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Checkers and Rally's - Why Two Different Names?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ส.ค. 2018
- Ever since I released a video about why Carls Jr. and Hardee's go by two different names, I've been receiving an overwhelming number of people suggesting I make a similar video for Checkers and Rally's, so here it is. It's another set of restaurants that use the same branding and seem identical, and this video attempts to answer why.
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“Hey lets go to checkers”
“Nah… im feelin Rally’s tonight”
fine..we will swing by checkers and get your food then drive over to Rally's and pick mine up...
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I work there ._.
My comment was shown on a Company Man video.
My life is now complete. I can die happy now.
Also excellent name sir!
cool
kinda sad when you think about it.
bruh
Dimes On His Eyes true
I think it's interesting that they still use two different fonts in their logos, unlike Hardee's and Carl's Jr. who seemed to make their logos as similar as possible.
I live in Michigan and when I was a kid it was always Rally's...now the sign says Checker's and I still love it all the same lol
True
Yep☑
I’m from Michigan also and never herd of a rally’s except only from the commercials I’ve only seen a checkers 🤷♂️
Yeah we had Rally's then most changed to checkers might find 1 or 2 Rally's
The West side of the state (such as Grand Rapids) had Checkers while the southeast (such as the Metro Detroit area) had Rallys.
Checkers was actually my first job ever! I worked there when I was in high school in Miami, Fl. The drive troughs were called High Side(the drivers side window) and Low Side (the passenger side window). I started on the floors and burgers and quickly moved up to head cashier, often working both drive through windows at once. It was a great start and prepared me for what I didn't want to do in life; working BS jobs forever. It did however teach me the value of hard work and while I was there our store was the number #1 checkers in the country! They threw us a big party and it was amazing! Fast forward to today that very location (183 st and 27th ave in Miami) was just acquired by Rick Ross the rapper! I'm vegetarian now, but still love their fries!!!
Hopefully the service there is better than the one near me. It took them twenty minutes to get fries and a drink with no one else sitting outside and no cars having gone through.
Never discount the value of a First Shitty Job! They often taught young capitalists the values of -
1. Virtual slavery of the young and inexperienced
2. What a floor-safe was, and how it was used
3. Having an excuse for your parents as to why you came home so late again
4. Robbing from a cash resister
5. Sex with the young Assistant Manager after hours
6. How to contaminate food with bodily fluids, and gain enormous self-satisfaction (especially with people who had just bereted you in public)
That’s the one in the city by the metro rail?
That's crazy cus I grew up there from 97' onwards there before they built up the Walmart down the street used to go there with my mom and had always grabbed a buford or chicken sandwich
Lmao i didn't know rick ross owned that one!
What about “Checkers and Rally’s”
It sounds like a really good name
Parker Berg Agreed.
What about checkers and ralleys
That’s what we have in Florida, only that it’s Checkers/Rally’s
Like checkered flags and rally racing.
@@devilslayerthesaintofkille1317 the marketing with that
I do love the seasoned fries! Oddly, I don't like the loaded versions with cheese as much as the regular ones. My only complaint is they have been slowly shrinking the sizes of the fries so now a large is more like a medium used to be.
While increasing the price. They’re almost not worth it anymore. Almost…
Yeah food prices going up everywhere
I'm from Northwest Indiana, and Rally's was always here, while Checkers was just 5 min away in Illinois.
I’m from NW Indiana as well, we definitely had Rally’s but you’re right next state over Illinois had Checkers
I have bith
Big facts
There's a Checkers in my area; for a place that specializes in take-out, their drive-through line is S-L-O-W!
Right
But I bet it's good when u get it
@@WhoDeyTrey beats most fast food places
Rallys is so damn slow here too
Drinking game
Level: Extreme
take a shot everytime he says checker's and rally's
I just got my friends and I alcohol poisoning
Barry McCockiner boi you on to something 😁
That's a lot of vaccinations
Holy hell that’d be murder
Haha Hahah!
Growing up in Florida, Checker's was my favorite fast food place, and I was bummed in middle school when my family moved to Indiana, but we had a Rally's not far from the new house. Maybe it's weird, but I would definitely say that Checkers is better. Maybe it's just nostalgia.
Maybe it’s Maybelline
@@huggleskuishy Well played friend. 10 points to you.
