Companies That Have Died Since 2020?

[cosmo]

Oct 2, 2023 22:40:01 GMT -5 J. Hova said:

Oct 2, 2023 20:13:08 GMT -5 cosmo said:

I'm surprised Walmart hasn't bought out Subway yet, considering the only Subways I've seen for the last decade have been in Walmarts.

You're kidding right?  I can't swing a dead cat in Illinois without hitting a Subway.  Probably not the smartest thing to do, they might put it on the sandwich.  You know the joke about Starbucks being everywhere?  It's like that with Subway around here.  I've been boycotting the place ever since it became pretty obvious they were at the very least complicit in Jared Fogle and his perversion.

Must just be where I live then. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[Ultimo Gallos]

Oct 2, 2023 7:48:38 GMT -5 salz4life said:

I'm shocked a place like Golden Corral is still around.

The nearest one to me is always packed. But piles of locals will love access to a load of bland as f*** average or below average food.

Never mind we got a good local buffet in town that actually SEASONS the food. Nope they will drive 30 minutes one way to get at the GOlden Pig Trouff

I forget sometimes I live in a place where people are begging for an Outback Steakhouse. When we have had 5 good steakhouses in town since I moved here ,all locally owned and ran and all closed cause People rather pay for some chain slop than a good steak.....

If brains was dynamite 98% of this town couldn't blow their nose.

[Ultimo Gallos]

Oct 3, 2023 3:21:17 GMT -5 Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] said:

I think it was kinda dying before the Pandemic but FYE is definitely one I think of from a company standpoint

While they were never in any danger of dying, two things I hate that the Pandemic seems to have changed forever with two companies are:

- McDonalds was rolling out a 24/7 Breakfast Menu, and the Pandemic stopped it and made them go back to regular Breakfast Hours. They've since never attempted it again

- WalMart is no longer open 24 hours, and going to that place at like 3 AM to shop when almost no one else was there used to be a highlight for me that is seemingly gone forever...

I always went in at 2 or 3am. Was no one in the stores but me and the stock crew. Was great.

Now unless you go on Sundays when Football and church are happening it is packed.

Had no clue Mcdonalds ever did 24/7 breakfast. Havent had breakfast there in ....20 or mmore years.

[darbus alan]

Oct 2, 2023 7:48:38 GMT -5 salz4life said:

I'm shocked a place like Golden Corral is still around.

Same. I don't get why people go there. The food is mediocre at best and it's not exactly cheap either. Thought the pandemic would've killed it off for good since buffets were about the worst possible restaurants to be able to adapt to the curb pick-up model that necessitated.

[salz4life]

I went to one because my parents just decided they wanted to go there.... I'm never going again. The food was that bad... and I'm a husky boy that loves to eat.

[wildojinx]

Oct 2, 2023 20:13:08 GMT -5 cosmo said:

Oct 2, 2023 6:36:02 GMT -5 Push R Truth said:

Subway feels like it's on the verge of either totally dying or getting bought out. The quality is tanking while the price has gone to the moon. The only footlong under 10$ locally is the veggie. For the price of a footlong steak and cheese meal I could go to the pub and get a real philly steak, fries and 2 beers.

They are only one or two more "we gotta slice this shit meat thinner" away from splitting atoms and going nuclear.

I'm surprised Walmart hasn't bought out Subway yet, considering the only Subways I've seen for the last decade have been in Walmarts.

We had a Subway at our Wal-Mart until a few years ago where they got rid of it and just replaced it with more retail space.

[Feyrhausen]

Oct 3, 2023 13:40:24 GMT -5 Ultimo Gallos said:

Oct 2, 2023 7:48:38 GMT -5 salz4life said:

I'm shocked a place like Golden Corral is still around.

The nearest one to me is always packed. But piles of locals will love access to a load of bland as f*** average or below average food.

Never mind we got a good local buffet in town that actually SEASONS the food. Nope they will drive 30 minutes one way to get at the GOlden Pig Trouff

I forget sometimes I live in a place where people are begging for an Outback Steakhouse. When we have had 5 good steakhouses in town since I moved here ,all locally owned and ran and all closed cause People rather pay for some chain slop than a good steak.....

If brains was dynamite 98% of this town couldn't blow their nose.

Whats the good local buffet?

