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: 2) by LoRdTAW on Tuesday June 06 2017, @12:49PM (2 children)
Not enough meat on them bones.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday June 06 2017, @10:01PM (1 child)
"Hot" from me is not the same as "hot" from a NY fashion designer. From one of the greatest sages of my generation:
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Tuesday June 06 2017, @11:54PM
Very true.