Millennials are killing chains like Buffalo Wild Wings and Applebee's
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I thought I was the only person in the world who abhorred either PR or OG.
Doesn't mean a lot until we know what you drink and how much...also, you were there for the "post season" vs just one game. That is not a bad price tag. BTW...where did you sleep?
I honestly dont necessarily have a problem with chains either. I'll go where good food is.
Applebees has been generally mediocre for a long time. If BWW is suffering, its because over time it seems like their food quality has dropped tremendously. I almost never go there anymore and used to go once a week with friends.
But yes, others make a great point that not only are there a lot more options nowadays, there are a lot easier ways to discover those under the radar options, so even while one may not be averse to a chain, their dining dollar will get stretched by a wider variety of options.
It's the rating system that I dislike. I put zero stock into the number of stars because I've found they don't at all correlate to whether or not I like the restaurant. It took me too long to learn, but I've finally convinced myself to simply use it to look up an area that I want to eat in, pick a restaurant, and go...regardless of the number of stars.
I refuse to Yelp because of their attempts to strongarm small businesses to advertise with them. Yelp continually reached out to a close friend's business to spend advertising dollars on Yelp and when they chose not to, many of the old negative reviews would be the first listed, not the recent great reviews. The were default sorted by "Yelp's suggestions"
Yelp took a bad rap a few years ago because they were caught filtering reviews based on if a business would give them money. They would filter out good or bad reviews based on their relationship with the company.
http://sfist.com/2014/09/04/yelp_is_allowed_to_manipulate_ratin.php
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/06/72-percent-of-millennials-waste-money-on-dining-out.html (adblock)
"young people waste money dining out".
so which is it?
"young people waste money dining out".
so which is it?
All 3 main generations polled spend most of their 'wasteful' money on eating out. This question also really doesnt track their actual spending habits but merely asks them to self evaluate.
Either way, eating out includes chain and non chain options, so its not really relevant to this discussion.
Apparently I've been confused, I thought millennial had to do with when you born, turns out its referring to people with taste buds. Bdubs is fine for a place to have some beers and watch a ball game, you don't go there for the food. I haven't been to an Applebees more than a couple of times in the last decade and can't think of one good thing to say. Was it always horrible or has it gone down hill?
Irony- reading this article as I am sitting in a Buffalo Wild Wings......
Let me guess. The majority of you are sub-60 years old, haven't experienced that soon to occur major health issue, and have never needed to count calories to extend your life. Well, count me as one of you, ... 20 years go. At 40, however, the roof fell in. Prior to that I was in perfect shape; 5 miles running per day, watched what I ate and how I ate, and bam everything went south. Now, I enjoy eating at Applebees. Why? you may ask. Well, the cost of medical treatment during my early 40s was substantial, eventually, forcing me to move from the San Fran area to an area where I could make the remaining portfolio last longer. Not my first choice, but a necessary one. Applebees has moderately good salads, a different blend than your bigger chains, nutritional value straight up, and patiently lets me sit in there and work on my computer all day until my wife finishes her shopping thing. I, for one, am darn glad Applebees is around. Cause the alternatives are why most people look like a joke by the time they're 50.
Wut?
Applebees may have their nutritional information accessible, i'll give you that, but plenty of restaurants have that and plenty more have options that would fit anyone's nutritional needs, while often tasting much better because the quality of the food is higher (a low bar to cross with applebees).
And i say that as someone who, while sub-60, has done plenty of counting calories while losing weight.
Doubling up on wut? Because you had medical issues, you're saying Applebees is a good choice? You can eat a healthy, affordable meal at plenty of non-chain restaurants. This whole post makes zero sense.
I am sorry about your medical issues, though.
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