Why These 12 Major Fast Food Chains Are Shutting Down Locations Nationwide : The Truth Revealed

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  • Why These 12 Major Fast Food Chains Are Shutting Down Locations Nationwide : The Truth Revealed
    In this video, we uncover the real reasons why 12 major fast food chains are closing locations across the U.S. From rising operational costs and changing consumer habits to fierce competition, these giants are facing challenges that are forcing them to shut down stores nationwide.
    We dive into the struggles of fast food chains like Taco Bell, Subway, McDonald's, Chipotle, Wendy's, and many more as they navigate the rapidly evolving fast food industry. What does this mean for the future of fast food? Are delivery-focused models and tech-driven innovations the way forward, or is it a sign that these brands are struggling to keep up with today’s market?
    We also explore lesser-known facts about fast food closures and surprising events that have led to these decisions. From ghost kitchens to the rise of health-conscious menu items, the fast food industry is evolving in ways you may not expect.
    👉 Make sure to like, comment, and subscribe for more updates on the fast food industry, including how your favorite brands are adapting to these changes!
    fast food closures, fast food industry news, fast food trends, store shutdowns, fast food chains 2025, food industry crisis, restaurant closures
    Fast Food Closures
    Restaurant Chains Shutting Down
    TGI Fridays Bankruptcy
    McDonald's Store Closures
    Fast Food Industry Decline
    Wendy's Closing Locations
    Subway Restaurant Closures
    Red Lobster Struggles
    Why Fast Food Chains Are Closing
    Future of Fast Food Industry

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  • @JamesMiller-vi7ib
    @JamesMiller-vi7ib 2 дні тому +178

    Eight dollars for a grease sandwich, I don’t think so. They did it to themselves.

    • @LeeGraves-lx9om
      @LeeGraves-lx9om 2 дні тому +5

      Grease sandwich! I like that!

    • @blackbird1126
      @blackbird1126 День тому +3

      8 dollars? Where are you eating? Nothing is that inexpensive in my area.

    • @gregginter5867
      @gregginter5867 День тому +2

      @@blackbird1126😂😅

    • @MrGGPRI
      @MrGGPRI 12 годин тому +3

      and a phony reconstituted undigestable grease at that....

    • @MaryJane-ln3vv
      @MaryJane-ln3vv 11 годин тому +2

      I went to Arbys a little while back, thinking I could save a few $ if I only got the sandwich. The sandwich alone cost me $9!

  • @genevieve730
    @genevieve730 2 дні тому +69

    For me, negative employee attitudes and appearance along with exorbitant prices are the main reasons I don’t do fast food much anymore.

    • @noraarico1313
      @noraarico1313 2 дні тому +3

      I just want my order to be correctly put together, so I don't have to wait a second time in a long order line to have the order fixed. I am hungry and want to eat good food and not suffer frustration even after paying a high price for the food. Who needs aggravation?

    • @JeepNut-rq5fb
      @JeepNut-rq5fb День тому

      BINGO! The pay has doubled but the surly attitudes remained. And I'm sorry but if you look like a walking hepatitis risk, or have bones in your nose or ringdings hanging from your eyebrows, I don't want you handling my food.

    • @juliereyes2313
      @juliereyes2313 День тому +1

      Unfortionetly I fet that from Starbucks maybe it's my race? Half Mexican American and half Caucasian but I have $$ just like the white Karen's before me they help with smiles abd so nice to them. But I have some of my family with me blonds Blue eyesI can help who my parents are. But I still go and still nice to them that's on them they have to lice with themselves not me and I'm a disabled senior. 🤷

    • @knowone6214
      @knowone6214 День тому

      yep....overpaid gutter trash...LOL

    • @zeke2566
      @zeke2566 День тому +3

      MC Donald's makes me feel sick soon after eating😮

  • @Etty-c5b
    @Etty-c5b День тому +50

    Disappearing fast foods? That’s good news for Americans’ health.

    • @wasabiginger6993
      @wasabiginger6993 6 годин тому

      Except that all our crops are poisoned ... make no mistake ...they do aim to kill us

  • @stylist62
    @stylist62 2 дні тому +229

    I don’t think remodeling is the problem it’s the cost and poor quality food

    • @joneslo5572
      @joneslo5572 2 дні тому +11

      Why eat unhealthy fast food ?

    • @hydroy1
      @hydroy1 2 дні тому

      @@joneslo5572 I am a much better chief at home.

    • @haroldholland1316
      @haroldholland1316 2 дні тому +13

      @@stylist62 some of the best BBQ I’ve ever had was located in the worse part of town with bars on the windows. At lunch time the place was packed 😀

    • @holland9199
      @holland9199 2 дні тому +1

      They were but no longer as of February 2025 you can also blame it on that Bird-Flu 😅😅😅 lol i not paying those outrageous prices that turned me away no longer 😮 all that corporate greed again 😅

    • @WedgeBob
      @WedgeBob День тому

      Right? I was watching @wallieb26 going to an older Burger King recently that's still vintage and they had the best food quality and service he's ever had. So, agreed, newer does NOT always mean better in that regard.

  • @SteveAumann
    @SteveAumann 3 дні тому +116

    Who wants to pay a lot of money for garbage food.😮

    • @SwampDog-w8i
      @SwampDog-w8i 2 дні тому +6

      Look at the lines around any fast food joint . There is your answer .

    • @SteveAumann
      @SteveAumann 2 дні тому +6

      @ the proof is in the pudding, a lot of them are closing down because people don’t want it anymore

  • @AristidesFlores-k9f
    @AristidesFlores-k9f 3 дні тому +84

    All bad low quality food, over priced.

    • @brigittew3405
      @brigittew3405 2 дні тому +1

      Daheim sagen wir McKotz, McSpei, McWürg dazu. Wir haben bessere internationale Alternativen.

