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[TerryP]

...from the 1950s, before the company turned into the a video game giant

 

[rick4bama]

 

[rick4bama]

Look what I found in my back yard this morning! Wife told me she was taking out an empty Dollar General bag and the wind took it out of her hand. It landed in our backyard.

 

[Sid Youngleman]

The closest thing I ever got to Cuban readiness was a medianoche.

Since I wouldn't be risking PTSD, one of these days I've got to try one of those Cuban sandwiches that Publix is always pushing.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

Since I wouldn't be risking PTSD, one of these days I've got to try one of those Cuban sandwiches that Publix is always pushing.

They're not bad. I'd say they're a cheap imitation, but since it's Publix it's a market rate imitation.

 

[rick4bama]

 

[TerryP]

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As stupid as (yet another) this story has become ... once again, a stupid story has my attention and a question.

Did anyone, I mean anyone, that understood the goal here not suggest something different?

I mean..it's evident they are rebranding. They are losing the "old white man" image.

Did anyone even think, "let's maybe start with 'Cracker'?" (I guess that would draw too much attention to race when this is about race.)

 

[rick4bama]

As stupid as (yet another) this story has become ... once again, a stupid story has my attention and a question.

Did anyone, I mean anyone, that understood the goal here not suggest something different?

I mean..it's evident they are rebranding. They are losing the "old white man" image.

Did anyone even think, "let's maybe start with 'Cracker'?" (I guess that would draw too much attention to race when this is about race.)

You know I was making a joke.

But I don't have a dog in this fight.

Cracker Barrel stock dips after rebranding backlash.

Despite the chain's excitement in its announcement, many were disappointed, and even outraged, by the change. Customers were so upset, in fact, that the chain saw an almost $10 drop in stock value over the course of one day.

 

[TerryP]

You know I was making a joke.

But I don't have a dog in this fight.

Cracker Barrel stock dips after rebranding backlash.

Despite the chain's excitement in its announcement, many were disappointed, and even outraged, by the change. Customers were so upset, in fact, that the chain saw an almost $10 drop in stock value over the course of one day.

I don't eat there. I do watch the news and have a problem when it comes to following stupid stories getting WAY too much attention.

I never like Cracker Barrel because of their design / decor. I don't like eating in cafeteria type settings where I can see everyone else: not my thing.

I think it was in The Handmaiden's Tale where the author described the dystopian background in greyscale: every thing was as close to mono-tone as it could be...'bout the same thing now. McDonalds has gone that route with their newest designs.

 

[RTB X Bot]

 

[rick4bama]

 

[sean]

I don't even know where a Pizza Hut dine-in restaurant still exists. All of the ones around here are delivery/carry-out only. And they look nothing like the one in the picture. They're all in shopping centers or strip malls.

And I don't know the reasoning behind their remaking/rebranding/whatever bullshit, either. I guess they want to modernize. But when the service and the food quality go down, too, it's just as losing situation all the way around.

 

[Brandon Van de Graaff]

That Pizza Hut buffet fed me through college, I'll give them that.

 

[Sid Youngleman]

Customers were so upset, in fact, that the chain saw an almost $10 drop in stock value over the course of one day.

Sounds like a solution.

 

[TerryP]

And I don't know the reasoning behind their remaking/rebranding/whatever bullshit, either. I guess they want to modernize. But when the service and the food quality go down, too, it's just as losing situation all the way around.

In my opinion, the buffet killed them. Their locations were down to three or four employees, often with several having over blown salaries, combined with four times the amount of sq ft they needed. It was ideal with several people waiting tables and serving whole pies.

The buffet option killed half their staff and the concept.

'twas pretty good with a cold pitcher.

 

[24and7]

 

[sean]

In my opinion, the buffet killed them. Their locations were down to three or four employees, often with several having over blown salaries, combined with four times the amount of sq ft they needed. It was ideal with several people waiting tables and serving whole pies.

The buffet option killed half their staff and the concept.

'twas pretty good with a cold pitcher.

