10 Massive Restaurant Chains That Are Closing Up This Summer

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Join us in today’s video as we show you these 10 massive restaurant chains that are closing up this summer. No matter the time or place, restaurant closures are an unavoidable part of the restaurant industry. And 2023 has been a particularly major year in terms of restaurant closures. Even some of the most familiar and established restaurant brands, including Applebee's and Cracker Barrel haven't been immune to some of the financial pressures.
Some companies decide to shutter restaurants over legal issues or disputes with their franchisees. Occasionally, the closures are even strategic moves aimed at allowing the company to expand bigger and better than before. Be sure to watch the whole video and learn more about this. In addition, do us a favor and like the video and subscribe and turn on the notification bell. We’ll see you in the next video!
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@laurab5750 9 ай бұрын

Closing SOME locations does not equal an entire chain closure. Damn clickbait title!

@renardfranse 9 ай бұрын

YES EXACTLY!!!!!!!!!

@timothywalker4563 9 ай бұрын

It’s like that comedy sketch doomed doomed, we’re all doomed 😂

@a97304 9 ай бұрын

This might be a business move by Econovesting to further hurt these chains while they are invested in other chains. "What's in your portfolio?"

@martinneosel3403 9 ай бұрын

My reaction exactly.

@donny1960 9 ай бұрын

Makes anything from this source "suspect".... Will avoid anything from them in future..... It is misinformation.

@joymahiko 9 ай бұрын

Went to McDonald's for the first time in 2 years and ordered 3 things that used to be on the dollar menu - regular hamburger, small fries and small coffee. It used to be $3 and change. I was shocked when it came out to be nearly $8! No more!

@Qusin111 9 ай бұрын

use their app if you want a deal, I stopped going to gimic places

@ramman5784 9 ай бұрын

Not to mention the shrinking size of the burgers

@msannthrope1863 9 ай бұрын

Time to live honestly folks. I know it’s a shock to your American systems but you gotta pay to play.

@OrsonBuggy1958 9 ай бұрын

Same happened to me at Jack in the Box. $2.97 before tax and the last time it was $8.12 with tax.

@msannthrope1863 9 ай бұрын

@@OrsonBuggy1958 That’s life. Tough shit.

@gotham61 9 ай бұрын

Clickbait title. All of these chains will still exist after the summer

@AMPProf 9 ай бұрын

EVERYTHING WILL BE TACOBELL

@mrlaw711 9 ай бұрын

They explained on some of the locations closing as part of a financial consolidation. you may not have had the audio turned on.

@douglaspierce8480 9 ай бұрын

Being a former restaurateur, there are only two things that people go to restaurant for; high quality food and good service and that the problem with most chain restaurants is that they can't deliver on both of these metrics.

@ThatVideoGuyTom 9 ай бұрын

Sometimes though people (used to) need a hang out. Pizza hut buffet was an example of that. People don't go out just to have somewhere to go. I think in the 80's/90's we just built too many restaurants along with malls. As the looming depression comes, we have too many.

@asimhusain8087 9 ай бұрын

@ThatVideoGuyTom let's not forget that the old thing called a housewife is now gone a lot of people eat out old people eat out the young generation can't cook there maybe room for restaurants but they have to give high quality food and good service

@Supremor-tj9dv 2 ай бұрын

I agree! The high end restaurants around me are packed! It’s the mid and low end places that have crummy service and mediocre food that are closing.

@annenelson5656 9 ай бұрын

Cracker Barrel is leaving Portland because of the homeless and the anything goes drug policy.

@user-tv4oc5ox9h 9 ай бұрын

Exactly! I don't know why they would blame COVID.

@AMPProf 9 ай бұрын

Portland is too urban its sad

@PorkChopJones 9 ай бұрын

They using Covid as a smoke screen for the bad policies shoved down our throats by the current administration.

@conniecrawford5231 9 ай бұрын

Cracker Barrel is HUUUGE in the South!

@cathyp 9 ай бұрын

How dare the homeless be homeless. Why don’t they buy a million dollar house and quit annoying you?

@bunkyman8097 9 ай бұрын

As I see it, people are tired of paying top dollar for mediocre product. Period. All the restaurants here are just ok, nothing special.

@frugalwitch 9 ай бұрын

Cracker Barrel’s food quality has gone downhill in a major fashion. I loved it several years ago, the last time I went it was practically inedible with smaller portions and higher prices.

@TKCTSTN 9 ай бұрын

And with breakfast items, you no longer get a side of grits.

@carolynallard97 9 ай бұрын

That is very true! Junk barely eatable.

@debbiepettit2110 9 ай бұрын

I ordered Chicken Fried Steak with sawmill gravy. It shoulda been sawmill goop. It was so gooey. Horrible.

