they have cut back on quality control, same as all these recalls we hear about. The public is getting smart, and those who know don't want to risk their health eating out anymore. 😢
What do all of these places have in common?? Mediocre food, very minimal service, same ol' same ol' selections and soaring costs. Seriously.... we are staying home and cooking it ourselves.
IHOP is outrageously expensive. By the time you leave a tip, a simple stack of pancakes and coffee is $20.
Wrong. What they have in common is the Biden administration has destroyed the service industry. Let's see how they do now that a new sheriff is in town.
Customers don't have money
Don't forget about your chance for infection,. From the gathered customers , unclean kitchens or tainted products.
@@danasmith858 Actually you are more likely to get sick from cross contamination at home than you are eating out because of the regulations in place at restaurants. Just lock yourself away, it's a free country.
I can smoke a tritip, steam some green vegetables & put some rice in a cooker or potatoes in the oven, and feed a family quality food for a fraction of the cost of any restaurant or fast food. It’s so easy. No tip needed except a hug from my family.
What other lies would you like to share?
@@scarygary-qq1pj Cooking a delicious meal isn't that hard. As the saying goes: "Practice makes perfect."
The worst is the price of fast food, unless you buy their special. The drink prices are outrageous.
Sounds delicious 😋
What time is dinner?
I thought for a sec you meant the 3 tipped joint from Pineapple Express 😂
Here in San Diego, 5Guys regular fries are $8. $8 FN dollars! With the meal almost $40 for 2 people. I'm done eating here as well.
What did you expect when the minimum wage got raised to $20/hour?
@truckinguy92 Agree 100%. CA min wage is $16.50 and $17.25 Jan 1 here in San Diego. The $20 wage is for fast food establishments with 60 or more locations. Nonetheless, 5Guys food was expensive before the $20 min wage push.
Agreed way overpriced for what it is and the thing that pushed me away forever is they they have the balls to ask for a tip point of sale . You don't get a tip for handing me my food in a bag.
Yep. Me too. I stopped eating there at least a year ago, very possibly a year and a half.
@@sirclarkmarz Right, who tips a cashier who takes your order? They don't even bring food to your table.
Notice at about 3:50 mark, the chef tastes the sauce and then puts the spoon back in the pot!!!!!!! That may be ok at your home, but that is a huge mistake for a chef to make in a restaurant!!!!
It's also a stock video slice. It's not a real restaurant. Although who knows what really goes on in any kitchen.
We ate at Apple Bee's and we all got really sick with the runs and dangerous vomitting. I thought that I was going to die.
I consider a chef a very clean person, that is the reason they are cooks.
I don't do it at home. I'm single but GOD forbid someone should happen to come over. And I offer something to eat (I'm a gr8 cook.) After I've "double dipped". That would be just Wrong!!
Oh I agree. As a former hospital/nursing home food service worker, food safety and sanitation are extremely important. That chef could have gotten those people in the restaurant really sick.
Thats because it's impossible for the average person to eat out. My husband and I eat out only 1 or 2x a year but we are the minority. Most people cannot afford to eat out at all. Its cheaper and healthier to cook and eat at home.
You forgot to mention it’s much fresh & cleaners at home
Went out to eat yesterday. My daughter, a USN Corpsman, just docked after nine months at sea in the eastern Med. She made 2nd Class while deployed, and earned the junior sailor of the year commendation while serving aboard ship. A celebration, and those kind of things are the only times we dine out.
It is much cheaper to cook and eat at home. That is one of my New Years resolutions.
I know I will save money.
@ that’s why I’m asking anyone who will teach me how to cook to beat the high cost of food robbery from fast food & restaurants 🫢
@@yeudoi66 One of the arts of cooking, is seeing time in reverse. You start everything at a different time, so that it all comes together at the end.
It is easier said than done, but you learn by experience.
In N Out burgers will never go out of business. Always packed with customers.
