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Millennials Are Killing Chains Like Buffalo Wild Wings and Applebee's

posted by n1 on Tuesday June 06 2017, @02:32AM   Printer-friendly
from the employees-can't-afford-to-be-customers dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

Casual dining is in danger — and millennials are to blame. 

Brands such as TGI Fridays, Ruby Tuesday, and Applebee's have faced sales slumps and dozens of restaurant closures, as casual dining chains have struggled to attract customers and grow sales.

"Casual-dining restaurants face a uniquely challenging market today," Buffalo Wild Wings CEO Sally Smith recently wrote in a letter to shareholders.

According to Smith, these sit-down restaurants' struggles can blamed on the most-frequently besmirched generation: millennials.

"Millennial consumers are more attracted than their elders to cooking at home, ordering delivery from restaurants and eating quickly, in fast-casual or quick-serve restaurants," Smith wrote.

Millenials are too focused on food ordering apps and healthy cuisine.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 06 2017, @03:22AM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 06 2017, @03:22AM (#521141)

    Read what I wrote; by my definition, what you wrote is not an example of capitalism.

  • (Score: 1, Troll) by maxwell demon on Tuesday June 06 2017, @07:58AM (3 children)

    by maxwell demon (1608) on Tuesday June 06 2017, @07:58AM (#521223) Journal

    So you think you are free to redefine words as you see fit? Communication is possible because words have generally agreed-upon meanings. Terminology matters.

    Otherwise I'll redefine "what" as "how" and "to write" as "to be a complete idiot", and therefore interpret

    Read what I wrote

    as "Read how I am a complete idiot" ;-)

    --
    The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 06 2017, @12:48PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 06 2017, @12:48PM (#521284)

      That's why you should learn the other guy's definition of "capitalism"; it's the only in this entire thread is even remotely coherent.

      • (Score: 1) by khallow on Wednesday June 07 2017, @04:28AM

        by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday June 07 2017, @04:28AM (#521758) Journal

        That's why you should learn the other guy's definition of "capitalism"; it's the only in this entire thread is even remotely coherent.

        Not any point. This rapidly devolves into the argument from semantics fallacy:

        1) Define capitalism with some ridiculous negative connotation unrelated to the real world concept.
        2) Assert that the US is capitalist under your pet definition just because it's considered capitalist via the real world concept.
        3) Be another idiot on the internet. We clearly don't have enough of them!

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 06 2017, @07:17PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 06 2017, @07:17PM (#521504)

      So you think you are free to redefine words as you see fit?

      Obviously (no rebuttal required) khallow posting as AC! It is his favorite ploy.