@marksmith7374 9 ай бұрын

I heard they're closing all their stores

@usmc24thmeu36 9 ай бұрын

Plus their owners support homosexuality

@davidzilldz 9 ай бұрын

I wish these companies would stop, blaming their failed businesses on the rising cost of food and labor. The real problem comes from the CEOs and bosses at the top that cater to stockholders and Wall Street.

@gunkulator1 9 ай бұрын

Pretty much. The problem with big chains is that financial reward for serving low quality food is just too high to ignore. Your local non-chain restaurant isn't going to bother saving $0.45 on a meal by using cheap ingredients. The overall reward is small and the risk is too high as they can't withstand poor reviews from the locals. Big chains see that $0.45 multiplied by millions upon millions of meals and the CEO will get a fat bonus for saving money so they do it time and time again until the food that made them famous is barely recognizable now.

@PunguinYoga 9 ай бұрын

@@gunkulator1 Well said.

@PorkChopJones 9 ай бұрын

I never could understand all the hype surrounding Krispy Kreme. Their products are ok just as they should be. But are they better than the mom & pop donut shops? No, in my opinion. But everyone has a right to buy their morning donut /coffee wherever they choose. Krispy Kreme is bad for smaller guys who don't have access to corporate backed goodies to help keep their doors open. Support your local donut shops!

@petuniasevan 9 ай бұрын

We have a wonderful donut shop/bakery here in Appleton WI with 3 locations. Family owned. Krispy Kreme built a facility in town right on the main drag some years back. Folks lined up to get a donut....and then within a few weeks the crowds were not only gone but Krispy Kreme decided to close the place. Everyone went back to Manderfield's.

@michaelsatler3671 9 ай бұрын

Dunkin Doughnuts is almost a health food compared to Krispy Kreme, when comparing nutritional information. If you want to fast track heart disease & diabetes, be a Krispy Kreme bon vi bon.

@Cindy-wd8wn 9 ай бұрын

I luv Krispy creme donuts! Chocolate glazed, nothing better!!!!!

@cleindian44 9 ай бұрын

I’ll eat KK, but I don’t crave them. I will buy donuts from mom and pops, but if you’re in an area with a Shipley’s Donuts, check them out as they are great.

@jamesdennis2058 9 ай бұрын

@@Cindy-wd8wnI definitely disagree. A good hometown bakery has Krispy Kreme beat every time.

@user-sq4jz9up6g 9 ай бұрын

Higher prices lower quality foods and indifferent staff are the reason I rarely go out to eat anymore

@hughjass1044 9 ай бұрын

Haven't been to any of them in at least 2 years. Way too expensive and not worth the trip. If I'm stuck and have to eat out, I go to 7 Eleven or find a supermarket deli.

@parsifal40002 9 ай бұрын

Appellbys food quality and small serving size is why I don't eat there.

@DerBingle1 9 ай бұрын

A Cracker Barrel opened in Beaverton, Oregon in 2017. Went in to check it out. The prices were astronomical and the food looked typical of a Denny's. There was a "Country Store" thing as part of it selling cheap crap also at prices that were beyond belief. Never went in there again.

@athsndwds9372 9 ай бұрын

I honestly feel like Denny's is better tasting

@davidseymour6447 9 ай бұрын

I live in Oklahoma, and people here love cracker barrel. I never have liked it, but I was raised in Salem, Oregon.

@susanfarley1332 9 ай бұрын

I stopped going to Hardee's when the local one started having burgers that were dry and a bit tough. Dairy queen is too expensive, but now a lot of fast food places are too expensive to eat at now. The prices seem to have doubled lately. It's so much cheaper to make burgers and fries at home even with the cost of groceries going up. And fries made of fresh potatoes are so much better tasting than fast food ones.

@johnathonmullis4234 9 ай бұрын

Everyone of these places are heating up frozen food and charging top dollar. Including Cracker Barrel. Their fried chicken is frozen and heated.

@AMPProf 9 ай бұрын

Mc donlads Brothers method not being respected.

@Thommadura 9 ай бұрын

While most chains use Frozen chicken Nuggets and patties, Cracker Barrel Fried Chicken, Chicken Tenders, and Chicken Breasts, are cooked from Fresh Chicken prepared in the Kitchen - not Frozen and heated.

@crosslink1493 9 ай бұрын

Its been a long time coming. Folks I know in the biz have said the industry is way overbuilt, even the chain stores built in places they never should have just to 'expand their footprint.' The time has come and its just a shake-out to get rid of the non-performing/unprofitable locations or the chains that didn't adjust to the times and changing tastes of customers.