Coz owner is CEO
But the quality doesn’t even taste like REAL food any longer. They have cheapened everything, but people just put up with it , seriously they are blind to the poor quality . In the day 4 -5 years ago the quality in Vegas at least was superior. Please public , demand better quality food by stop going there and you will force them to go back to quality and the public will come back. I was in the restaurant business for 20 years like dishwasher to cook . I know what happens in these businesses; as stated GREED ! Good Luck Patrons!
@@stairwaytoheavenplatform I'll eat it but it has to be a free gift card. Burgers are meh. Shakes are dinky. Fries are good if you eat them as soon as you are handed the bag.
In n OUT has no locations in New Orleans. Neither does Jack in the Box or Whataburger
@bridgetclement2968 New Orleans is a craphole
I have found that both Boston Market's and Five Guy's food is not as good it once was. It's no wonder why they are on the "chopping block."
The trouble with 5 Guys is that the corporation REQUIRES a remodel every 3 years,and employees/managers are only guaranteed 3 years of employment MAXIMUM! After the remodel,all new employees and a new manager are hired! This is what is making Five Guys TANK!!
Applebee's has gotten bad also, and the service has gotten bad too.
@@rhiamonday456 if the situation is remodel every 3 years they need to tank. So that's the reason for high prices they have to pay the money out every 3 year. Insane
@@rudolphsaiz8386It's been like 15 years since I had Applebee's. 😂
Wondering if you watched the video. Other than the splash screen, Five Guys was not on the list of 15.
Subway can go under. 12 bucks for a shit sandwich? Gimme a break.
Folks need to learn how to cook. The money spent at a restaurant in one day can be used to cook three days of meals.
The truly hurting folks already know how to cook. It's the semi-privileged tor better that don't.
Back in the day high schools had home ec classes. We need these classes back.
@@lindag1372 Not just home ec, but a whole lot of gone with the wind integrity, where teachers are NOT trying to indoctrinate, but actually educate.
I can say I won't be missing any of these.
The number 1 problem stuggling resturants are having is the customers perceived in lost of value. With the inflation of the past three years dining out more than once a week out is out of the reach of many.
Restaurants’ prices are ridiculously high compared to today’s most people’s buying power. When the business drops, they raise the prices, and the bad cycle keeps going. I completely quit dining at restaurants since last year and will never come back.
And, servers are expecting 20 to 25% tips for bad and indifferent service on top of the high prices !!
Amen
I traveled extensively on business in my career as a healthcare administrator. I ate so often at most of these restaurants over the South and Midwest. I retired in 2011 and can count on the fingers of one hand the number of times since that I've been to any of these places, and I don't miss them. I was so tired of restaurant food! To me, though, the problem is that we have far too many restaurants in this country. I live in a city of about 30K and the number of chain and locally-owned restaurants seems like one each per capita! If I were raising children I wouldn't be wasting money on these places, not to mention the low quality of most of the offerings here. I grew up in a relatively well to do middle class family in the sixties and seventies--but my parents would never have blown money on eating out as often as parents do now. I love capitalism: let the market and the consumers decide. Our Red Lobster closed this past summer in my city.
Most of these places have something in common. Tipping. With tipflation becoming ridiculous, I've certainly stopped going to sit down places. It's not worth it now that they've also jacked prices
Do not tip on to go orders you are picking up at the restaurant.
I remember eight, ten, fifteen percent tips. When I saw 18, 22, 25 pct on the receipt, I was baffled.
Me and my girlfriend had gone out to get tacos one night. After we wanted some dessert. I made the suggestion we go to Applebee's and she agreed. We were browsing the desserts and decided to go with a chocolate brownie that comes with a scoop of ice cream. We decided to get an extra scoop of ice cream since we were sharing. My goodness the entire plate just tasted like chemicals. Everything from the brownie to the chocolate fudge. Even the vanilla ice cream wasn't that good. Me and my girl spent the rest of the night drinking water.