  • @Inigo_The_Son
    @Inigo_The_Son День тому +15

    It seems contradictory for customers to complain about rising prices, while simultaneously opting to pay extra for delivery.

  • @DaveHylton-r9n
    @DaveHylton-r9n 2 дні тому +114

    It's amazing that not a single fast food chain wants to admit that it's the Quality of the food that is the issue! They always blame the menu. The Quality becomes worse and more expensive! That's called Self Denial.

    • @asimhusain8087
      @asimhusain8087 2 дні тому +1

      That's a bunch of managers that want to sit in offices and think they know what they're doing to proud to admit they don't and to lazy to work

    • @ulrichvonstomp6031
      @ulrichvonstomp6031 2 дні тому +13

      Don't forget. The quality of the staff matters a lot as well. A poor staff can easily ruin quality ingredients.

    • @FOX007-um1wr
      @FOX007-um1wr 2 дні тому

      @@ulrichvonstomp6031 These fast-food restaurants seemed to have forgotten about customer service, and poor customer service with everything else they are doing can make or break your business. Like @DaveHylton-r9n said, "Self Denial!"

    • @johntriebe8129
      @johntriebe8129 2 дні тому +8

      And shrinkflation. Less for more.

    • @patmarkham519
      @patmarkham519 2 дні тому +3

      ​@@johntriebe8129--You are so right! Ate at a McDonalds 2 weeks ago &.ran into shrinkflation & price increase, big time! I can make a way better Hamburg & french fries at home, alot cheaper too.( That is if I use ground turkey in place of beef.)

  • @tinacopeland1161
    @tinacopeland1161 3 дні тому +73

    No one can afford to eat out like we use to so now when we do we are more selective.

    • @Ioncandi
      @Ioncandi 3 дні тому +4

      That's us definitely. Sad we can't eat out anymore. Stuck cooking 7 days a week now.

    • @SwampDog-w8i
      @SwampDog-w8i 2 дні тому +4

      @@Ioncandi Oh ! You're still crying about having to cook REAL FOOD ?
      Maybe you should look into your current health , and start from there !

    • @clintwolf5737
      @clintwolf5737 День тому +2

      @@SwampDog-w8i Don't be an ass.

  • @factsmatter4030
    @factsmatter4030 День тому +8

    1.Seed oils
    2. Fillers= Fake meat
    3. Lack of Service or kindness
    4. Cost

  • @garbo8962
    @garbo8962 2 дні тому +56

    Just spent over $13 for a Burger King king hamburger with bacon & a medium soda. For that price better off going to a restaurant.

    • @dimitriberozny3729
      @dimitriberozny3729 2 дні тому +1

      In my area,BK turned into 💩!! JSC is the WORST owner/operator here in Rhode Island/Massachusetts!! 75% of menu,delivery TERRIBLE for DoorDash or Uber eats!!

    • @SwampDog-w8i
      @SwampDog-w8i 2 дні тому +6

      For $13.00 you could go to a real restaurant , and eat a decent meal.

    • @danc2014
      @danc2014 День тому +4

      I went to Chilli for the $10.99 burger fries and drink. Tax and tip is over $13.

    • @SwampDog-w8i
      @SwampDog-w8i День тому +4

      @@danc2014
      For $13 you could have bought a pound of ground beef , and a bag of potatoes , and made your own food . And, been healthier for it.

  • @BrendaVanderwey
    @BrendaVanderwey 2 дні тому +115

    😂 I won't miss them! During covid I realized I liked cooking my own food, and know what goes into my food and it isn't all that crap oils that they use.

    • @FOX007-um1wr
      @FOX007-um1wr 2 дні тому +4

      I agree with you 100%!

    • @WedgeBob
      @WedgeBob День тому

      @@BrendaVanderwey Right? Like cooking fries in lard, or whatever it was, like what McDonald’s does. With Lent coming up, that’s certainly NOT the side you should be having with that Filet O’Fish.

  • @mikehilbert9349
    @mikehilbert9349 3 дні тому +213

    MacDonald's meals should not be priced like a fancy restaurant
    Biggest problem with a lot of fast food places is the employee attitudes.

    • @SwampDog-w8i
      @SwampDog-w8i 2 дні тому +20

      And chain that with poor quality food . And you have the best reason to NOT eat in these grease pits .

    • @silentios7336
      @silentios7336 2 дні тому +15

      McD shouldn't be more expensive then a snackbar. A snackbar actually has REAL FOOD and is 40% cheaper. SMFH

    • @Candy-O1776
      @Candy-O1776 2 дні тому +16

      Aren’t they making $20.00 an hour? Funny, a few years ago, I was paid $10.00 an hour to teach summer school. That’s an insult.

    • @newyorkfan16
      @newyorkfan16 2 дні тому +6

      Not to mention the Karen and Kevin's they have as customers too.

    • @newyorkfan16
      @newyorkfan16 2 дні тому +7

      ​@@Candy-O177610 bucks was actually 10 bucks in your time, NOW it's about $2.75.

  • @LarcR
    @LarcR 3 дні тому +175

    McDonald's may be the biggest fast food chain, but they are very far from being the best.

    • @iancowan3527
      @iancowan3527 2 дні тому

      Too many rats work there...

    • @silentios7336
      @silentios7336 2 дні тому

      It's the worst of them all, haven't eating there for decades! Fuck the PDF clown and the child targeting ads!

    • @richardsittel4194
      @richardsittel4194 2 дні тому +12

      Yeah, I quit eating at McD's when my kids stopped begging for Happy Meals in 1985, that's like 40 years ago. Good riddance to bad food.