@robertrissearbeobie5612 2 ай бұрын

Thinning the herd.

@Steve_in_NJ 9 ай бұрын

Funny how I haven't eaten at any of these locations since long before the Pandemic!! I am a repeat customer for our local "mom and pop" restaurants and diners, not chains. Better food, better service. Well, I think the only "franchise restaurant" we visit regularly is Uno's but the one near our home is actually very good at customizing our orders (my partner is allergic to tomato sauce).

@annenelson5656 9 ай бұрын

Me too. I don’t like fast food. My boyfriend goes to McDonalds once in a while but he’s limiting now because the food leaves him feeling bloated and sleepy.

@dennispope7998 9 ай бұрын

Our local McDonald's will not let u go and have a order put in the lobby they can have 5 people behind the counter and u have to go to the kiosk or drive thru I haven't been to McDonald's since and I stayed on phone 2 hours to get him fired

@leonb2637 9 ай бұрын

Boston Market has been in decline for years. Over 20 units under one franchise holder have been closed this week by the State of New Jersey at least temporarily due to labor and payroll law violations. (various news sources).

@asimhusain8087 9 ай бұрын

Boston Market was terrible I worked for them twice in the nineties they are closing everywhere

@gunkulator1 9 ай бұрын

Boston Market got the legs cut out from under them when supermarkets started roasting whole chickens about to expire and then placing them at the front of the store for people to grab and go. That was their specialty and now you can get it everywhere. They have no reason to exist now.

@leonb2637 9 ай бұрын

@@gunkulator1Costco, BJ's Wholesale sells them for $4.99, less than a few pieces at Boston Chicken.

@asimhusain8087 9 ай бұрын

@@gunkulator1 as an ex boston market employee and a Hannaford employee and a walmart employee boston market had the best rotisserie chicken 🐔 of them all

@stevegilbert4130 9 ай бұрын

Has anyone considered that part of the reason Cracker Barrel is losing customers is because the quality of service is declining and so is the quality of the food?

@amiblueful 9 ай бұрын

I went to a Cracker Barrel once in my life (in FL). It's memorable for being one of the worst restaurant meals I ever had.

@richland1980 9 ай бұрын

It might be local management. The reason I don't go to the one near me is that is always packed. They must be doing something right since they have a large parking lot and it is almost always full.

@daninraleigh 9 ай бұрын

Over a couple of decades, we have been to several Cracker Barrels in at least 5 states across the country and they all have problems with declining customer service and food quality. In the South, however, they are always full and I just don't understand why. Maybe it's the atmosphere? They almost had me with the new Cheesecake Pancakes! Made to go with strawberries! Last time I went, they had no strawberries. Not so good with blueberries. Also, they can't cook eggs properly in Raleigh. I don't care how you order them, they can't do it right.

@ApolloAlto 9 ай бұрын

I'm surprised that Denny's isn't on the list - that being said Red Lobster (shellfish ecosystem issues causing price inflation) and Outback Steakhouse (overpriced for what they are) make sense on the list for sure.

@seanmatto2258 9 ай бұрын

Damn

@piratepete842 9 ай бұрын

Yep..went to Denny's with my buddy for breakfast..2 measly meals with coffee and o.j. came to 65 bucks..20 of that was a 20 dollar tip for the great waitress..shes not the one who prices the menu

@Brian-yt8fu 9 ай бұрын

Denny's ours is very slow service we just accept the fact it's going to be there for a long time.

@gunkulator1 9 ай бұрын

Fast food was successful because it was convenient. When Americans were out shopping for the day and then lunchtime or dinnertime rolled around, it was oh so easy to just stop and get fast food since the restaurants were right there mixed in with the other stores. American shopping habits have changed with the internet. We buy most everything online which means you now have to go out of your way to get fast food, and it's just not worth it.

@charleswelter873 9 ай бұрын

That is Biden nomics

@anthonypirozzi837 9 ай бұрын

This is exactly their plan.remember our wonderful VP said "Reduce the population"

@aVerySillyBilly 9 ай бұрын

without question.

@dimitriberozny3729 9 ай бұрын

BUILD BACK BROKE AND EMPTY!!

@darcyjorgensen5808 9 ай бұрын

BS. It is in no small part due to Trump’s total mishandling of COVID.

@stischer47 9 ай бұрын

Yes, and it's also the reason for the fall of Rome, the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and 9/11.

@Heisrisin3 8 ай бұрын

I gotta tell you, I’m not gonna miss a single one of these stores

@mrlaw711 9 ай бұрын

Glad to see them go. Tired of being ripped off. None of them will be missed.