We go out to eat at a locally owned casual sports bar about once a month, where everything is made in house. We take a 3 minute walk to a locally owned gelato place for dessert where we can get absolutely delicious gelato cone or dish for about $4. Admittedly, the owner spent a year in Italy learning how to make it, he experiments with flavors, offers tastes so we can choose... and oh my, its so good !! Still people will go to Dairy Queen down the road instead, pay the same amount for factory produced nasty chemically produced stuff they call "soft serve".. Come on people, seek and support tasty locally made food!!
FYI, the correct thing to say is my girlfriend and I, not me and my girlfriend.
Applebee's is terrible. It has been for a while. The last time I went 15 years ago, you could tell everything was frozen previously and reheated. We have not been back since.
Probably lil Debbie crap brownie, they are all chemicals, faux milk ice cream, costed them about a buck
@@hatchling88 That is where the chain restaurants fail. They just use commercial grade ingredients slung together.
Setting their own employee tips isn’t helping
I went to 5 Guys last week and spent $12 for a "little hamburger and a little fries" and no drink. I know that they always dump "extra" fries into the bag, but as I was taking the food out of the bag, I noticed that the cup that they use for "small fries" was smaller than it once was. It wasn't much bigger than the dixie cup that I use to wash down my meds. That's the end of 5 Guys for me.
They don't give you the extra fries anymore.
@@bluechurch776 Uhhh, lie? Literally just went there and got a heaping pile of extra fries.
They are required to give theextrafries by the corporation.
@@Shinji103 Depends on which store you go to.
They need to downsize to 4 or 3 guys.
Another restaurant that should be on your list is Denny's
Some Bob Evans restaurants are bad.
Come for the pancakes stay for the racism .
My sister-in-law ordered Denny’s Xmas meals for her, my wife and I and they were terrible.
Way too salty.
My meal did not digest well at all. I spent about 20 minutes in the bathroom before my digestive system finally settled down.
That will be the last time we order anything from Denny’s.
As well as Arby's, Golden Corral.
@ChrisP-zj5jq i'm not a fan of Golden Corral Arby's on the other hand is one of my personal favorites but as a fast food restaurant they are overpriced
Pizza Hut is so gross now. It used to be so delicious.😢
@@lili2u405 Sometimes good and sometimes not.
You should've tasted the Pizza Hut from the 80s...it was such a delicious treat on a Friday night!
Yeah
And they've been phasing out sit-down locations, even before C*vid. So they can save $.
JUST HORRIBLE PIZZA
5 Guys is waaaay over priced!
And the burgers are too bland. They need to add some flavor to that burger. There is no reason why a burger ordered with all thr toppings can still somehow taste bland
So is any other fast food chains.
5 Guys is way overpriced.
It fresh handburgers & frwnches& peanuts nice looking restaurant
@Loydstardeli2017 handburgers? Frwnches? Actually their HAMburgers are greasy and FRENCH FRIES need to be downsized. When I order a small fry, I don't need a pound of fries.
Most restaurants we have today puts out poor food, high prices and horrible workers. McDonald's is horrible
I remember french fries were the greatest
Don't eat at McDonald's @
McDonald's cheese burgers 🍔 aren't even EDABLE FOR FLYS!!
FLYS WON'T EAT A MCDONALD'S CHEESE BURGER IM NOT!! 🤮🤮🤮🤮
@toddrochel9282 all mcdonaldvhas now is french fries & nice buildung like their milk shakes& chicken sandwichs soda drinks
You should have included Starbucks here in terms of OVERPRICING.
$3.50 for a SMALL cup of coffee is overpriced and a RIP OFF for me..😮😂
For a lot of those customers, Starbucks is a status symbol, which they feel the need to continue, in order to feel good about themselves. The management of the company knows this, and keeps up the push to keep people doing that. But eventually it will fail anyway, as more and more customers go elsewhere for a simple cup of coffee. Freshly brewed, hot coffee is more than adequate no matter where you get it from.
I can't stand Starbucks coffee. Honestly though, if you like the flavored drinks: buy Cocoa Powder (for baking), extracts, 1/2 &1/2 , and sugar. I use honey. Mix to taste with your coffee.
