Man, actual restaurant resraurants, non chain / non franchise… are just… largely not going to be a thing in a year or two, in the US, at this rate, outside of extreme high end places.
Margins aren’t there anymore, doesn’t matter how much owners gaslight servers, or anybody gaslights consumers… if you’re microwaving premade stuff… people can do that at home.
Oh I probably misread your point… you’re trying to say they’ll be ok because that’s all they’re doing + economies of scale, and they can keep costs down.
The chains will continue to exist, mostly, even though a lot of ‘underperforming’ locations are gonna get axed.
Real restaurants? Either gonna have to be actually run by basically business savants, which is … extremely uncommon… or maybe have a very substantial amount of local community support… or, they’re basically gonna have to be or become luxury restaurants.
Man, actual restaurant resraurants, non chain / non franchise… are just… largely not going to be a thing in a year or two, in the US, at this rate, outside of extreme high end places.
Margins aren’t there anymore, doesn’t matter how much owners gaslight servers, or anybody gaslights consumers… if you’re microwaving premade stuff… people can do that at home.
Yeesh what restaurants are you going to?
This really takes away from the rest of your point. The only restaurants I know that do this are of the chain variety.
A very large number of franchise/chain restaurants are literally just microwaving or reheating pre made ingredients or in some cases entire dishes.
https://substack.perfectunion.us/p/the-hidden-reason-why-restaurants
What restaurants do I go to?
Oh I’m fucking poor, and I act like it, so none, beyond maybe once a month, a local, non chain, american style diner or mexican place.
But what most people go to, or DoorDash/UberEats/etc., most often, in the US, is some kind of chain restaurant/fast food place.
Oh I probably misread your point… you’re trying to say they’ll be ok because that’s all they’re doing + economies of scale, and they can keep costs down.
Yeah… yeah.
Yes, you’ve got it now.
The chains will continue to exist, mostly, even though a lot of ‘underperforming’ locations are gonna get axed.
Real restaurants? Either gonna have to be actually run by basically business savants, which is … extremely uncommon… or maybe have a very substantial amount of local community support… or, they’re basically gonna have to be or become luxury restaurants.