@dimitriberozny3729 9 ай бұрын

The trouble with Burger King is their coupons/offers are not UNIVERSAL!! You get coupons from a source such as Save(Red Plum) your local Burger King 70% of the time will not accept them or accept Burger King gift cards bought at a department store! And the problem even gets worse!!!!,if they accept the coupons,you can only get the deal on that one coupon or app coupon!! Other parts of the order will be charged to you at full price without any combo or other discounts! Say for example you have a coupon for two whoppers and two fries and two drinks for ten dollars and you want also an Italian chicken combo meal that is on the menu for eleven dollars,you will not pay eleven dollars for the Italian chicken combo meal,you will pay the ala carte price which will drive that eleven dollar Italian chicken combo meal up to at least fifteen dollars and after taxes,you are talking about twenty-eight dollars! This has been how Burger King has been ripping off customers since the late 1980’s!!! And customers are fed up with their bullshit and games!!

@Steve_in_NJ 9 ай бұрын

We get Burger King coupons in the mail weekly and the closest BK to us won't accept them because they are a franchise, not a chain location. I left my order there and never came back.

@AMPProf 9 ай бұрын

BURGERKING IS CRAP NOW it Smells funky

@exposingproxystalkingorgan4164 9 ай бұрын

Many of these restaurant corporations are internationally huge. Even if they close a few USA locations, they have restaurants in many other countries that are making money. 😂

@georgekren 9 ай бұрын

When the truth is revealed, its usually quality, service and so-so food.

@stevemenegaz9824 9 ай бұрын

Cracker Barrel, Hardees, Pizza Hut, Steak n Shake, DQ, Crispy Kreme, Red Lobster, Applebees, Burger King, Outback Steak House

@AMPProf 9 ай бұрын

MAN WE dont get good chices

@DSBOY33 9 ай бұрын

Thanks

@shartzboy2000 9 ай бұрын

Burger King's failure with the Ch'King Sandwich exemplifies everything wrong with the brand. They finally had a tasty, quality chicken sandwich that people enjoyed, and they killed it off because producing high quality chicken sandwiches is harder than producing low quality ones (paraphrase from the mouth of CEO Jose Cil). Rather than rising to the operational challenge, they killed the sandwich and replaced it with an obviously inferior sandwich. Put another way, rather than elevating the brand, they opted to be cheap.

@cheswick617 9 ай бұрын

same with Wendy's...they went cheap on everything...they killed their Chili...cutting the meat content in half and replacing it with pinto beans...ugh. their hot sauce now sucks...they charge for a smidgeon of cheddar cheese. their double stack cheeseburger used to be outstanding...now it's a wad of grease & goop wrapped up in cheap paper.

@dingfodfodding1218 9 ай бұрын

You will eat nothing and be happy

@dimitriberozny3729 9 ай бұрын

Bugs and twigs and dirt!!

@Econovesting-101 9 ай бұрын

Lol I like this one!

@TheTlewis3074 9 ай бұрын

I have noticed Steak Houses and some Italian restaurants in my area are giving way to Mexican, Chinese and Indian. Plus a lot of food trucks are popping up everywhere. Awareness of lactose intolerance could be hurting Dairy Queen. Changing demographics.

@rayrooney4656 9 ай бұрын

Because those foods are cheap and quality is not a factor. Classic street corner junk. High profit/low cost/low quality/low expectations.

@johnberry1107 9 ай бұрын

Businesses close all the time. Because one or two branches close is not a reason for your sensational title. Duh!

@marksmith7374 9 ай бұрын

Nobody eats fast food anymore.. . It's too expensive and I don't like people spitting in my food

@AMPProf 9 ай бұрын

JUST HAD A MCDONALDS BUT MY TUMMY HURTS SOOO IDK

@annenelson5656 9 ай бұрын

Yeah, restaurant staffers do spit in the food of obnoxious guests. They also put dropped food back on the plate and say “good thing that napkin was right there on the floor [where the food dropped]” This is also true of very high end, exclusive restaurants. Never be an a-hole to restaurant staff.

@ApolloAlto 9 ай бұрын

I'm interested in hearing what your definition of "nobody" is.

@marksmith7374 9 ай бұрын

@@ApolloAlto Nobody that cares about their health eats that garbage it's all poison.... Factory Food... Designed make you Sick

@michaelproctor8100 9 ай бұрын

To this day, I still haven't forgiven Burger King for doing away with their Satisfries in America.