[Toilet Paper Roll]

Half the restaurants on and around my town didn’t make it. I feel for the larger companies too but a lot of good people lost everything

[fw91]

Oct 3, 2023 14:39:39 GMT -5 darbus alan said:

Oct 2, 2023 7:48:38 GMT -5 salz4life said:

I'm shocked a place like Golden Corral is still around.

Same. I don't get why people go there. The food is mediocre at best and it's not exactly cheap either. Thought the pandemic would've killed it off for good since buffets were about the worst possible restaurants to be able to adapt to the curb pick-up model that necessitated.

And they took away low quality, high quantity deliciously delectable Sizzler away from us East Coast folk!

[Ultimo Gallos]

Oct 3, 2023 15:52:46 GMT -5 Feyrhausen said:

Oct 3, 2023 13:40:24 GMT -5 Ultimo Gallos said:

The nearest one to me is always packed. But piles of locals will love access to a load of bland as f*** average or below average food.

Never mind we got a good local buffet in town that actually SEASONS the food. Nope they will drive 30 minutes one way to get at the GOlden Pig Trouff

I forget sometimes I live in a place where people are begging for an Outback Steakhouse. When we have had 5 good steakhouses in town since I moved here ,all locally owned and ran and all closed cause People rather pay for some chain slop than a good steak.....

If brains was dynamite 98% of this town couldn't blow their nose.

Whats the good local buffet?

Poppa's Country Fisherman is the name of it. Got a bit of everything and the price is a few bucks less than mmost chain places. I haven't been in a bit cause I am really watching how much I eat. So buffets are a maybe once every 3 month thing.

[Ultimo Gallos]

Does Western Sizzler still exist?

I was sure they died in the mid 90s. Moved to rural MS and we had one in town for years. Think it was 2012 before it closed.

Decent food. Decent price. I didnt go often. But someone pointed out to us that the main waitress looked just like the actress that played Patty the Daytime Hooker on My Name is Earl.

Heard it closed cause it failed a few health board inspections. No clue if that is true. But now we got a liquor store and a coffee shop in there.

[fw91]

Oct 3, 2023 18:26:54 GMT -5 Ultimo Gallos said:

Does Western Sizzler still exist?

I was sure they died in the mid 90s. Moved to rural MS and we had one in town for years. Think it was 2012 before it closed.

Decent food. Decent price. I didnt go often. But someone pointed out to us that the main waitress looked just like the actress that played Patty the Daytime Hooker on My Name is Earl.

Heard it closed cause it failed a few health board inspections. No clue if that is true. But now we got a liquor store and a coffee shop in there.

Looking at the website, Sizzler still has a presence in California, but that's about it.

[The Gallus Mark]

Oct 3, 2023 18:26:54 GMT -5 Ultimo Gallos said:

Does Western Sizzler still exist?

I was sure they died in the mid 90s. Moved to rural MS and we had one in town for years. Think it was 2012 before it closed.

Decent food. Decent price. I didnt go often. But someone pointed out to us that the main waitress looked just like the actress that played Patty the Daytime Hooker on My Name is Earl.

Heard it closed cause it failed a few health board inspections. No clue if that is true. But now we got a liquor store and a coffee shop in there.

I ate at one in Parkersburg, West Virginia in 2021. It was pretty packed.

[The Gallus Mark]

I live in the biggest city in South Central Ohio, but it’s like 22,000 people, so it’s about as small of a “city” as you can get.

Our Golden Corral closed during the pandemic and the building went up for sale. It reopened in 2022 as a…Golden Corral. It doesn’t have the same amount of people that it used to when I would drive by, but it appears to be doing well.

Our movie theatre (Danberry Cinema) closed and the building went up for sale. Sadly, no big theatre chain wanted to come in even though the building was only like 15 years old. However, a local businessman ended up buying it and it reopened as a Danberry in 2022.

Nourse Auto Dealerships (which I think is local) started buying up local businesses and turning them into car lots. There were 9 different Nourse dealers in our town alone. They are down to 5 buildings now and that includes their repair shop. The positive is that the other dealers in town who were able to stand their ground and let us avoid a small town monopoly are still doing very well.

Our K-Mart closed in 2020, but in January, so it was before the pandemic hit in our town. It is now a Rural King and is doing well.

The other businesses that shuttered were local restaurants, although one reopened twice, but has shut down each time.

[rainandlava]

The COVID-Pandemic caused some local restaurants down in Hawaii to close down. I only knew about it because I saw it on the news and in the papers.