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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.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 06 2017, @04:00AM (2 children)
If the internal of KFC stores were completely gold colored, and I mean EVERYTHING, then I'd probably visit them once this year to see what it's like.
(Score: 3, Funny) by realDonaldTrump on Tuesday June 06 2017, @05:21AM (1 child)
Thank you, no. Not completely gold. The parts that are white now will be gold, and the parts that are red now will be mahogany. Don't get me wrong, white is a great color -- it's my favorite color, believe me -- but gold and mahogany. Fake gold, except the breading. The breading of the chicken will be real gold. And getting rid of Colonel Sanders. Don't get me wrong, Sanders is a great guy. Did great in the primaries. But he got schlonged by Crooked Hillary. Great guy and I have a lot in common with him. My ratings are better, of course. Mine are the best. But going to take his face off the signs, off the buckets. Put my face there. And my name. Well, part of my name: just TRUMP. In big, gold letters. Nothing fancy, nothing complicated. Same for the flag, my American flag. Gonna have gold stripes, my face in gold and my name in gold. TRUMP. Not sure about the mahogany for that. My staff are working on it. But definitely going to spiff up the flag. And maybe, just maybe, buy KFC. Not promising, on the KFC. Just something I'm thinking of doing. Have to negotiate it. I'm the best at negotiation, at making deals. You wouldn't believe how many deals I've been making as your President! And during my campaign. Some really great deals there. But KFC, it's failing. Like Eastern Airlines was failing. But I took over their routes, took over some of their routes. And my airline was terrific. It really took off. Get it? It took off. And I can do the same for KFC. Make it great, like I'm making America great. I said I would make America great again, but I was being modest. The truth is, I'm making America great in brand new ways. Just look at your stock portfolio. Amazing! When I made my announcement about the Paris accords, BOOM! Your stocks went THROUGH THE ROOF! Because Paris was killing our economy. Let me tell you, AT&T, Verizon, Comcast, CoreCivic, Geo Group, Northrop Grumman and General Dynamics are going to do very well, without Paris hanging over their heads. Word to the wise, buy and hold those four stocks. Buy now and hold until January 2025. After that, you're on your own, folks. Let me tell you, climate change is real and it's a big problem. Huge problem. I wrote a letter to the New York Times, paid them to print my letter, a full page letter. Before they started failing. Funny how the NYT went down the toilet once Obama got in, isn't it? In 2009 I wrote them a letter. Saying that climate change is a big, big problem. And that President Obama should do something. But he didn't. I mean, he did the Paris thing. The Paris accord. Which is totally, totally ineffective. I mean, it's worse than that. It's ruining our industry. It's been ruining our industry. But I took us out of Paris. Because I'm the President of Harrisburg, not Hamburg. Don't get me wrong, hamburgers are great. Very American. But I like KFC. And when I buy KFC, I'm going to make it the first fried chicken restaurant that lets in Jews. I love the Jews, great, great people, the best. Well, one of the best. I mean, they think they're the best, but really, they're one of the best. And African Americans, I'll let my African Americans in too. Not just let them in, I'll let them eat too. Right in the restaurant. Can you imagine? A fried chicken restaurant where my African Americans can eat! Amazing! Fried chicken with a real gold crust. They've been waiting for it, maybe they made it at home. But some restaurants, frankly, they're racist. Won't let in my people, my African Americans. But I'm going to turn KFC into the restaurant where all Americans -- almost all -- can eat. Jews too. Jews and Americans. And maybe I'll get alcohol licenses so they can serve beer and wine. Or just wine. Because I always, always put the American people first. And the American people, first of all and always, love award-winning Trump Winery products. Available at Wegmans throughout Virginia and online at www.trumpwinery.com. #TrumpVineyardEstates
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 06 2017, @03:22PM
You going to need to start ending these with "dictated but not read". There is no way Trump read, let alone write, that much.