@grandpahickory613 9 ай бұрын

They need to close up ! I remember Rockefellers diner in Oak Cliff Texas in 1963...REAL BEEF HAMBURGERS WERE 5 CENTS EACH, CHOCOLATE MALT WAS A QUARTER...French fries were 5 cents...Brand new cars were 675.00, some used cars were 25 dollars...Gasoline was 21 cents a gallon for ethyl... Rent for 3 bedroom home with fenced in yard, and a working fireplace was 35 dollars a month.....These so called food places of today, and car dealers, and petroleum prices are ridiculous....The politicians have steadily worked at destroying our nation, and impoverishing Americans, and no one seems to notice this...Very sad for all of us...I am turning 72 years of age, and soon will no longer walk among the living....I pray for my grandchildren, and the future they will have to face in coming days ahead....I miss the good ole days...

@wayneperry7077 9 ай бұрын

Amen !

@rogermccaslin5963 9 ай бұрын

How was it when the talkies came to town? Were you excited to take your best girl to the moving picture show? 😁

@wayneperry7077 9 ай бұрын

Lol@@rogermccaslin5963

@johnnyraiderallison851 9 ай бұрын

U SILLY OLD HUMP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GET WITH THE PROGRAM !!!!!!!!!!!!! GO STICK YER HEAD BACK IN YER GARDEN !!!!!!!!!!!!😊😊😊😊😊

@stanleygallman7800 9 ай бұрын

These closing may have more to 😅 do with customer service than even the lacking quality of their foods.

@AMPProf 9 ай бұрын

poo bathrooms in every ghetto

@KreemieNewgatt 9 ай бұрын

39 Hardee's are closing, which means 97.6% of them are staying open. Throw in Carl's Jr and that jumps to nearly 98.6%

@MarkSmith-js2pu 9 ай бұрын

Try going 90 days without fast food. You probably will be feeling better.

@renardramonfoxx 9 ай бұрын

Chilis is not on the list im surprised

@rickrobinson8417 9 ай бұрын

Chilis in my town closed down about half a year ago

@PorkChopJones 9 ай бұрын

Why is Pizza Hut on this list? They were losing market share many years ago and as for promising it's customer base to uphold it's level of quality and service. You forgot to mention that several years ago they reengineered many of it's ingredients thereafter it was not the same great pizza it once was. They closed 5 stores within a 10 mile radius of me back in 2016. Long before Covid and these crazy numbing prices for food and service that we are paying today.

@robbrown4621 9 ай бұрын

Pizza Hut was never great pizza. It was never even good pizza. Unless you like eating cardboard with cheap cheese. You want great pizza? Go to Joe's Pizza in New York City. Now, that's great pizza...

@cheswick617 9 ай бұрын

Pizza hut should have died 30 years ago....worst chain pizza there is...horrible pizza. But they keep reviving that crap to unload their disgusting food on an unaware public.

@patriciawilliams5508 9 ай бұрын

It's cheaper to cook anyway and taste better.

@user-tv5ht8ig6q 9 ай бұрын

They must maintain quality food and service to survive !

@Chris-yx8gj 9 ай бұрын

Krispy Creme in the UK. Sell one donut is nearly 3 dollars. WTF. A company that's sells Donuts. This company has to go bust. 😊😊😊😊

@Gremlinsfan40 9 ай бұрын

I await the day when I see McDonald's on a list like this. Floors are always sticky, customer service isn't always good, during covid-19 one time I had to go up to the drive up window to let them know that I was there because they wouldn't answer the phone when I was sitting on their patio & a few times they made my order wrong. Who puts onions on a mcchicken sandwich anyway or uses a bottom bun for a top bun on any sandwich anyway

@JCrow-kz4nw 9 ай бұрын

The McDonalds nearest to me has terrible customer service. They could care less if you live or die.

@jhardyjr415 9 ай бұрын

The bottom bun as a top bun has happened to me before.

@margaretbedwell3211 9 ай бұрын

I wouldn't eat at Burger King if they gave free meals to us seniors. Their food was horrid. Hamburgers dry as a hockey puck, fries cooked so far in advance they were never hot by the time you sat down.

@guyalexander2099 9 ай бұрын

All these restaurants are solid where I live at … only complaint I have that everything has gone up in price, eating a hamburger meal that went 5 buck in price is beyond stupid !!

@sandragruhle6288 8 ай бұрын

Culver’s has become so wildly popular here that other stores have folded. When zoning requires clustering of these businesses, only the strong will survive.

@davidhollfelder9940 9 ай бұрын

Being in the later baby boomer group, I/we have been getting away from eating at fast food and dine-in restaurants, even before the pandemic, as the cost and quality was no longer satisfactory. Also, reducing/eliminating credit card debt and building up savings/IRAs in preparation for retirement (and retirement), was in play here as well.