    • @JohnSmith-hw2sz
      @JohnSmith-hw2sz 2 дні тому +3

      Mcdonalds was never bout the best burgers, they have been about buying up the best real estates in the world

    • @sampalermo9472
      @sampalermo9472 2 дні тому +2

      I worked there and had access to free burgers, While it does not have the healthiest food there they could do a lot better than those wood sticks they call french fries and Arbies makes fries curly or not way more tastey that McD. I do know that it made a lot of money for those owners and they were there in my day trying to pinch out every penny. I guess they had discounted labor when hiring handicap workers until the guy I saw put his hand in 460 degree shortening to get an Apple pie that dropped of the wire holder- and he did not even scream? I shoveled a lot of burgers there and ate a good amount but then got a good job at the A&P.

  • @markiwashita5804
    @markiwashita5804 3 дні тому +127

    Instead of focusing on tech, why don't they make better healthier foods?
    Bad food is bad for business.

    • @garfieldsmith332
      @garfieldsmith332 3 дні тому +8

      Yep. Ai and robots can produce bad food just like human workers; only they can do it quicker.

    • @Dashiell777
      @Dashiell777 3 дні тому +8

      ​@@garfieldsmith332Don't forget they keep remodeling. Their locations and people are not happy with them. Especially McDonald's

    • @zaphodb9213
      @zaphodb9213 2 дні тому +7

      Make a salad at home.

    • @spicyirwin5835
      @spicyirwin5835 2 дні тому +4

      GREED

    •  2 дні тому +5

      Because quality is expensive 😢

  • @alkaiable
    @alkaiable День тому +13

    Fast food chains disappearing is good news . They don’t really sell real food

  • @anto11b
    @anto11b День тому +26

    Once you get attitude from a teenager in a fast food outlet is one thing, but once you get home and the food is average, cold and missing ingredients or something is missing entirely from your order starts to put a damper on ordering from these stores. Support local.

    • @williamhoudersheldt7076
      @williamhoudersheldt7076 2 години тому

      Of course, it's cold by the time you drive all the way home. I agree with the rest.

    • @anto11b
      @anto11b Годину тому

      @ not if you live 5 minutes away. Not always I have to admit.

  • @georgewoodget271
    @georgewoodget271 2 дні тому +20

    All of these restaurants have the same problem.
    THE FOOD IS TOO Expensive, and the quality of the food they all serve is TRASH.

  • @googleuser868
    @googleuser868 2 дні тому +29

    How in the hell is Starbucks still in business?

    • @keithblevins5093
      @keithblevins5093 2 дні тому +5

      Some people have more money than sense.

    • @sampalermo9472
      @sampalermo9472 День тому +3

      I answer that by Yuppies.

    • @johnjack902
      @johnjack902 День тому +2

      Alphabet soup

    • @keithblevins5093
      @keithblevins5093 День тому

      @@sampalermo9472 I've never had a Starbucks Coffee. 7-8 dollars is just out of the question for coffee.

    • @LeonaRasalas
      @LeonaRasalas 16 годин тому +2

      Agree. Went only twice for a coffee with cream. Did not get the either time.

  • @matthewhuszarik4173
    @matthewhuszarik4173 День тому +14

    One of the things that is killing fast food was during C19 I learned to make all the fast food meals better and cheaper than fast food chains. I make better pizza, burgers, tacos, burritos, chicken sandwiches, ect.

  • @jojodancer1961
    @jojodancer1961 2 дні тому +35

    I haven't eaten any McDonalds in over 2 years. The last time I did I noticed with the increase in prices there was also a decrease in the size of the fish fillet and the hamburger seemed as though it was sliced in half. There was way more bun than anything else!!!!! None of these places will ever get another dime from me.

    • @richardcline1337
      @richardcline1337 2 дні тому +5

      I used to LOVE McD's fish filets but the last time I ordered one I was traveling and stopped at a combined Love's and McD's' I ordered two fish filet sandwiches and was shocked at how really bad they were. They were still partially frozen and had NO taste at all! That ended McD's for me for good!

    • @noraarico1313
      @noraarico1313 2 дні тому +2

      I recently had a fish fillet sandwich that was an extremely small bun with little cheese and a fish filet. There was no dressing, lettuce, tomato. or pickle either. So unappetizing.

    • @sampalermo9472
      @sampalermo9472 2 дні тому +2

      @@noraarico1313 I have worked there a long time ago like in the 70's but the fish did not have tomato or lettuce on it just a gun squirt of that tartar sauce. When did they add all that other stuff? It was not the best thing they had there but I ate them now and then and they were OK if you like breaded fish- kind of like frozen fish sticks you can buy in he freezer and fish stick were probably better in that they weren't boiled in shortning for a time period- you know the cook time for most there stuff is fool proof as they have timers unless the idiot kid working the station did not follow procedure- yes it is a way different world than when I was there- hey a 1/4 pounder was $.79 then.

  • @rodgerpetrick6502
    @rodgerpetrick6502 2 дні тому +58

    I support my family owned restaurant

    • @eddenoy321
      @eddenoy321 2 дні тому +6

      Very few of them remain.

    • @josephtabar492
      @josephtabar492 День тому

      What's their special dog food on a plate???

  • @mtthom8630
    @mtthom8630 2 дні тому +23

    Mcdoanlds lost me and all my kids forever. They can go out of business. They suck. I will never go to any business thats fully automated. I GO OUT TO EAT FOR EXCELLENT FOOD AND SERVICE. McDonald’s does neither of these

  • @HectorDiabolucus
    @HectorDiabolucus День тому +7

    You should have mentioned: the rock bottom food quality, poisonous food additives, horrible service, workers touching your food with bare hands, and the insane prices. The food tastes like 3rd world road kill. Good riddance to every one of them.

  • @Right-w6e
    @Right-w6e День тому +8

    Rude employees, horrible overpriced highly processed unhealthy food. It's clear why these fast food restaurants are going out of business.

