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

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: 2) by Thexalon on Tuesday June 06 2017, @05:16PM (6 children)

    by Thexalon (636) on Tuesday June 06 2017, @05:16PM (#521442)

    I think it's important to note here that both the USSR and the Chinese Communists arose not from revolts against capitalism, but from revolts against feudalism, and that was probably a major factor in how they ended up. If you want an example of a successful revolt against capitalism, you have to look at Cuba: They still have a lot of problems, of course, but they also have a level of literacy and life expectancy that is far better than they had under Batista.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 06 2017, @07:31PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 06 2017, @07:31PM (#521512)

    It's the year 2017. The capitalists of the world have poured tons of resources into figuring out the best ways to care for people's health, to extend their life expectancies, and to teach people to read.

    You know who else has seen improvements in literacy and life expectancy? JUST ABOUT EVERYONE ELSE ON THE PLANET.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 07 2017, @01:59AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 07 2017, @01:59AM (#521702)

    but they also have a level of literacy and life expectancy that is far better than they had under Batista.

    As long as you take the word of their Dictator for Life, who just happened to be the brother of the last Dictator for Life. They would never lie or anything.

    • (Score: 2) by Thexalon on Thursday June 15 2017, @06:02PM

      by Thexalon (636) on Thursday June 15 2017, @06:02PM (#526115)

      Or take the word of the World Health Organization, or the CIA World Factbook, or several other international organizations, plus in my case the direct experience of talking to Cubans who were able to travel to the US and Americans who were able to go to Cuba as part of a religious exchange program. The claim that those improvements were all made up mostly come from the people who were doing well under the Batista government.

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  • (Score: 2) by cubancigar11 on Wednesday June 07 2017, @06:38AM (2 children)

    by cubancigar11 (330) on Wednesday June 07 2017, @06:38AM (#521780) Homepage Journal

    Yes but that improvement in life is (a) funded by selling oil in international market and is not internal and (b) there was always going to be some improvement after a dictatorship. In reality, western Europe today stands closer to the Marxist vision than any other place on earth, but even they are mostly funded by international trade, with no short parts of arms-trade. Personally, more I read about European industry, more I realize that their high-tech manufacturing is all based on military superiority.

    Lastly, Cuba, and even European countries like Germany and France, are very small countries which are simply easier to pivot and manage when compared to USSR or China or India or Brazil or USA.

    • (Score: 2) by Thexalon on Wednesday June 07 2017, @02:36PM (1 child)

      by Thexalon (636) on Wednesday June 07 2017, @02:36PM (#521916)

      Yes but that improvement in life is (a) funded by selling oil in international market and is not internal

      Err, what? Cuba is an importer of oil, not an exporter, and its major export has always been sugar. I think you're thinking of Venezuela, which is in a very different situation than Cuba.

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