Birmingham AL here. Rally's was me and my cousins favorite growing up. You cannot beat their fries, and a Big Buford makes a damned Big Mac look like play-Doh food. We had an odd occurrence in the early nineties. We had our local Rally's that we'd always gone to. Then, suddenly down the road, literally not even a mile, a Checkers opened. And this was 1992 or 93. We didn't know what the hell a checkers was, so we went through there. And we discovered it was the exact burgers, fries, and everything else. BEFORE you say they merged! We would get them confused they were so similar. Eventually the checkers closed, and where it used to be, theres a damn gas station. Years later, the Rally's we went to got shut down by the health department, apparently millions of roaches. It's a "Wing Stop" now. The only Rally's still around me are ones close to downtown birmingham, two in fact. I was shocked about a year ago, that the Walmart in Gardendale, AL had a checkers. Went inside and was amazed at the quality and service.
Hartselle AL here
Birmingham area as well. Sounds like The Palisades. Guess you suffered like me when all the Rally's locations closed at start of 2019. Need to go to Gardendale Walmart.
Talladega, AL!! Didn’t know there was a Rally’s/Checkers still close by! The one closest to us in Anniston, AL closed but I’m not sure how long ago. Gotta check out the one in Gardendale. Thanks 🙏🏾
@@YanaKiKitheQueen It's gone now. I'm sorry.
Some fat guy advice though. Sonic's double cheeseburger is alarmingly similar to a Buford. And Popeye's fries are basically rally's fries.
Honestly, their logos are so similar that if they just swapped the actual name on the sign of all the Rally's buildings to Checkers overnight (or whenever the least-busiest hours were), I'd doubt anyone would even notice. You'd get a few people go, "Wait, didn't that use to say Rally's on it? Oh well.....and proceed to drive-thru". They've done such a good preliminary job of unifying the menu, branding colors and style up to this point that the final switch should be relatively painless. They can also run a simple "Rally's is Checkers" campaign to help ensure the least amount of brand-identity confusion.
That's what happened in my area. They remodeled the Rally's into a Checkers and no one noticed for a while because it had the same motif.
Can you do a video on Dollar Tree, Dollar general and Family Dollar.
Dollar General is it's own separate company, vs. Dollar Tree and Family Dollar. The latter 2 did merge(DT buying Family Dollar), a few years ago. But still operate stores under those 2 different names, with obviously Family Dollar having merchandise above $1 too.
Dollar tree is nothing like the other 2.
And Dollar General bought out family dollar.
Hmmm do I believe Borat or Robert?🤔
@@DaTrueDevine Looks like the family dollar stores purchased by dollar general were part of an anti trust thing and the dollar tree / family dollar merger did happen.
Just knew the family dollar and dollar general were both dollar general owned now. Assumed it was all of them.
good one
It's interesting that you mention that they stuck with one name over the other in certain areas because that name was more well-known. In my area, it was Rally's for years and years, but then they all got changed over to Checker's.
For what it's worth, Checkers always tasted better to me.
i didn’t even know rally’s was a thing until i saw this
How though if it's the exact same thing 🤔 that might be mind games slow down before you get yourself hustled ... 1.99 vs 3.99 for the exact same thing the world might eat you..🤣
I disagree. The worse one won.
Am I the only one who wants to see him make a video of just saying "checkers and rally's"?
No
@@Alex-eb6je He's not a weirdo, he just likes his voice.
That’s a rare W. I agree 😂😂😂
*_W H A T A B O U T C H E C K E R S A N D R A L L Y ' S ?_*
Hungry Jack's is just what Burger King is called in Australia, as far as I know.
On the video could anyway look at other comparisons between Hungry Jack's in Australia, and Burger King elsewhere,
Reminds me of the In-N-Out strategy. Drive through only (at first with them at least), focus on making the basics, burgers fries shakes, the highest quality possible, and let word spread.
It was rally’s when I was little and then checkers came. One of the original rally’s locations was still around as checkers came into the picture but before then, the rally’s restaurants were disappearing one by one.
The banana milkshake comes to mind when I think about rally’s.
Me and you briefly discussed it on Twitter, but I definitely think Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s would be great for this series.
DannyBTalks that’s a touchy subject
Do the rise and fall of NASCAR
What In Carnation? It would just end up being a political video.. because that’s all NASCAR is now. Politics. Lol.