  • @rodpettet2819
    @rodpettet2819 3 дні тому +75

    I won't use those filthy touch screens!

    • @shawnathin7450
      @shawnathin7450 2 дні тому +9

      Come on now they clean them as much as they clean the ice machine.
      That is once a year.

    • @clintwolf5737
      @clintwolf5737 День тому

      @@shawnathin7450 LOL! An alternative is to use your cell phone with their app on it. Seems to work reasonably well and the only filth on the phone is my own. 🙂

  • @donmittertreiner3214
    @donmittertreiner3214 2 дні тому +33

    I agree its the cost and the lack of good food ,and how little you get for wat it costs 😢

  • @koolkevin2357
    @koolkevin2357 2 дні тому +26

    Surge pricing is a 100% No-Go for us. That is greed personified.

  • @flywst
    @flywst 2 дні тому +23

    For me, the fate of fast food is dependent upon the experience. I cannot accept touch screens so I use drive thru, like so many others. Wait times have increased exponentially so overall, my experience is better served going home making a sandwich.

    • @swannoir7949
      @swannoir7949 2 дні тому +1

      When I worked at Burger King (1985), we were told that a customer should have their food in five minutes (ten minutes if it's a lunch/dinner rush.

  • @user-gr8ko2bu4w
    @user-gr8ko2bu4w День тому +6

    It would be helpful with these greedy corporate companies if they would stop raising the prices when the quality of food keeps getting worse .. The price goes up the food's not as good they even are limiting what you get for that price..

  • @Ioncandi
    @Ioncandi 3 дні тому +77

    We used to eat 3-4x a week. It was a way of life. I've had to give up eating out. It makes me sad. It was a social thing for me. Now I'm stuck making 2 meals a day 7x a week. My son's birthday is in 2 weeks and I told him we can go to his old favorite places to eat. I've been saving money for 3 months to eat out 3x for his birthday week. Crazy it costs $40-50 for one meal. These restaurants have priced people like me out.

    • @psoon04286
      @psoon04286 3 дні тому

      Meanwhile the rich are getting richer and they’re blaming China for all our woes

    • @SwampDog-w8i
      @SwampDog-w8i 2 дні тому

      Cry me a river !!
      When I was growing up, my parents cooked SEVEN DAYS A WEEK !! And both of them worked full time jobs !!
      Eating in any kind of restaurant was a treat saved for Sundays , or special occasions !!
      Americans have gotten L A Z Y , and spoiled . Nobody wants to take the time to bother with preparing a HEALTHY MEAL anymore . Just go to some ( not so cheap ) greasy spoon like Burger King , or McDonalds , and gorge yourself on some of the most unhealthy junk food you can ever put into your mouth !! And then have the gall to complain that your health is failing , or you can't get into that size 5 dress that you used to wear when you were in school. I am 77 years old , and I cook at home EVERY DAY !
      So much for all of your excuses !

    • @daveb-d4t
      @daveb-d4t 2 дні тому +16

      make a meal with him, teaching him new skills

    •  2 дні тому +2

      Not sure what age your son is but most kid's would love to go to Chucky Cheese for their 🎂 birthday, maybe we could all chip in and send a small gift $ for his birthday party 🎈 during these tough times? Just a thought if you're interested 😊🎉

    • @popsfereal
      @popsfereal 2 дні тому +7

      I don't know whether to find your comment hilarious or sadly pathetic.

  • @Stefch2
    @Stefch2 День тому +5

    When I was a boy, in the 70s, going to the restaurant with my family was because you were far from home on a trip.

  • @peanutbutterjellytme
    @peanutbutterjellytme 2 дні тому +19

    I don't understand why people like to say Chik-fil-A is a fried chicken place. It is NOT. It is a chicken sandwich place.

    • @sampalermo9472
      @sampalermo9472 День тому

      That is right and one of the only places to stand up against the satanic world we live in- I will spend my money there.

  • @revolvermaster4939
    @revolvermaster4939 2 дні тому +17

    Most are no longer fast, cheap or satisfying and haven’t been in a long time.

  • @kenbell7745
    @kenbell7745 2 дні тому +26

    Any restaurants that's got good food has no problem staying open stop messing with the food

    • @xbman1
      @xbman1 День тому

      That is very nice, but this video is about fast food franchises.

  • @oldstoner-xn4pe
    @oldstoner-xn4pe День тому +6

    Because of insane pricing poor service and companies getting rid of what fast food products that made them who they are is why people like me no longer go to place when I can go and sit down at a regular restaurant and get cheaper better quality food I'm going to go there. When a Big Mac meal cost more than a steak at a steakhouse there's a problem

  • @timothy4772
    @timothy4772 2 дні тому +35

    I went to a Taco Bell drive thru and ended up paying close to 10 dollars for 3 tacos. They said something
    I couldn't understand and it turned out that I donated a dollar. I never went back.

    • @steelman86
      @steelman86 2 дні тому +8

      Can't afford Taco Bell any more either.,., $11.00 for three tacos and a large soft drink!!

    • @danc2014
      @danc2014 День тому +1

      Reg taco is $ 1.99 each but anything extra now cost more. And a drink is $2.99

    • @clintwolf5737
      @clintwolf5737 День тому

      True. I remember back in the day (god, I'm old) when I could fill up at Taco bell for $6. I filled up there recently for $15. WTH! Same thing with Weinerschnitzle.

    • @timothy4772
      @timothy4772 День тому

      @ That is not the price here in Canada. On top of the higher price we pay 15% HST. I remember paying 15 dollars for a Big Mac and large fries 8 years ago.

    • @timothy4772
      @timothy4772 День тому

      @@clintwolf5737 I remember when Taco Bell first appeared in our city we could feed the whole family for 10 dollars and taco sauce came in those dipping sauce tubs.