@reidbronson6358 9 ай бұрын

I used to work at a Pizza Hut Red Roof Restaurant in St. Charles, Missouri. It's always great after a cold weather high school football game. Across the street was a Burger Chef. Great Burger place that had a fixins bar. If I only had a quarter, I would get the small burger and load it up with a pound of lettuce, tomatoes, and onions. Result: a full meal. Our Burger Chef became a Hardies. The Pizza Hut is gone. I hope the Hardies is still there.

@lukecat3825 9 ай бұрын

The Merritt Island Dairy Queen has been there for many decades and is very popular. They have rarely redecorated, updated the entire menu or add credit cards to their place. All cash. Rumor has it that DQ insisted they take credit cards and spend money on upgrades. The owners are super successful their way and don’t want to change. As a local customer who gets the issues I am entirely on the local side. I will buy ice cream from them even if they change brand names.

@kennethjdaggett6075 8 ай бұрын

I would put most of the blame on MANAGEMETT> PLAIN AND SIMPLE,

@frankW6NYX 8 ай бұрын

LET THEM ALL CLOSE !!!!!

@robbrown4621 9 ай бұрын

The best thing about Cracker Barrel is that they let you park your RV in the parking lot overnight. I eat breakfast there because of their generosity...

@AMPProf 9 ай бұрын

SO HOUSEING, RETAIL, And Franchise restaurants.. YEP according to youtube We all doomed!

@jenniferprobably3824 9 ай бұрын

I’d love it if Applebees would just bump up their quality just a bit. I have one 2 blocks from my house. The frozen crap I buy at Aldi and cook in my air fryer is so much better. I can’t bring myself to spend more for it just to have some frozen cocktails with it.

@cheswick617 9 ай бұрын

anyone who eats at applebee's needs their head examined. They buy and use sub quality meat, not prime, not choice, it's pure gristle and tendon. it's a brick and mortar slop house.

@jeangill1187 6 күн бұрын

Another problem with Cracker Barrel here in TX is getting help. The places are packed and we have to wait so long to get our food. They are always hiring but no one wants to work there.

@mayormike 9 ай бұрын

Krispy Kreme is no surprise. Try to get a donut like the maple iced in the afternoon or evening and you are generally out of luck. They are often out of donuts. That is the only thing they do. Donuts!

@douglaspierce8480 9 ай бұрын

Outback suddenly closed its Burnsville, MN location just last week.

@dimitriberozny3729 9 ай бұрын

These restaurants popped up like weeds in strip mall and mall parking lots and now the weeds are being pulled out! Years ago,in the late 1980’s-early 1990’s,I told my friend that they would only last about 30 years!! That’s what happened!!

@craigmyers4269 9 ай бұрын

We are a collapsing nation. Decades of reckless spending (Federal, state, and personal) have made this inevitable. As the Bible mentions "Pride comes before the fall".

@Thommadura 9 ай бұрын

The bible is a BOOK of nonsense too - people who believe it are brain dead. ALL you have to do is actually read the whole thing - starting from the beginning - KNOWING the reality of the universe and you know there is something wrong. Example - if a god is ALL KNOWING- past present and future - then you cannot have Free Will. YOU can only do what the god has already known you will do ANd YOU cannot have made the choice before you existed too. If you disagree - remember - to have TRUE free will -you have to be able to choose something that the God does not know. THen of course the idea that the earth from creation if less than 6000 years old is pure nonsense. In addition - there was NO letter "J" in any language in the world until 1400CE. SO no Joseph, no joshua, no Jericho, No James, no John, and no jesus among others. It is all a scam. The god did not make ALL plants for humans to use for foods - there are poisonous plants. No worldwide flood ever happened as described. Among the errors in the story - they had NO FISH on the Boat - but the mixing of the Fresh and Salt water would have killed ALL marine life - and a column of water the height of Mount Everest would have Pulverized all man made objects plus virutally everything else. The salt from the water would have rendered the soil infertile for hundreds of years too. And there is not a single mention of the Christ in ANY contemporary account of the time of his supposed life - the actual GOLDEN AGE OF ROME. WE have full accounts of Turtle races in Jerusalem - but not a single mention of a guy who supposedly rose a rotting corpse from the grave - sure - Humans created these stories to keep the uneducated masses in check - religion is man made nonsense and what the Bible says is human created too.

@dairyfarmmidwest1615 9 ай бұрын

Dairy Queen’s quality has been destroyed with ice milk instead of ice cream taste is watery and never go back

@Keith80027 9 ай бұрын

I love these restaurants and use to go them. Because of the cost of gas, food, and everything else, I had to cut my eating out. I can't even afford to eat at McD because they doubled the cost over the last 2 years. The current direction is so wrong for the average Joe, Only the rich can afford gas and I can't afford an EV nor the cost to install a charge. As a Electrical Engineer there is not enough power or the ability to bring it to my house to go green and pay everyone a high wage.