Pete M like the NFL. Lol. Soccer is going to the top
You watch company man Carnation
NOW YOUR JUST EVERYWHERE. The NASCAR version of Justin y.
What In Carnation? I agree.
The "what about checkers and Rally's?" Comment section of this video was hilarious. Then it got old. Then it went on long enough to be hilarious again. I loved it.
The Phoenix area had a lot of Rally's in the early nineties. Sadly they filed for bankruptcy and had to restructure closing some of their stores. Now there are a few rallies left in the Phoenix area. They were once everywhere but now they've been remodeled has Mexican fast food restaurants.
What about Rally's and checkers?
I legit got angry during that bit.
The real question: What about dragons?!
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Intersting how that video contradicts much of this one here says.
Mikosch2 Well, business isn't Rick Astley's strong suit.
I have never seen either of these fast food places. BUT I DO LIKE THEIR FRIES. They carry them in the freezer section at the local Save-A-Lot
yes! +1
I love Sav-a-Lot. They still have a butcher to cut up meat rather than just shipping in pre-packed meat like Wal-mart (and many other places). They also have incredible deals every month. T-bone is $3.99/lb. right now (many places charge almost that much for ground beef). I don't buy much other than meat there and I usually stock the deep freeze with whatever they have on sale.
I've had the frozen ones. The ones from the stores are even better, and their milkshakes are amazing too
Will Edwards I’ll have to find one on vacation sometime!
My walmart Also carries their fries. We have a Checkers but its a not out of the way for me to go to.
There's an instance where Hellman's mayonnaise is called that in the eastern US while it's called Best Foods mayonnaise in the western US. You should look into it for a future video.
Pokemon: Checkered Carl
and
Pokemon: Hardee's Rally
The enhanced versions
2024
New episode always makes me happy
Hi Matt!
Rallys seasoned fries are so good. I just wish they had cheese sauce with them.
Cheese sauce. Sounds like something they would charge extra for.
I agree. NO ONE has better fries
You mean checkers
They do now!!!!
.....you mean checkers fries are so good
When I was at Ohio State in the early 90s, they had Snapps, which I loved. Eventually it became Rally's. Rally's is really good fast food, but the Snapps was just as good and had indoor seating.
That’s interesting you say Checkers is mostly in the south and Rally’s in the Midwest. I live in Illinois and grew up going to Checkers. I’ve actually never seen a Rally’s around here.
Im also in Illinois, and never even HEARD of Rallys until watching this video. I've also never seen a Checkers in person, but at least I new they existed.
I’m from Ohio we don’t got checks in my city only rally’s
Don't care what their name is. They make the best damn fries in the world!
Allie-RX pretty good food
Debatable....
I'm not American but are they better than Mc Donald's, Burger King and/or Five Guys?
In my opinion yes
wclifton968 personally I like McDonald's fries better but there still good
In Chicago checkers and rally's were literally next to each other in most locations.
On foenem g
Checkers was first on the south side and man was it 🔥 when they first came out! It's not the same anymore😤
Facts
@@giovanniquiroz6548 I got 5 on it g
Wow, I always thought Checker’s burgers tasted just like Wendy’s. Funny how the founder actually owned some Wendy’s locations
At college in Louisiana in the around 1990, we had a Rally's right off campus, near a lot of bars. We had lots of late night burgers and fries! They changed to Checker's before I graduated. Their was also a local chain called Fast Trak, that had the same double drive thrus and seasoned fries. They lasted a few years but then shut down.
Hi there! Another two companies that are tied together like this are T.J. Maxx and Marshalls (as well as Homegoods, Home Sense, and Sierra Trading Post). They're two companies that started separately but are now a part of the TJX companies. The difference between the two can be confusing! Thanks. x 💙❤️
Ashley Glennan T.J. Maxx just simply bought out all the companies you mentioned, no real story behind them.
True - you can actually find therm all in the same town. TJ Maxx and HomeGoods can be found in the same space - with a walkway between them. Because the Group purchases inventory from other retailers when they close locations - or even close altogether - you can score some steals that even Amazon doesn't have.
We had one of each in my town for a while. Rally's was first, then Checkers came in about 3 miles away. I do remember the entire Checkers building coming pre-made on the back of a flat bed, then hoisted by a crane and put down on the foundation. Checkers didn't seem to last 10 years, and the location is now a Taco Bell. Rally's continues to this day.