  • @edwardtunila9993
    @edwardtunila9993 2 дні тому +38

    Take a look at who's running these stores it's the younger generation they have all the answers but don't know the questions

    • @newyorkfan16
      @newyorkfan16 2 дні тому

      YUM FOODS who owns Burger King, McDonald and Pizza Hut is run by Boomers and Gen xers.

    • @sampalermo9472
      @sampalermo9472 День тому

      @@newyorkfan16 I guess the next thing we need is a Tesla burger cooked by power obtained from solar panels on the roof. Technology is a disease that is forced on us and they never let up 5G and all. I have never had a phone that was smart and they do things you do not want. I liked my analog flip phone- never dropped a call. Anyway corporate food places have to pay for all those freeloader executives playing golf while they don't want to pay a worker a decent wage- Greed is also a disease we must learn to expel.

  • @NCloyd51
    @NCloyd51 День тому +4

    I never use drive thru, rarely eat fast food, order only face to face.

  • @Pete-p6p
    @Pete-p6p 2 дні тому +14

    Good, people will be healthier if they shut down. Shut them all down. Only healthy food restaurants with reasonable prices should stay open.
    Oh and what people should know is fast food restaurants are all about real estate, not food. Look it up.

  •  2 дні тому +19

    I remember in the old days even when times were tough you could always go to McDonald's, they always kept prices, low, not now. Where i live now, they make $15 an hour, they cut staff, and one person and a kiosk is doing the job 3 people wouldbe doing. I feel bad for teenagers trying to get into the working world, which usually starts in the restaurant industry, because they're working 2 jobs to just get 30 hours if that. And good luck on getting 40 hours, employers can't afford to offer health care so they water down the hours and hire more people with minimum hours per person, it's sad.

    • @newyorkfan16
      @newyorkfan16 2 дні тому +2

      Not to mention the loss of PTO, OT, no health benefits like you said, and no pension options or 401ks! How are we young people supposed to make money If we cant have any capital to begin with?

    • @sampalermo9472
      @sampalermo9472 День тому +1

      @@newyorkfan16 It is a cruel world but as an old timer having gone through all this at my high wage of 1.65/Hr the kids of today are better off becoming educated and taking on a job others can not do. I went into Electronics and while jobs did not always last a lot of years I was able to make some good income for some times- ended up in Radio but that is being replaced by internet radio. The programming is so horrible who would want to listen to it- except ME-TV radio which seems to know what they are doing but they are the only ones. The smart kids will do well- one kid I know managed the install of those Red Box things all around the states but that is now in the past like my job duplicating VHS. You need to roll with the punches.

    • @newyorkfan16
      @newyorkfan16 День тому

      @@sampalermo9472 save it for Dr Phil. It's over in this country. You people are the first and only generation that didn't want life better for future generations.

    • @newyorkfan16
      @newyorkfan16 День тому

      @@sampalermo9472 sigh, another "I got mine, fuck you." Boomer.

  • @psoon04286
    @psoon04286 3 дні тому +30

    I’m a fan of Subway but have to agree that there’s inconsistency between outlets. I have provided feedbacks but have not received any response which is sad

    • @dimitriberozny3729
      @dimitriberozny3729 2 дні тому

      @@psoon04286 There are 2 Subway operators within a 3-5 mile radius of my residence who are in their 80’s age wise and their immediate families don’t want the businesses! They are trying to sell them to someone who will keep them going,no avail so far. One of the operators has 3 Subway restaurants with the leases of the restaurants, the other operator has 2 properties that go with 2 of her Subway restaurants and 3 leases that go with her other 3 Subway restaurants.

    • @mikenuyen4441
      @mikenuyen4441 День тому +2

      True. I have tried different locations and found two nearby that will make a good sandwich. Last week one employee called me Sweet Pea and the other employee told me she will try to remember what I liked and didn't like. I will go there often.

    • @richardbedard1245
      @richardbedard1245 День тому +2

      When I lived in Tampa I went by a local Subway, every Friday night, and bought two 12" subs for $5 each! Now, in my new location, they've added a compulsory tip! I don't go anymore!

  • @totalcardetailing2022
    @totalcardetailing2022 2 дні тому +4

    The problem with the quality of food is the people making to food. It goes all the way back to who supplying the food to the restaurant. People think they had to have 15 dollars an hour to work at a job that someone in high school used to do but someone thought is was a great idea to make a career out of being a burger, flipper. Then you go to the restaurant and people don’t want to help because they are on their phone. The reason the food prices went up is because of the idiots they get paid a lot of money who can’t read and make a hamburger that you order but it was made wrong . No one in a fast food restaurant should be making more than $9.50 an hour unless they are the manager or GM of the restaurant. What did people think was going to happen when they started paying someone to make a wrong hamburger while on the phone, laughing and cutting up and the restaurant is filthy. If you walk into a restaurant and your feet stick the the floor walk out it is nasty.

  • @kayl456jenna
    @kayl456jenna 2 дні тому +23

    If I'm going out to eat, I won't be doing it in my car! I stopped using one Wendy's because they never reopened their dining room after COVID ended (and screwed up drive thru orders). I am progressively dropping McDonald's locations as they remove (or never install on new locations) their drink machines. This is user hostility.

  • @georgewoodget271
    @georgewoodget271 2 дні тому +7

    I recently went to Burger King in January of 2025.
    I ordered a Jr Wopper , small fries, and frozen coke. The Jr Wopper & Frie tasted like garbage when I arrived home. I only live 5 minutes from the Burger King in Toledo Oh.
    Please go back to the quality food that was served in the 1970s & 1980s

  • @kingkanoworldmedia4389
    @kingkanoworldmedia4389 День тому +6

    Greedy land lords also a problem

  • @ellenstewartbowman3898
    @ellenstewartbowman3898 3 дні тому +37

    Subway doesn't put enough meats on their subs to even taste it.