I worked at a Pizza Hut dine-in restaurant back in the 90s as an assistant manager. We all hated the buffet. We always had people asking if we could put out certain pizzas on the buffet. Like they wanted their favorite pizza, not what was out there. But we had a pretty strict rule to follow regarding the buffet. And they'd always get pissed when we wouldn't do it. And it was inevitable that at least once a week, someone would order a pizza (not the buffet), but then want to pay the buffet price. The buffet was (I think) ~$4.00 back then. But buying a whole pizza was about double that or more. So yeah, they'd get all pissy when they'd get charged full price for a whole pizza, but wanted the buffet price on a normal pizza. And their reasoning was kind of dumb. They didn't want to eat the pizzas that's been sitting on the buffet all day (which they never were at our location, we always had a huge buffet crowd so the pizzas went quick), so they'd order a whole pizza themselves. And even though it was the same type that would be on the buffet, that didn't matter. If you order from the non-buffet menu, then you get non-buffet menu prices.

But I will say that we always had a good staff on hand M-F during buffet hours
1 Manager
1 Assistant manager
2 Shift runners (don't really know the role of these 2, they mainly ran the registers so management could do other stuff)
4 servers (1 handled the buffet, like putting out the pizzas, salad stuff, pastas; and the other 3 handled the rest of the floor)
2 cooks (1 cook was mainly responsible for making the buffet pizzas and the other was for making non-buffet orders)

The best thing about the buffet, to me, was the pastas. Well, mainly just the Cavatini. If I worked the closing shift, I always made myself one. Plus I could put in whatever meats and veggies I wanted.

I also liked working there because we had the jukebox and the video game. And at closing, we'd turn up the volume on the music and let it blast until we were done. And a couple times we forgot to turn the volume back down. So the next day when someone put money in to play a song, it'd start blaring loud as hell and scare the shit out of everybody. I got a few chuckles out of that one.

 

[24and7]

I worked at a Pizza Hut dine-in restaurant back in the 90s as an assistant manager. We all hated the buffet. We always had people asking if we could put out certain pizzas on the buffet. Like they wanted their favorite pizza, not what was out there. But we had a pretty strict rule to follow regarding the buffet. And they'd always get pissed when we wouldn't do it. And it was inevitable that at least once a week, someone would order a pizza (not the buffet), but then want to pay the buffet price. The buffet was (I think) ~$4.00 back then. But buying a whole pizza was about double that or more. So yeah, they'd get all pissy when they'd get charged full price for a whole pizza, but wanted the buffet price on a normal pizza. And their reasoning was kind of dumb. They didn't want to eat the pizzas that's been sitting on the buffet all day (which they never were at our location, we always had a huge buffet crowd so the pizzas went quick), so they'd order a whole pizza themselves. And even though it was the same type that would be on the buffet, that didn't matter. If you order from the non-buffet menu, then you get non-buffet menu prices.

But I will say that we always had a good staff on hand M-F during buffet hours
1 Manager
1 Assistant manager
2 Shift runners (don't really know the role of these 2, they mainly ran the registers so management could do other stuff)
4 servers (1 handled the buffet, like putting out the pizzas, salad stuff, pastas; and the other 3 handled the rest of the floor)
2 cooks (1 cook was mainly responsible for making the buffet pizzas and the other was for making non-buffet orders)

The best thing about the buffet, to me, was the pastas. Well, mainly just the Cavatini. If I worked the closing shift, I always made myself one. Plus I could put in whatever meats and veggies I wanted.

I also liked working there because we had the jukebox and the video game. And at closing, we'd turn up the volume on the music and let it blast until we were done. And a couple times we forgot to turn the volume back down. So the next day when someone put money in to play a song, it'd start blaring loud as hell and scare the shit out of everybody. I got a few chuckles out of that one.

I remember Godfathers and Pizza Inn when I went to South Carolina as a child.. both no longer exist..

 

[TerryP]

I remember Godfathers and Pizza Inn when I went to South Carolina as a child.. both no longer exist..

Still do unless they've closed recently: MB and Orangeburg. I've been to the one at the beach. It's not stand alone; in an old strip center in an older part of town.

 

[24and7]

Still do unless they've closed recently: MB and Orangeburg.

Dang.. I have not seen either in years.. Always loved Pizza inn and Godfathers, in Florence, but that was 20 years ago since I've been...