@@d.e.b.b5788Yesterday they charged me $6.50 for a small hot latte because I added vanilla to it.
Never saw the attraction of Starbucks, and they're so into leftist global agenda I hope they fail today.
When I go out for coffee I go to the convenience store and get it from it the machine it's just as good at half the price without the attitude and gender confusion .
I paid $22.00 for a burger, frys and bottled water. Never again!
Look at the menu before you order. What are the makings for the burgers and fries going to cost you at the grocery store? More that $20.00
25 dollar lunches plus 20 to 25% tips. 100K pickup trucks 500k fixer upper houses - sky rocketing healthcare insurance etc ….. - the end is in sight -the middle class will soon be a dim memory.
I agree.
One problem with sit down restaurants is not only the tab but then you have to add a tip usually at the 20% range. So it’s difficult when you have a bill for 50 bucks and then you have to add an additional $10 for minimal service.
Don't forget the $3+ drink.
$10.00 for tip? Cheap skate. Stay home.
@@fallout1116 Restaurants make a killing from drinks. I remember years ago, our class had a McDonald's rep speak. He said they sell a large drink for $1.50, and it only costs them 9-cents. Now this was in the late 70's.
Yes, they raise the prices, and the tip they raise from 15 to 20%, even though the higher prices already gave them a bigger tip in the first place, stopped going to those, too.
@@malachi-
If you don’t want to tip a server or your to cheap, stay home
Did they just say 20 bucks for a dozen wings? You deserve to close?
I can go to Giant and buy 20 wings for $20.
Well at $3/lb ur probably looking at $4-4.50 in cost for wings. Yes, the market is that stoopid. Put a bunch of crappy flavoring on them and cook them. Then sugary dipping sauce or a spicy dip. Still $20 is a bit ridiculous.
These restaurants did this to themselves by thriving on this idiotic idea. Of course, right now the avion flu is messing up the chicken market. Worse for eggs but chicken prices as well. Prices will peak shortly with the end of football season and the stoopid assed SuperBowl.
Buffalo bars for happy hour used to have $0.10 wings (yes that’s 10 cents). Now 10 wings go for $14
Is also the taste. I remember when the wings were good, like really good. Now it is just frozen wings with sauces on top. Nasty expensive mess.
Actually I thought the food at Buffalo Wild Wings was wildly overrated. And that was from 10-15 years back.
You know why Applebee's is going bye bye? I can't recall once in my entire life that someone has said to me "let's go to Applebee's." It's that bad.
Only when they have the $1 margaritas
I go for the happy hour
People just can't afford to eat out anymore. Prices have risen because these restaurants have to spend so much more on food. They passed it on to us and we can't absorb it. Covid is another reason. Many places close down and people that did not know how to cook. Learned how to cook real quick
True I can't cook
The price doesn't bother me insomuch as the quality has essentially bottomed out. I don't mind dropping the coin, but it has to be worth it, too
COVID trillions in cash giveaways caused the massive inflation and why prices are so high.
No it’s them raising prices to make record profits not the cost of food, the CEOs make their millions and screw us and the ppl that work for them.
We eat out everyday. Retired, made great investments,No debt, no children., they eat up all your money. We eat out every day.
Five Guys is more expensive than some family restaurants. It's fast food with restaurant price for their burgers.
Not been to subway for years as its rubbish
It's a terrible value
Subway was Always garbage
Last time I ate there, I had barely made it home before my guts exploded and I crapped for almost 2 days.
@geod3589 good times huh? 😄
Not a single surprise on this list. Actually, I thought a couple of them were already gone.
I agree. CEOs are paid too much. Mediocre food is the issue. Anytime I can cook better food at home. I don’t need to spend money at these mediocre restaurants. Why are we surprised that these businesses are notthriving?
I got food poisoning forty-three years ago on my wedding day at Red Lobster. I spent my entire wedding night in the bathroom on a tile floor.
Our neighbor used to go there often and always ended up in the ER. It was crazy. And because of her experiences we never went
@@dittohead7044 🤮🤮💩💩
I had a meal from McDonald's two weeks ago for myself that was 19$ this is out of control.