@PastaMakerCordy-qy4uz 9 ай бұрын

Good. All fast food places should close.

@mariusbabii 9 ай бұрын

I'M GLAD THESE RESTAURANTS ARE CLOSING DOWN, A HAPPY HUMAN HERE, YAY, ..I GIVE 2 THUMBS UP, WAY TO GO AMERICA, COOL .....MARIUS(PUNK RULES).

@Dulcimertunes 9 ай бұрын

Maybe Cracker Barrel should not have flipped off customers with their rainbow rockers!

@mrlaw711 9 ай бұрын

Yah, that's the reason..only Bible people want to eat by themselves.

@kymtaylor5890 9 ай бұрын

Yeah, we will go back to eating @ home😊

@dathyr1 9 ай бұрын

Well, I go to my small local Dairy Queen ice cream place where you walk up outside and get our treats. It has no inside sit down provisions - so it is not a Restaurant. It seems to be doing well. No signs of saying closing soon on the place.

@rickh8380 8 ай бұрын

Pizza Hut is one of my favorite places to have pizza. I hope they can turn things around.

@francesbrisco776 9 ай бұрын

Many people are choosing healthier food

@user-bs3ye3yv4u 8 ай бұрын

I miss the french fries the most. Also going to pick up a sausage burrito and coffee once a week for breakfast treat. I am probably better off healthwise but I did enjoy getting out and going for a treat once or twice a week. Alas, I am happy for the increase in wages for the workers, This might have been avoided if we were able to tip the workers.

@jeremyraw7274 9 ай бұрын

Whataburger needs to expand to alot more states

@stiiimes 9 ай бұрын

steak n shake was dead as soon as they cut the menu back to literally nothing but hamburgers

@Dulcimertunes 9 ай бұрын

And self serve

@jimda4910 9 ай бұрын

They can complain about Rising costs all they want but that's not the problem. The problem is they expect hundreds upon hundreds of millions of dollars in profits, unable to reach those Heights they deem the investment unworthy. Maybe they should trim down their profit expectations.

@AMPProf 9 ай бұрын

I always wonder if 10 dollers for Mc meal is cist or Profit.. Everyone even wally still cries But..

@bootsdocsandconspiracies6589 9 ай бұрын

Here in Springfield, MO we just lost one of our Burger King's i wonder if the other 3 from the same franchise is next?

@pwcorgi2000 9 ай бұрын

Poor business practices and poor government decisions is the culprit.

@thedealer777 9 ай бұрын

I think I know why Pizza Hut may close. Their pizzas taste incredibly "BLAND!" And have for the last 15 years!

@johnmiller4859 9 ай бұрын

Click Bait

@23pinkpear 8 ай бұрын

I bought the same to go containers restaurants use take my meals now everywhere save lots of $

@IsaacSahr-ps8yp 8 ай бұрын

The food in cracker barrel looks good

@shelleyzaragoza2195 9 ай бұрын

Outback steak house just closed there door in Burnsville Minnesota for their lease ended after 25 years in business.

@stephencannon3140 9 ай бұрын

Make a note that the video says…..”restaurants that are closing”….as in major chains that may close locations, not necessarily the entire chain going under.

@Trebbor1958 8 ай бұрын

I havent been to any of them in years... I can make food better than they can, and cheaper... and have left overs for what they cost for 1 serving..

@durudadlani1931 9 ай бұрын

This is a saddening picture. If only some of these restaurants could keep going, for hopefully the coming up wave (I pray for that).

@travist.7279 9 ай бұрын

I'm surprised that Olive Garden wasn't on this list. I have never eaten there. But, I have never heard one good thing about them either (which is mostly why I have never eaten there). Or, are they already gone? Another possibility is Subway. Where I live, we get Subway coupons in the mail, all the time. But, all of the local Subway franchises have stopped accepting the coupons! That can't be a good sign.

@ApolloAlto 9 ай бұрын

Olive Garden Breadsticks are super popular - I don't eat there often but those experiences were good and most people I know at least also view them favorably. I think any issue with Olive Garden from my antecdotal experience is their repeat customer base may not frequent them as often as other chains. But that's why it's hard to derive a macro trend out of individual experiences.

@KreemieNewgatt 9 ай бұрын

There are over 20,000 Subway locations in the US, about the same as McDonald's and Burger King combined

@tylerbuckley4661 8 ай бұрын

If you go west of the Mississippi hardies turns Into Carl's Jr as fir steak and shakes the Las Vegas one is doing fine dairy queen is doing great here in vegas

@ThatVideoGuyTom 9 ай бұрын

Red Lobster was always awful

@nelsongalvan2178 9 ай бұрын

Dairy Queen does very good in Texas.