    • @JamesMiller-vi7ib
      @JamesMiller-vi7ib 2 дні тому +7

      It’s all bread at Subway. It’s a shame and their prices are sky high eight dollars for a sandwich. Come on get real. You can buy a pound of good lunch meat for that.

    • @JamesMiller-vi7ib
      @JamesMiller-vi7ib 2 дні тому +1

      It’s all bread at Subway. It’s a shame and their prices are sky high eight dollars for a sandwich. Come on get real. You can buy a pound of good lunch meat for that.

    • @JamesMiller-vi7ib
      @JamesMiller-vi7ib 2 дні тому +2

      McDonald’s is getting so overpriced. It’s absolutely ridiculous. It’s hard to get in and out of there for under $12 and the quality of the food is not what it was a lot of fat lotta sugar not healthy at all. Only good thing is you don’t have to tip but the food is not worth a tip. They throw the food at you. They even cut back on their refill or drinks. I normally get water cause I don’t want all that sugar, but most people like their soft drinks and most people are overweight fast food spells fast weight if you don’t believe me just keep going there and weigh yourself every month. Have a great day everyone

    • @haroldholland1316
      @haroldholland1316 2 дні тому +2

      Our subway closed, seems they had a second business out the back door😀

    • @sampalermo9472
      @sampalermo9472 День тому +2

      @@JamesMiller-vi7ib And do you realize that the drinks are one of the highest profit products- You plug in a canister in the basement with Coke syrup in it then the rest is water and carbonated with a CO2 tank. The drink they sell you for a dollar or more cost them a nickel. Yes they like you to super size the drink then it cost them 6 cents.

  • @hydroy1
    @hydroy1 2 дні тому +7

    I haven't been to any of them in YEARS ! won't be back either. I cook at home.

  • @kimberlybush2219
    @kimberlybush2219 2 дні тому +11

    The last few times I had a burger at Wendys, it had zero flavor. I am not exaggerating. I literally could taste nothing.

    • @noraarico1313
      @noraarico1313 2 дні тому +3

      It would be good if the fries and hamburgers, etc. were hot instead of barely warm, It would be great if the orders were correctly handled also. I do enjoy the Wendy's $5 Biggy Bag with several burger choices, sample chicken nuggets, and small fries with a chocolate milk or other drink choice. The Jr. Bacan Cheeseburger is my favorite $5 Biggy Bag choice.

  • @jims1942
    @jims1942 2 дні тому +10

    We have several in our small town, they're ALL crap. We quit ALL of them LONG ago! Cook & eat at home!

  • @Lenny-x3b
    @Lenny-x3b 2 дні тому +9

    I ate a double cheeseburger at McDonalds a long time ago and started naming it a double grease burger. No thank you anymore.

    • @sampalermo9472
      @sampalermo9472 День тому +1

      The thing is that there are plates they put on the paddies. If you squeeze them down and press out all the fat then the burgers really taste horrible- How do I know? I was a grill chief and I only did that one time.

  • @bryandunkel
    @bryandunkel 2 дні тому +2

    I know a number of small family-owned restaurants that simply blow away the big fast-food chains often for less money.

  • @MarkKringelbach-ic8ux
    @MarkKringelbach-ic8ux 3 дні тому +40

    COVID AND THE REAL COST WILL NEVER BE TOLD.!

    • @295g295
      @295g295 2 дні тому +6

      18:02 - Food delivery and website ordering was a temporary fad of the COVID Panic of years 2020-21.

    • @SwampDog-w8i
      @SwampDog-w8i 2 дні тому

      @@295g295
      Food delivery proved to be not such a "fad", as the re are a lot of places that have gone to UBER EATS , and DOOR DASH , for delivering food to their customers .
      Even Pizza Hut , and Domino's still deliver in some areas .

    • @newyorkfan16
      @newyorkfan16 2 дні тому

      This has been going on before covid, in fact ever since 9/11/01. It was REALLY the end of the American Dream.

  • @billducas
    @billducas 2 дні тому +13

    The employees are a major factor. Walk into a fast food restaurant, and they look at you, and you stand around for 10 minutes before they even acknowledge you are there. Knowing they're guaranteed to make $20 an hour just fuels the fire. They know they don't have to do shit and they're still going to have a job and get paid. So basically, all fast food restaurants are in trouble.

    • @richardcline1337
      @richardcline1337 2 дні тому +1

      That was the major factor in why I will never eat at a Burger King again. It seems to be a plaque running through the chain.

    • @sampalermo9472
      @sampalermo9472 День тому +1

      It is the mindset of kids these days- they have been handed things like their $1000 I phone too quickly. The management of these places are not on top of this either- these are older people that could not go to college. What do you expect?

  • @Darkkthought
    @Darkkthought День тому +2

    Dunkin also stopped making their own donuts, uses flash frozen donuts that they steam heat and get from factory bakeries. Instead of the guys actually making their donuts in house.

  • @gaetanomagnifico1836
    @gaetanomagnifico1836 День тому +2

    Basically people just don't have the disposable income they once had.

  • @JohnCarter-qv1ie
    @JohnCarter-qv1ie День тому +3

    Went to McDonald's two burgers,fries, and coke 17.00. for trash!

  • @onehappyfarmer3461
    @onehappyfarmer3461 День тому +4

    Macdonalds along with most every other fast food restaurant has priced me out of going to them for half crappy quality food.

  • @marklucas6114
    @marklucas6114 2 дні тому +11

    It’s time we have one hundred percent employee ownership businesses and companies. We must start with our restaurants. Once we remove all the big greedy controlling everything now. We can have better dining out for everyone. All the delicious things sure be part of Al our communities. One building that has three or four different restaurants in one place.