I used to work for the company that provides checkers/rally’s tech support. Was always super fun to have to deal with the similar differences 😂
We have Rally's in South Louisiana. Every time I pass one I always think of the Seth Green "Cha-Ching" commercial from the early 90's.
What about you talk about the history and rise of Walmart? I'm curious on how they got to where they are today.
Stellar Static the Walton Family doesn't pay property taxes for every establishment in the US. Pays piss poor wages to their employees. That's just a bit you should know. Gets massive tax breaks, and stashes their money away in a big vault in Panama.
@@mateojames3231 why do the employees stay? Just for the employee discount?
Funny how so many people hate Wal-Mart yet everyone works there or shops there.
Part of sams success was he didn't puss money away. He had a small house 10 minutes from me. He drove an old ford truck. The first stores were warehouses more or less. Nothing fancy. Only had what was needed. Nothing that wasn't needed. Unlike a lot of the people and companies of Bentonville today who compete to see who has the prettiest office building or house and most expensive cars and fancy clothes.
Thanks for the fact joe smith
JDM A'F My ex works for Walmart, and on top of the decent pay, after 6 months of working there is the 10% store discount on non food items at any store in the USA, the option for medical benefits, and 401k retirement plans. The downsides are long hours, little time off(unless it's for medical reasons), and if you are on general stock duty, and/or lawn and garden/seasonal, then you better be in decent shape to walk across that store, and lift the items.
Edit: to be known I spent 5 1/2 years at Dollar General, and with the shitty hours they gave us, the low pay(minimum wage) the fact we had to pay for our uniforms, very little time off of merit(meaning you might get a day off in the middle of the week, or go to work at 5am one day, and 4pm the next day), so if we wanted any of the crappy benefits we just about ended up owing the company money, so it was either take your shitty paycheck home, or have the 1/2 assed medical benefits( the base plan only covered $1,000 of medical cost a year), so yeah Walmart employees have it good compared to stores like Dollar General.
Hearing this story reminds me of a Michigan franchise that rose in a similar way: “Hot-n-Now”. They were cheap, drive-through only burger joints that had 30 cent hamburgers in under a minute. Rose during the 90s, then got bought by PepsiCo and totally mismanaged into oblivion. I think there’s one Hot-n-Now left on the west coast of Michigan.
I worked at a Rally’s in Virginia in 1991. They didn’t last too long here. My husband loved the bag of burgers. We have a Checkers about two hours away. That’s a nice Sunday drive.
A few years back (probably more like 10-15) Rally's/Checkers was at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and they did use both brands at their concession stands, even though Indianapolis is a Rally's location.
Fantastic thumbnail!
Also, I lived near Tampa for over 25 years and had no idea the Checkers/Rallys distribution center was there.
Cars Simplified I always wondered what that Checkers and Rally's building was off of I- 275. Now I know
There some in Orlando area . They closed now.
Checkers & Rallys Headquarters and Support Center
4300 W Cypress St, Tampa, FL 33607
I-275 : Exit 40
Se theMan thats what that is??? I see that every day
Do White Castle and Krystal’s
Those are 2 different companies, not related to each other and founded in different areas. Though I always found it interesting you can find locations of both, in Kentucky and Tennessee(Krystal moreso in TN, there used to be a few in KY but not as many nowadays) myself. Sometimes a very close distance away, between each other like in Nashville.
Wow thanks for that info!
White Castle and Krystal Meth?
I was always wondering what a White Castle was and I'm like the fuck you talking about
That's what i would like to see
As someone else mentioned, its time for a video about Dollar Tree and Dollar General. Thanks....
Hellmann's and Best Foods Mayonnaise. I live in the eastern US and from childhood I was always fascinated by the note on the back label of Hellmann's, "Known as Best Foods Mayonnaise west of the Rockies."
Sure enough when I visited Denver as an adult (not west of the Rockies, but close enough), on the grocery store shelf was Best Foods Mayonnaise, with the note "Known as Hellmann's Mayonnaise east of the Rockies."