Didn't you look at the prices before ordering?
McDonald’s started with a clown. Figure it out.
Let's look at the bright side: the obesity rate will decrease in this country.
Most of these restaurants food isn’t as good any more. Plus their service isn’t that great either. So expensive to go out to eat now plus a tip. My husband and I very rarely go to eat anymore. Something I used to love to do. Just can’t afford it.
The IHOP’s in my area are always full. In my opinion, I do not see the chain closing. Also, my local Chili’s restaurant seems to be doing remarkably well. Maybe it is different in other states, but I do not forsee Chili’s 🌶️ or IHOP closing in AZ.
People can't afford eating out any more, it cost to much to eat out.
I hate eating in restaurants because of the bad, annoying music blaring over my head.
Always wondered if I was the only person being extremely bothered by that .
Thanks to the pandemic lockdown I learned how to cook! Online recipes & yt cooking vids helped too. We can cook almost any restaurant dishes out there at a fraction of cost! We still eat out on special occasions but largely cut back from before.
Personally, restaurants charge now more and offer less ( food quality, quantity). In a world where the cost of living is rising, I find that eating out is not an absolute need; but just a luxury.
I'm eating much less in restaurants, & now find that my weight is now down to more normal levels & I generally feel better ( I think my body thanks me for consuming less unhealthy foods).
We certainly will not have a general public starve because of restaurants vanishing in 2025.
Firehouse subs just made me forget Subway exists
Firehouse, subs are great, but don't get the small sub. It's like a little, tiny snack for 6 dollars
Firehouse Sub is way over price for what you get
@@bobbycurtis6972 if I have Subway I’m hungry in like two hours. If I eat Firehouse for lunch, I don’t even eat dinner.
Jersey Mike's.
@@scapegoat762 people love Jersey Mike’s. I’ve never had it. The sandwiches in their commercials look so unappealing and bland. Looks like something I can make at home.
All of them are over priced.
Or you are to cheap
@daveklein2826
Wait!
Didn't your dad say that to your OOOPPS...well anyways...
It's not about the price for me since I rarely eat out having hope and expectation will be paying for quality food and good experience. It's about food and service being disastrous on top of the price.
The mark up on alcohol is ridiculous. Give people cheaper drinks and they’ll go there.
you could fuel a small state for a year just from the grease/oil you could squeeze out of each "five guys" bags.
Not only are the prices ridiculously high, the quality of food is horrible, and the service is terrible but yet, they want a huge tip… here in California 20 -25%! Much cheaper to stay home and cook something healthy.
You know times are tough when the main street here, which has all the fast food joints, has no wait times. Few years ago, the street became a parking lot from all the drive thru lines growing into the streets
Many restaurants have chased me away because they have reduced menu options. Olive Garden is a prime example having gone from an Italian restaurant with great selection to a pasta shop. Not worth it for the money.
My wife and I decided, post Covid to support local, privately owned restaurants as much as possible. Whether it is breakfast, lunch, or dinner, we have discovered we can get better food, larger portions, and better service at the same, or, in many cases, less money that corporate chain restaurants. For example, in 2024, I only went to McDonalds 4 times. Because directly accross the street is a family owned restaurant where I can get a breakfast twice as large as any combo breakfast for the same amount of money (not including a tip) and a human actually takes my order, with a smile. Corporate Chains have mostly lost me as a customer.
ALL food is frozen, I see it being delivered every night to every restaurant, fancy or fast food locations. If it ain't frozen how long do you think it takes to go bad? Preservatives? NOPE!
Try Mission BBQ. They don't even have a freezer in their facility.
Corporate could learn a lot from reading this comment section, but they won't because they are smarter than their customers and already know everything, good luck, you'll need it!
5 Guys is too pricey and the food sucks.
GREASY burgers 🍔
These restaurants are in trouble because they have raised their prices so much that people are finally refusing to pay those prices for a meal.