  • @johnhelems721
    @johnhelems721 2 дні тому +2

    Too expensive we don’t want to have to order our own food.

  • @Forverlost2017
    @Forverlost2017 День тому +2

    Their greed is catching up with them

  • @gregorybowers1798
    @gregorybowers1798 2 дні тому +9

    It doesn't bother me, I don't eat fast food crap!

    • @eddenoy321
      @eddenoy321 2 дні тому

      Same here . Or very rarely.

  • @YourForkSave
    @YourForkSave 2 дні тому +10

    If I have to order my own food on a kiosk, I'll go elsewhere.

  • @debrahelmlinger6256
    @debrahelmlinger6256 День тому +2

    3 Wendy's have closed in my town, 1 became a Starbucks🙄 1 is being remodeled into something? and 1 is just sitting empty. Neighborhood Burger King became a Dunkin and Starbucks became a Dollar General😂

  • @mikenuyen4441
    @mikenuyen4441 День тому +4

    Many of the employees suck and some places have been turned into day care for the employees.

  • @robbylock1741
    @robbylock1741 День тому +4

    Two words "Price gouging" yes during the pandemic and disruptions to the supply chains, costs went up. But when the costs dropped, prices were kept high to maximize profit. So people decided to spend their money other places. Suddenly some of the chains started to offer lower priced choices, too little too late! And now with food costs skyrocketing, the chains are feeling it all the more.

    • @yaminhaniyah2979
      @yaminhaniyah2979 14 годин тому

      Also china bought a lot of the food chain supplies

  • @josephtabar492
    @josephtabar492 День тому +3

    Restaurant workers have the worst personalities possible. Why are they so rude???

  • @craigbrown8984
    @craigbrown8984 2 дні тому +9

    Less human interaction that's the future not good.

    • @SwampDog-w8i
      @SwampDog-w8i 2 дні тому

      "Less Human Interaction" is exactly what Corporate America wants . They want to eliminate the workers that used to be the backbone of business in this country .
      Self-checkouts, Kiosk Ordering Stations, and ROBOTS cooking food !! That is where the fast food industry is heading , and they are screaming about the cost of operation and having to pay employees to INTERACT WITH THE CUSTOMERS !!

  • @defaultuserid1559
    @defaultuserid1559 2 дні тому +10

    Our local Arby's just closed suddenly. It was poorly managed though.

    • @edstevens1435
      @edstevens1435 День тому +1

      All I ever got there was 2 chicken bacon and swiss for $ 7.00 with the coupon (used to be 2 for $ 4.00 not that long ago, and they were waaaaaaaaaay bigger). Always got 1 coupon in the mail monthly.
      I have not seen a coupon in months so I don't go anymore, and they are always empty when I drive by.

  • @jerrycrouch8332
    @jerrycrouch8332 3 дні тому +32

    Hope they all close with Walmart

  • @kerryh2388
    @kerryh2388 День тому +3

    You're blaming it on many things but the main reason is CORPORATE GREED!

  • @cutdogslim
    @cutdogslim День тому +1

    Ever since Wendy's announced dynamic pricing I NEVER WENT BACK!

  • @sandyberger-r9j
    @sandyberger-r9j День тому +2

    Burgerking, Subway and KFC are really crappy in my European country, there were also a few scandals involving the place‘s hygiene. Mc Donald‘s has simply become too expensive for the low quality food they serve. Wendy‘s and the others never made the jump over the big pond.

  • @matthewhuszarik4173
    @matthewhuszarik4173 День тому +4

    Here in California In-N-Out Burgers are gold mines. Everyone has huge lines during every meal time

  • @maryj2671
    @maryj2671 2 дні тому +15

    Wendy's hamburger's are so little lol Where's the beef?

    •  2 дні тому +2

      I went to Wendy's years ago and got home and opened the burger and they FORGOT THE BEEF! LOL BUN, LETTUCE, PICKLE, CHEESE, AND NO PATTY! Who wrapped this up? I laughed so hard😂😂😂😂 There was NO BEEF! Dave would roll over in his grave!😮😂

    • @johnsonbraddockesquire4636
      @johnsonbraddockesquire4636 2 дні тому +3

      "LOOK UNDER THE PICKLE"

    • @alfredalvarez218
      @alfredalvarez218 2 дні тому

      00 good sense of humor​@@johnsonbraddockesquire4636

    • @alfredalvarez218
      @alfredalvarez218 2 дні тому

      ​@johnsonbraddockesqui but truere4636

    • @sampalermo9472
      @sampalermo9472 День тому

      That is why they came up with that commercial but seriously I wondered how a beef patty that was never frozen had the shape that was square? Wen I make Omaha burgers at home on the grill they never come out square? What am I doing wrong?

  • @jamesbarnaby8095
    @jamesbarnaby8095 2 дні тому +1

    I can’t eat a remodel. Quality of food, price and customer service means so much more than a snazzy , updated restaurant

  • @Og-Judy
    @Og-Judy 2 дні тому +6

    I can pay the same $ for a decent SIT DOWN meal in a restaurant

  • @nightowlcop
    @nightowlcop 2 дні тому +24

    McDonald's normally has 3 employees working around here. Next is I can go to a normal restaurant and spend my $16.50 for lunch and get faster service. Sadly $15.00 an hr employees doesn't mean good service and is why they are leaning to automated kiosks.

    •  2 дні тому +4

      And the person making $15 an hour is doing the work 3 people could be doing. And half the time the kiosk isn't working. You can feel the stress of the employees, it's ridiculous.😢

    • @eddenoy321
      @eddenoy321 2 дні тому +3

      It is sad, there is no solution, better and cleaner to cook at home.