We have both Checker's and Rally's in my area. The joke is that the Checker's are in the nice parts and Rally's are in the economically depressed parts. The truth is that the Rally's were here first and had an established customer base with brand loyalty. The Checker's locations were the newer stores serving new customers. Sounds like good business strategy to me.
illegalclown Yeah, when he mentioned that the Rally's locations had decreased I thought about the 3 I know about in my city. All older/economically depressed, surrounded by other chains that have since bailed.
Long Beach?
Nope, lower Michigan.
Elliott Enriquez That's funny, I've seen one in Long Beach too. My local Rally's was removed around five or so years ago so Long Beach is probably the closest I can get to a Rally's.
In NJ,Checkers can only be found in poorer communities.
Burger King lost a LOT when they went from grilled to steamed burgers
That created a "hole" in the market
They definitely don't taste like they did in the 80s.
I think that's just in Albany.
Idk when they started doing that, but my dad and I would eat there somewhat often in the late 90s early 2000s. Now I don't care about BK
I agree.They should have stuck to the grilled version.Now they taste like crap!
@@anthonymeans7439 Steaming is for people who don't like the taste of beef.
Takes the flavor right out and forces you to rely on spicing
If, like me you like the taste of beef, you will prefer ANY other cooking method to steaming
I saw the biggest silverfish I've ever seen in my life waltz into a Checkers in Brooklyn. It wasn't their fault though and it wasn't a sanitary issue. The thing came in the front door from the street and crawled towards the counter like it was gonna order some fries. Everyone freaked out.
Thank you! We just had a Checkers open up here in Palm Coast Fl, gonna check out out thanks to this video!
You need to do Kroger and all the other groceries that they own
Michael I used to work for Kroger, it's called smith's where I live
Kroger > other grocery stores
And Ralph's in California right? They did a promotion with Jeff Goldblum recently and he went to a Ralph's, but it looked exactly the same as a Kroger it was trippy
Fun fact: Kroger owns Food 4 Less.
Like Fred Meyer's.
Please do a video about the downfall of Claire’s!
Who?
@@pp3k3jamail some teenie booper budget store
Asbestos
All the people getting their ear infected from the piercing gun
@@pp3k3jamail a place where poor teen girls go to get make up and piercings . People have got sick and infected going their
Oooh! Checkers bought out a small regional chain in Michigan called Hot N’ Now in 2008, that was a big push for the company there and most of those locations were converted to checkers. A video on hot n now would be cool too
Hot n Now was 🔥
Just combine the names. "Welcome to Reckally's."
Welcome to Checky’s
What about TJ Maxx and Marshalls?
yessssssss
Those are both the same parent company. Ditto with Homegoods being within that same parent company, as well. IIRC I once read those 3 retailers are ran by the company that used to run another chain like Zayre before all were sold to the now defunct Ames, but I forget which retailer that company used to run many years ago.
@@BoratWanksta Funny thing is that I learned recently that you can't return things bought at Marshall's to TJMaxx.
What about Burger King and Hungry Jack's?
TJ Maxx is known as TK Maxx in Europe too.
THANK YOU. This question has plagued me since I was a kid, growing up in Ohio. We had both. And since the internet wasn't much of a thing yet, we couldn't exactly go online and do a side-by-side comparison. My parents and I wondered for YEARS, with them insisting there were some small differences that kept the two companies apart.
Here in the DMV (DC/Maryland/Virginia) we have both. So the commercials and mailed coupons say both and have both logos on it. From about Richmond to VA Beach it's Rally's from Fredericksburg to Baltimore its Checkers. Interesting.
There used to be a Checkers in downtown Nashville, then it changed to Rallys, then back to checkers. Then after a bit I had that sign they use now, but it had checkers/rallys in the white name area. I remember seeing both throughout Nashville
Can you do a video on why Quiznos went bankrupt?
WE LOVE THE COMPANY MAN.
Yeah, what the hell with that? Their food was way better than Soubway.
Easy, Subway bought a toaster. That's about the only thing that separated them.
I suggested this also
Who would have thought the public would not be into overpriced food that tasted like dick?
Could you do Dollar General? If I'm not mistaken it's the fastest growing retailer in the US and it's commonly considered to be a symptom of a town doing poorly when one moves in.
mom and pop stores should go out of business if they cant compete...its called capitalism...
mom and pop stores usually make money off the back of minimum wage labor...
Yeah, go to any small town in America and you'll see Dollar General sitting there near the edge of town acting as the de facto convenience store.