@notsure3331 9 ай бұрын

You all keep saying this 12 years later they're still all here give it up

@lastyle7363 9 ай бұрын

My area has a brand new Burger King & Outback, Go Figure...

@richardgilmore6346 9 ай бұрын

I use to work for pizza hut and left in 2021 they started the collapse then under new owners

@Markyellowcake 9 ай бұрын

Hardee's always had the best burgers...

@jaysun070476 9 ай бұрын

Six piece chicken nugget kids meal was 10.30 at carls jr the other day and i have 3 kids . No thank you not spending that for that garbage.

@tazmod7272 9 ай бұрын

Downtown Portland is going to look more like a ghost town.

@carlottaeland 9 ай бұрын

Their number one has closed, wait for it, 3 restaurants!

@59Schnauzermom 9 ай бұрын

The food at Cracker Barrel is not as good as it was before covid. They do not make their biscuits in the restaurants, their brown gravy isn't like it was, several other of their foods m

@Thommadura 9 ай бұрын

In My state there are only a small few Cracker Barrels - and YOU cannot get near then during meal times. However - just as there are no nurses available - no teachers available - and no truck drivers available -there are no restaurant servers either. And these places suffer in varying degrees with a shortage of staff. Several REstaurants in my area are CLOSING some hours they were open because of the lack of help.

@dojocho1894 9 ай бұрын

One can see how inflation is the killer of everything in a country. The video says the cost of wages.... that is from the direct effect of all the jobs shipped overseas for the last 40 yrs.

@richardhetrick4770 9 ай бұрын

Alot of those plases shrank portion sizes where beer is involved service gets slow and gets pricey. Loves truck stop operates hardies and they do well and dary queen dose not offer cholac ice cream

@Yumscale 9 ай бұрын

Please do not close Pizza Hut that would be a sin

@ManuelGarcia-ww7gj 9 ай бұрын

10) Cracker Barrel: Was a fairly good restaurant combined with a gift shop. Little wonder that the covid pandemic hit them hard. 09) Hardee's: An upscale Burger King? I have never eaten at one. 08) Pizza Hut was great at first, until the competition came along. Now the pizza market is so bad that all pizza makers might well go broke. Of course, if you are a real live Italian, and you can make more than pizza, you might well be in for a good trip. 07) Steak and Shake? Boy I'd love to try one. I can remember when steak sandwiches were common. 06) DQ went downhill fast a long time ago and they have been skidding along on the bottom ever since. Why? A sudden drop in food quality, especially their ice cream. 05) Krispy Kream? Never liked them in particular. For a long time my preference in donuts was Shipley's, but not even they are any good today. Why? Drop in product quality. I am going to blame that on Yum Brands Food out of China. The Vietnamese, bless their hearts, took a demanding craft and turned it into the worst kind of fast food you can imagine. Not even their pig in a blanket, called a kolache in Texas, are any good. The sausage is awful with entirely too much sugar and even their blankets are too sweet. 04) Red Lobster. Another one time favorite of mine, but when they started making promises that they would not or could not keep, I walked out of their place something like five years ago. 03) Applebee's. i cannot figure out what caused their fall in popularity. The last time I ate at one the food was good and the service prompt and polite. 02)Burger King. I have nothing good to say about Burger King, save goodbye and good riddance. 01) Outback. I have never eaten at an Outback. I have been meaning to and am now alarmed by their woes.

@annenelson5656 9 ай бұрын

Hardee’s is branded as Carl’s Jr. here in California.

@ManuelGarcia-ww7gj 9 ай бұрын

@@annenelson5656 I have only seen one Carl's here in Texas and it was not in a spot that I could reach easily so have never eaten at a Carl's either. Here is the wretched truth, food quality in general is decline, even at the regular grocery stores. It is almost as though there is some great entity out there trying to train our tastes, the way we do our pets.

@annenelson5656 9 ай бұрын

@@ManuelGarcia-ww7gj I agree. Grocery store fruit is the worst! I find farmers markets and have a friend with trees, and tomatoes are really easy to grow.

@ManuelGarcia-ww7gj 9 ай бұрын

@@annenelson5656 I discovered that at least half of the so-called "farmers" markets get their produce from the same wholesalers that the big grocers do. In any case, there are no bargains out their to be had unless you grow everything you like to eat and if you do you are stuck eating with the seasons. But then it is the same if you buy what you need from the local farmer's market. I am not actually looking for the best nutrition, I am desperately seeking the best flavor in what I eat. Usually those two things go hand-in-hand.

@richland1980 9 ай бұрын

Portland and legalized theft hit them hard