The “Fight for $15” you won the battle but lost the war.
Just ask laid off restaurant workers in California what $20.00 per hour has done for them.
Common denominator here is corporate offices require changes that local owners can’t absorb! Happens everywhere large corporations take the profits
It's been my experience that the best food comes from privately run restaurants, not chains.
What also hurt Subway was when it was revealed in news outlets that their bread wasn't real bread and their tuna wasn't 100% tuna. At least that is what turned me off and chose other places instead of Subway, which was once my place to go for a fast healthy snack.
Subway always sucked
Remember too, that recent results of long term dietary studies have shown that what used to be 'healthy' has now changed. Low fat, high carb foods have been implicated in the diabetes epidemic, and there turned out to be no connection between cardiovascular disease and saturated fat in the diet. So, once again, we can eat all the bacon, butter, lard, pork chops, that you want, and just avoid sugars and simple refined carbohydrates and starches.
Jersey Mike's a far better choice. It was privately owned and recently sold out to Blackstone. Watch it go downhill.
@@d.e.b.b5788 been hear that this is the case! It makes sense to cut the sugar too
Ya! Bread that qualifies as cake is not a good start. That tuna thing is pretty ridiculous too.
I stopped buying tuna bcz of the big fish more bad stuff in them. I’ve been using canned mackerel for years. Add some minced sautéed onions and some relish and mayo and you can’t really tell the difference.
If Subway menu said … mackerel salad on a decent wrap, I’d consider buying it. And charge me accordingly. Tuna prices can be high. Mackerel is half that and the quality of omega 3 is better.
People are more health conscious and are tired of being poisoned by these restaurants and their terribly processed meals. People aren’t eating this frozen and reheated garbage for the most part.
Here's an alternate view. Tripadvisor is killing them.
Years ago, people went to these mediocre chains because they were consistent. The local restaurant was a risk. Now I can go on tripadvisor and fine a really good family owned restaurant - fresh food, owners that care, and I'm not paying for a CEO and national advertising.
Red Lobster…
Raped by Private Equity.
It’s not the shrimp 🦐
Your mentioning restaurants who should have closed 10 yrs ago. Almost all used to have great food. Chilies in the 90’s was amazing. Rubs and drinks. TGI in the 90 s awesome! Outback is tiring. All the sell is gristle steak. Many I thought were closed already
Yeah part of it is he is just trying to get clicks. Obviously if costs go up , they have to charge and oh grocery stores charge outrageous prices and profits are up.
Support the local community restaurants.
People are learning to cook again. And this is good. We eat out 2 times a month…usually a soup and sandwich kinda place .. nothing fancy. It has lost its charm….too expensive and rarely is the food very good. I can cook a meal with four servings one night, eat the same meal as leftoversthe next night and maybe make pasta with whatever is in the frig the third night. three nights, six servings , about 25-40 bucks depending on the season.
Red Lobster’s food never looks as good as it does in their ads. Plus, it sits under the heaters waiting to be served and dries out! Stopped going years ago.
I have never eaten there
This is how I feel about Taco Bell and Subway, their food looks so good on tv, then when you get it in real life it looks a mess.
I haven’t been to a Red Lobster in over 15 years, that place went down hill, tasted like fast food at restaurant prices..terrible food
Skip Bayless, is that you???
Take a shot every time he says, "bygone era", "casual dining", or "relic."
I won’t miss any of this
Five Guys gives you less burger and prices now over the top. I've dropped them like a hot rock. Two of us spend close to $40, and then there's a TIP jar.
For their prices, they can afford to pay their employees well. But a tip jar? 😄
If I have to stand up to make the order and I’ve gotta come to the counter to pick up my order, I don’t tip. The first offenders, I remember of the tip jar without giving you any real service or donut shops.
I placed a paper on the tip jar once that said "Look both ways before crossing the road."
Then I placed a fortune cookie another time 😂😅
Why tip in fast food places when $20/hour is the law. Habit workers don’t work any harder than Burger King workers. They get paid the same. Habit pops the tip screen at you. Burger king doesn’t.