These things are everywhere in Virginia, and have been a long time. What makes them unique seems to be they are moving in where other retailers have dared not tread, particularly in small declining towns that have lost a lot of services, or more remote counties that have been long starved for retail.
ducttapeanddreams
Your right I'm in Virginia also and their everywhere .
Dyk? Walmart owns dollar general and just dumps their shitty products their
I definitely remember a Rally's being in Danville Ky, me and mom would go and eat there every other day since it was so good and the shakes were amazing. But for some reason, like at least 12 years ago, it vanished. Turned out the place the building was at didn't do well for anything that was there and they left, that same building was a taco place and some other few things possibly including a Krystal at one point if im not mistaken. Danville has a large crossroads on the south end of town, going south you would end up in Liberty, east goes to Stanford, north brings you to the center of the city where all the business and homes are and eventually leads to Lexington, and west will go around and into the industrial side of the city potentially leading to Harrodsburg or Perryville. If you went west on the crossroad, Rallys was right by the road a few hundred meters from the crossroads, beside a bank and in front of some shopping centers with Kroger and more smaller shops just further down. My idea for why Rally's closed there may have been the fact that the south of the city was where all the other restaurants were and there is a LOT of them: McDonalds is on the hill, Dairyqueen and Subway beside it, then a very strangely placed Kfc in front of Lowe's and beside Lowe's is a Cracker Barrel on the hill in front of Rally's, going west from where Rally's was is Applebees and Zaxby's then BurgerKing used to be across the road from McDs in the big Manor lot, O'Charlie's beside it, Fazoli's next door to BurgerKing, a pizza place in the manor itself which used to be a Cici's in that spot too, Wendys and JimmyJohns just a little further north, next door to Wendy's is potentially my fav restaurant in the town a combination A&W/LongJohnSilvers, then near Wendy's is Little Caesars, beside Little C is TacoBell, across from them is Pizzahut, go further up the road you find a pizzeria franchise called Giovanni's and a chinese restaurant called Wok-N-Go, and further is Sonic near some of the residences, waaaaay further down entering the main part of the city is Domino's and Lee's, in the city itself is a bunch of places like Grace Cafe, Tut's, Bluebird, Wilcher's, Burke's Bakery, and many others, then you got like 3 to 4 Guadalajara restaurants in close proximity, going east from the crossroads is what used to be a Shonney's, then Cattleman's Roadhouse and a Buffalo Wings and Rings, also south of Danville leaving the town is a big place called Cheddar's and further south in a tiny town called Junction City less than 3 miles away is a Hardee's. Oh, also Chick-Fil-A now brings a little food truck to the lot where Rally's used to be now. Yeah, Danville is somewhat a popular town in the center of the state where a lot of good food is. Rally's probably couldn't handle the pressure.
I’m in Alabama and have never noticed a Checkers around but we have Rally’s.
Joey Wyatt In florida only Checkers
Edys and Dreyers
EpicMango tacos
@Kali Southpaw They did that on purpose to trick consumers. Just look at the energizer bunny from Duracell in the 70's
And the cycle continues
The Energizer bunny was in no way affiliated with Duracell.
@@robgronotte1 The Duracell bunny is not only a "thing", It's over a decade OLDER than the Energizer bunny. The Energizer bunny was created originally to mock the Duracell bunny, by outlasting him and looking "cooler" .
you need to do a video on Kroger, they're bigger than they seem!
Albertsons is another one of those bigger than you think grocery chains. Never realized how many grocery brands they owned until I went to their Wiki page.
Lol.. Yeah if you dont know much about retail. Kroger is one of the largest grocers and private label companies in the U.S. and operate multiple different stores under various names etc.etc. Kroger is a giant
Kroger is my main grocery store and whenever I visit California I shop at "Ralph's" which is their version of Kroger.
Fry's not the electronics version but the grocery store also belongs to Kroger , which brings up another idea for a video , Frys Electronics vs Fry's (the grocery store) are they the same ? I dont think they are but ...
@@GenOner The Son of the fellow who started Fry's Grocery started Fry's electronics.
In Chicago we grew up with checkers and the early 2000’s All checkers disappeared. I moved with my mother in Waukegan IL around 2002 and they had rally’s!! It was basically checkers! Fast forward to 2013 the surrounding suburbs of Chicago started getting back checkers an now we still have checkers and rally’s in Illinois
When the padres played at Qualcomm stadium in the 90s rallys was amazing.