    • @sampalermo9472
      @sampalermo9472 День тому

      Well a lot of these employees are not worth the money they get paid all due to affirmative action or whatever they call it these days- it is the same crap. I would have been rich if I got $15/Hr back in the 70's. I got $1.65 Hr. Kids are changing these days- they can't get unstuck from their I phones and they then become brain dead using those things. Don't ask them any questions- a stupid population is easier to manage. My friend went into a hardware store and asked for a dozen of a certain screw- the kid said I forgot is a dozen 15 or 20?

  • @rburn6677
    @rburn6677 2 дні тому +2

    I find that when my food comes from a ghost kitchen, it tastes different and the wait i too long and I wind up with cold and/or soggy food.

  • @SueThompson-mo7nk
    @SueThompson-mo7nk День тому +3

    If burger King would cook the burgers and stop microwave them they would do good

  • @Dashiell777
    @Dashiell777 3 дні тому +22

    The biggest problem next to prices is people don't wanna eat inside McDonald's and other fast food because they keep remodeling their locations in taking away c***, people liked. If this restaurant chains want people to go back and eat inside the wind to fix up the places and make them. Look, nice instead of just cheap and boring.

  • @trevorrobinson2941
    @trevorrobinson2941 День тому +2

    I can go to my local grocery store buy a pound of hamburger a pack of buns,bag of frozen fries, and a 2 liter bottle of soda for what I am paying for a combo meal at Wendy’s

    • @danc2014
      @danc2014 День тому

      Now try that when your 40 miles away from home. Why did you not make food at home before?

  • @franktremblay4860
    @franktremblay4860 День тому +3

    No humans no sale

  • @traceykoontz2868
    @traceykoontz2868 День тому +2

    Some of the stores are independently owned.

  • @2078smith
    @2078smith 2 дні тому +5

    I live in texas & the first automated McDonald's they ever built is about 4 miles from my house & that place stays busy & the fastfood places around high school stay busy. It just depends on the location. Everysince they started online ordering, i barely see anybody that actually goes up to the counter & order.

  • @tunafish3216
    @tunafish3216 2 дні тому +1

    I hope that they will close all fast food entities because they’re more money than a good restaurant.

  • @RanchHand111
    @RanchHand111 День тому +2

    Folks deserve healthy food

  • @joe8188
    @joe8188 День тому +2

    I agree with everything you say. I've always felt over expansion, and competition would hurt the industry. Having a fast food restaurant on every corner would eventually cause this issue. Another factor to consider is people's lifestyle changes toward food. People are trying to eat healthier. Though the food tastes good, it's not very healthy.

  • @trevorrobinson2941
    @trevorrobinson2941 День тому +1

    Wendy destroyed Wendy’s after her father died she ruined his legacy and cheapened everything right down to the napkins

  • @GregPrice-ep2dk
    @GregPrice-ep2dk День тому +2

    "Changing customer preferences" are k*lling "third spaces", places where people can meet and mingle that don't depend on an app or screen. This is making us more paranoid and less empathetic towards others.

    • @yaminhaniyah2979
      @yaminhaniyah2979 13 годин тому

      I totally agree. Especially when the restaurants have covered or removed the electrical outlets to prevent you from charging your phone & enjoying wifi.

  • @kingkanoworldmedia4389
    @kingkanoworldmedia4389 День тому +2

    24 hours is dangerous and for looser customers

  • @jash6244
    @jash6244 День тому +1

    My suggestion is make your own food at home it's safer and costs less money and is most likely healthier.

  • @ewdenver1
    @ewdenver1 2 дні тому +1

    Quality, prices, and service is terrible. Food has to be good. Mac Donald’s is awful…

  • @CindySue-f3e
    @CindySue-f3e День тому +1

    Thats probably the best thing they could do for everyones health

  • @VirginiaTaylor-lu4ip
    @VirginiaTaylor-lu4ip 2 дні тому +1

    My Fridays were the fish sandwich fillet fish delicious the fish portion has gotten smaller and smaller. It’s smaller than a small deck of cards now the cheese is a sliver of cheese and then they want 10 bucks for it. That’s why you’re closing.

  • @trevorrobinson2941
    @trevorrobinson2941 День тому

    I get tired of going through a Wendy’s drive thru and I’m the only one there and they still make me pull up and wait for them to bring it out instead of just giving it to me at the window

  • @ggebhard1
    @ggebhard1 День тому +2

    During c@vid, we were forced to give up dinning in. What’s happening now is all part of their plan. Also, now that the gig is up, on what’s being put in our foods, no thanks. We’ll make our own dinners. After they clean house, all new will emerge. 🙏🏻

  • @Chfwz
    @Chfwz 2 дні тому +4

    The food has become hog slop..... I've been around long enough to make this statement.....yes I'm older 66.... this new and younger generation have no idea ( how could they ) how great the food quality of these restaurants were lets say in the '70's ...the meats ....the vegetables...the breads...much better quality....we won't address the prices of these restaurants of today simply because of COLA...no not coke....cost of living adjustment...inflation...any time you can order a cheeseburger from Wendy's and the slice of cheese is so thin you can see through it...and that's another point the damn cheese should melt when added to the meat patty...if you're lucky enough to get a patty that's hot enough to melt the cheese....KFC... another joke ( today ) .... the chicken pieces are so small you wonder if these chicken farms let the chickens mature before sold to the market....

  • @fredk9999
    @fredk9999 День тому +2

    When I dine at McD, I prefer the App because I don’t like the attitude of the counter help.

  • @JoelHope-mv6bp
    @JoelHope-mv6bp 2 дні тому +1

    God is speaking to everyone," STOP EATING ALTERED FOODS. AFTER ALL I MADE FOR JUST FOR YOU. DO NOT DRIVE UP TO THE CLOWN AND DO NOT SPEAK INTO HIS FACE."😊❤❤❤😊