If you can’t or won’t tip at a sit down dining restaurant stay home.
Honestly, the only one on here that I miss is Boston market and I thought they went under already. I haven’t seen her been near one in many many years.
They are done.
I like BM too, but they closed locally 20 years ago.
COVID and BIDEN - Is there any wonder.
Who will miss these places? I certainly will not.
A lot of these chains use celebrities to promote their restaurants. They could save money by using non-celebrities and improving on service and the quality of food.
A lot of people no longer have disposable income because of the horrible economy.
People have no money because they spend on dumb items like cars they can’t afford(leasing). Everyday shopping on Amazon and their lack of basic financial concepts.
@@ibdam1 i agree. the economy isn't as bad as what people say it is. gas prices have gone down, my 401k is higher than ever, inflation has slowly gone down, etc. if ppl have money trouble, maybe time to find a better paying job, cut out useless or unecessary spending, & be smart with where u spend it. live within your means. 🤷♂️
People have plenty of money. It just there are better option out there now than the legacy restaurant chains.
Expect a better 2025, after 1/20/25!
Agreed 👍 💯 😃
Subway costs way too much.
PLUS THEY SUCK WHO CARES
@@samcolt1079 You are right - THEY SUCK ! I was a long-haul trucker for 22 years . They have Subway's in almost every truck stop ... they are terrible !
Quality too low.
Grocery store’s prices are catching up with these restaurants and fast food chains it’s just getting ridiculous out here.
BWW is their own worst enemy. Horrible service, dirty restaurants, super loud TV sound. Plus the price spike is killing them.
I love a good wing. They don't have 'em.
Small wings and little to no sauce while they charge $0.25 per trial size hit of sauce. Haven’t eaten there in years
I need to drive over 80 miles one way to eat at any of these slop houses. So I chose to eat at home its easier cheaper and much better.
160 mile round trip. Lol, that's a whole tank of gas.
I hope we don't lose Red Lobster. It's the only seafood restaurant in our small Midwest town. It does very well. Prices have gone up, but it's still within reason.
‼️When we can finally afford a night out, there won't be any restaurants left. 🇨🇦
A one-two punch to restaurants. The high cost of food supply and high cost of labor has pushed most middle class families out of the going out to eat business.
Raising the minimum wage has just been passed on to the consumer..Duh...
Corporate greed plays a part, but sit down restaurants are becoming dinosaurs thanks to terrible politics.
Many states haven’t raised their wages
Yeah, those 30 year olds livin' large on $15 with a 25 hour work week.
Bad food..& the rich getting richer is some of the problem
Learn economics rather than the lies on FAUX.
This administration has just dwelled every aspect of the normal American life like going to your local restaurant chain. The fact is there’s so many restaurants in trouble we’ll be with almost nothing to choose from a normal meal out these days is $150-$300 and I’m basing this on a family of 1-4 people!
Chilli's is actually making a comeback.
😂 not where I live.
More americans need to learn to cook at home and learn to love to cook, cheaper & healthier.
Your video clips often don’t match the restaurant chain you are talking about. Weak.
Weak is your ignorant comment
I don’t know which video you were watching, but the one I was watching mentioned every chain. Are you sure you had the volume turned up?
It that all you got from that?
@@stanmansWhat they were saying was that the video footage often doesn't match the restaurant being discussed. Like showing a person serving coffee during the Hard Rock Cafe segment, where burgers are the main food, not coffee lol.
The videos were stock videos. Perhaps none of them were from the actual restaurants. Like the same pizza shown for two different places.
Oh and showing Five Guys in the splash screen but it not being one of the 15.
Thank you for the sweet Christmas message. Sending prayers for a quick recovery for your children. Merry Christmas!
Went to a Chili's once! Never again. We tried to order 3 times and they were out of everything we tried to order on the menu! At 5:00 PM! What a joke!
Ours went under a decade ago due to a food poisoning incident. Was empty for about 5 years, came back for about four years, and now is shuttered again.