Rallys is the big name in LA and San Diego
Company Man
Before the 1999 merger, what were some of the small differences between Checkers and Rally's? There had to be some, especially when both first started off.
The 1994-99 period was when the menus and suppliers were standardized between the chains. Rally's had seasoned fries which were adopted by Checkers. Checkers didn't serve shakes. Checkers had two sizes of beef patties, for a regualr hamburger and their signature "Big Buford". All burgers now use the same 3.5 oz patties. Rally's offered a sloppy joe variant barbeque-flavored loose meat type sandwich called "Rally-Q" which has been eliminated. Some Checkers markets offered onion rings which have been discontinued.
Checker's did advertise, but mostly in print and youth-focused radio. They adopted some reworks of Rally's spots after 1994. Rally's was always an inescapable advertising presence on television and radio in all the markets they served, including Los Angeles where they had only two stores.
Stan Baker
Thanks for the information. The Rally-Q sounds pretty good, as do onion rings. I know mergers like this can help companies compete overall but they also lose their identity too. I vaguely remember an ad for the "Big Buford" burger back in the 90s.
Checkers still has the Big Buford. Looks good too. checkers.com/food/burgers/big-buford/
Rally's was better, now the burgers suck and are just cheap crap.
bruh
And now I want Checkers fries and the closest one is 3 hours north! 😭😭
Glad I saw this I was just asking these questions to friends of mine about both restaurants..
This reminded me of a Checkers in my area that closed. It spent years closed the empty husk of a building rotting on the corner of the intersection of two major roads. Finally after years of being closed it reopened to a lot of people cheering. But I had bitter memories of that place. When I was a teenager my parents would go out and bring me back something to eat. It was too late to bring me back Burger King which was what I loved at that time and the only place left open was Checkers. So they went there and ordered me a couple of cheeseburgers. I shrugged and gave it a try. It was awful. It was dosed in this spice that to this day have never experienced again. And the cheese was like it can straight out of the fridge and slapped on there which would have been ok except the burger was cold and pink inside like it too had just come out of the fridge. I swore them off for good and that was in 1999. I gave them a second chance long after the Checkers reopened and it was much better then, they figured out they needed to actually cook their food. I never learned why it was closed for so long.
sounds like it was closed due to crap food or health and safety violations
The situation involving the two supermarket chains branded as "Giant" (Giant-Landover and Giant-Carlisle) is worth covering.
It's similar in some respects (formerly unconnected chains that now belong to the same parent company) and essentially the opposite in others (they've been kept separate and distinct, despite operating under the same name and bordering each other's geographic footprint -- purportedly because Giant-Landover is unionized and Giant-Carlisle is almost entirely non-unionized).
Other interesting details include the relationship to Martin's (an alternative name for Giant-Carlisle, whose logo typeface it shares) and Stop & Shop (another sister chain, which shares Giant-Landover's logo typeface and an icon that also appears on store-brand products sold across all of these chains).
David Levy Maryland represent!
I feel like I drive past 20 of these places every time I'm going to Cookout
Good food there!!!
Its funny i’ve never heard of both
Rally's used to have a whole slice of lettuce on their burgers instead of shredded lettuce back in the 90's. That's the last time I ate one so I'm not sure what they have going on now.
I’ve been waiting my whole life for the answer to this.
But I have one question What about checkers and rally’s 😂😂😂
Lml CRYING
Marques Smith dude shut up
😂😂😂😂
@Marques Smith stfu
Marques Smith it was funny child
I'm a simple man. I see company man posts a new video, I instantly watch it. Cheers!
Interesting name you got there
This chain I ❤️. Checkers kicks ass. They got everything, their food served fast
I’m from north Florida and growing up it was always rally’s and didn’t become checkers until later. My brother’s first job was at a rally’s down the street from our house. Matter of fact the phrase “rally’s burger” … “I’m going to get a rally’s burger…” “I want a rally’s burger…” “you’re going to rally’s? Bring me back a rally’s burger…” was how we referred to the cheapest burger on the menu
Rally's fries are the best, but the location nearest me is halfway across town, so I always forget it exists. I had also completely forgotten that old yellow Rally's logo until you showed it, which was cool to see.
So the other one I'm curious about is White Castle and Krystal. The burgers seem very similar.
vortmax1981 closest checkers is 25 miles away for me 25 miles
vortmax1981 we have 9 subways 7 McDonald's 4 Wendy's 3 taco Bells 6 Sonic's in town but have to go 25 miles for checkers
Never had seen that old(and probably the original) Rally's logo, till this video. But it looks better for sure, than the 2 Rally's logos that succeeded it.
I never heard or saw any of these restaurants. So when i saw the thumbnail i though he was talking about a mechanic store.
Not surprising.
Here in NJ they are solely is rundown city's/neighborhoods so unless you live in them you'd never know they're there.
I'm in the Chicago area and I haven't seen Rally's in years
In Springfield, IL we had both. They opened as Rallys, then changed to Checkers. Then they closed down for years then re-opened as Rallys and still open today.
I love Rally's! I grew up going to the one by my old apartment complex and I went there last year and the fries still taste the same which made me happy because I love their fries
I'd love to see a video on Jack in the Box and their earlier identity crisis including their attempts to change the name of the chain a few times in the process :)
Being someone who has access to both restaurants with in 40 miles of each other, I can honestly say, without a doubt, Checkers and Rally's are Identical in every way.
Checkers and Rally's are like those two people who say the same things and agree with the same things at the meeting and look at each other and say, "Hey, are you thinking what I thinking?"
Rally's: yep.
Checkers: Let's get married!
Could you do Dreyer’s vs Edy’s please?
They're the same company. The reason they use the name Edy's back east is so they're not confused with Breyers . Dreyer's Ice cream started in Oakland Ca in 1928 on Grand ave. Breyers started in Philadelphia in 1866. Dreyer's invented Rocky Road ice cream
You should do a video on Kroger and Ralph's. It's a similar situation to this but a grocery store.
Kroger Owns Ralph's. They're a brand of the Kroger Company just like Smith's, Good 4 Less and Fry's grocery stores (not the same as Fry's electronics)
I would actually say the opposite!
I used to go to that Checkers in 1986. I loved it.
there were no checkers or rally’s near me my whole childhood, i’d only see them in rest stops or highway exits. then about 5 years ago 4 or 5 checkers opened up all within a couple miles of each other.
You should do Checkers and Rally’s
a- mmmmmm
Oml such a good idea!
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Zack Michael that’s so smart
No, he should do Rally's and Checkers.
I’ve lived in Minnesota my whole life and have never heard of either of these food places. Never seen a commercial for either of these brands either.
Thank you for teaching me about these/this company(s). :)
Angie Haumont liar lol
I live in Minnesota too and I was thinking the same thing!
There's a Checker:s in Brooklyn Center that I've seen but I've never been
Sophie Woessner
Really? I don’t live in the cities so I’ll have to take your word on that. :)
Ive never seen a Rallys in real life but been to checkers a million times 😂
In the 90s Rally’s was my favorite. It was always hot and fresh. Then here in Michigan they all changed them to checkers and I swear it’s different. Not as good.
agreed
I live in Michigan and I have only a rally’s in my town
Never heard of Rallys before this vid
Will Win i’m too sick to make fun of you
I was always fascinated at the west coast / east coast differences in gas station names, such as Chevron/Standard and Exxon/Esso.
They were both from Standard Oil; when SO got split up the various companies that were created each got to use the name "Standard Oil" in their region, such as Standard of Indiana or Standard of New Jersey, etc. As they all started to expand outside of their home areas they needed to have another name for places where another Standard already had rights to the Standard name, so they branded themselves as Chevron, Esso ("S-O") Amoco, etc. Eventually they all just dropped the Standard name and became their own brands. And then they started merging with each other again.
@@jb888888888 now Amoco is owned British Petroleum same with Arco
When you're on the town just cruising around and you want to find something to eat, we've got a quarter pound burger for under a dollar. It's a price you just can't beat. Wheel into Rally's. You don't need a lotta dough. Wheel into Rally's. Rally's when you're on-the-go (beep beep)...Still remember the song 20+ years later. Here in Fl, Checkers started as Rallys and then shortly after the name changed.
Checkers the dual drive thru that's never open
You had me at, " what about checkers and Rally's???" x100 🤣