They got new board members, and to these people a steady profit is BAD. You have to keep making MORE money. So they restructure, bleed the place dry to keep making more, then it goes out of business.
MBAs ruin most things that some Board of Directors entrusts them with. Both are all about stock dividends and care little about the long term health of the company.
ugh. I'd hate to see the makeover, but I'm with you - if the keep the food and quality up, fine.
However, this looks like they are heading down the Bob Evans road. I loved Bob Evans back when Mr. Evans himself was still alive, but things really went downhill after he passed. They completely overhauled their menu and its way subpar to what it used to be. I rarely eat at a Bob Evans any more.
Didn't know that Cracker Barrel had added alcohol to the menu. How soon do you think it will be before Waffle House does the same? I mean, everyone knows to avoid WH when the bars close at night and to wait until they hose off the parking lot in the morning...I just want a warning if they start selling booze. Might want to upgrade my .38 snubbie to a fill-size hi-cap 9mm. No worries though. I think they cross-train the WH fry cooks and waitresses as bouncers. Out of concern for my A1C, I only do WH 2 times a year now. Ditto for CB.
While the food and service was always dependable at Cracker Barrel the biggest draw for me was to take my daughters and grandchildren there. It would always delight me to see them get big-eyed in snacks & trinkets area. It was kind of like a mini-trip to Disneyland but without the entry fee, long lines and hot asphalt to stand on. On those rare occasions (now) when the wife and I go there, it triggers fond memories. If they mess with that, I'll sate my unhealthy hungers at Waffle House instead. I took my visiting 17 year old grandaughter to Waffle House for her first time and she loved it. Bought her a WH coffee mug, which she treasures. She was a part-time waitress/greeter in a Cracker Barrel in Nebraska at the time. Plenty of fish in the sea if CB goes woke-ish.
I wish we had more options in WV. For family style sit-down, the only other option we have in Bob Evans. No Waffle Houses anywhere near where we live. I so badly WISH there was a Waffle house here!
I am not knocking WV...my ancestors came from Appalachia, having immigrated in the late 1700's. Maybe you don't have any Waffle Houses in WV because all the skilled workers migrated elsewhere to take lucrative WH employment. Sans a GED it's an easier entry level move than learning to code to work in Silicon Valley. My parents were second generation Okies, twice removed from Appalachia, and I was a high school drop out. WH wasn't hiring in New Orleans in 1965 and, anyway, mom wouldn't let me get a qualifying tattoo, so I joined the Navy. Bob Evans sounds good. My kin are Evans'. My eldest uncle was Evan Evan Evans. My cousin was Evan Evan Evans, Jr. I got stuck with the middle name "Clinton". Had I been a bastard, I'd have been Dale Evans. Whew, dodged that bullet. ☺
Nah, I knew you weren't knocking it :) I love my home state and these mountains, but WV ain't perfect by a long shot, and a lot of the problems we have here are of our own making from the government right on down.
One of our chief exports is our youth, I'm afraid, and has been for decades. The young folks flow out looking for jobs and the old folks are flowing in after retirement. It's been that way since the 60s at least.
If you want a job around here its either fast food/retail, medical of some sort, or trucking. A lot of people also shoot for working for the Greenbrier Resort but really, I've looked at what they pay and its peanuts really.
Now adays, being Dale Evans wouldn't be so bad! Only hard core old time western fans would even know to think twice! ;) Roy Rogers was a great man.....lol
They got new board members, and to these people a steady profit is BAD. You have to keep making MORE money. So they restructure, bleed the place dry to keep making more, then it goes out of business.
I give 'em three years.
MBAs ruin most things that some Board of Directors entrusts them with. Both are all about stock dividends and care little about the long term health of the company.
If I want to go to Applebees, I'll go to Applebees, not its country cousin.
ugh. I'd hate to see the makeover, but I'm with you - if the keep the food and quality up, fine.
However, this looks like they are heading down the Bob Evans road. I loved Bob Evans back when Mr. Evans himself was still alive, but things really went downhill after he passed. They completely overhauled their menu and its way subpar to what it used to be. I rarely eat at a Bob Evans any more.
Didn't know that Cracker Barrel had added alcohol to the menu. How soon do you think it will be before Waffle House does the same? I mean, everyone knows to avoid WH when the bars close at night and to wait until they hose off the parking lot in the morning...I just want a warning if they start selling booze. Might want to upgrade my .38 snubbie to a fill-size hi-cap 9mm. No worries though. I think they cross-train the WH fry cooks and waitresses as bouncers. Out of concern for my A1C, I only do WH 2 times a year now. Ditto for CB.
While the food and service was always dependable at Cracker Barrel the biggest draw for me was to take my daughters and grandchildren there. It would always delight me to see them get big-eyed in snacks & trinkets area. It was kind of like a mini-trip to Disneyland but without the entry fee, long lines and hot asphalt to stand on. On those rare occasions (now) when the wife and I go there, it triggers fond memories. If they mess with that, I'll sate my unhealthy hungers at Waffle House instead. I took my visiting 17 year old grandaughter to Waffle House for her first time and she loved it. Bought her a WH coffee mug, which she treasures. She was a part-time waitress/greeter in a Cracker Barrel in Nebraska at the time. Plenty of fish in the sea if CB goes woke-ish.
I wish we had more options in WV. For family style sit-down, the only other option we have in Bob Evans. No Waffle Houses anywhere near where we live. I so badly WISH there was a Waffle house here!
I am not knocking WV...my ancestors came from Appalachia, having immigrated in the late 1700's. Maybe you don't have any Waffle Houses in WV because all the skilled workers migrated elsewhere to take lucrative WH employment. Sans a GED it's an easier entry level move than learning to code to work in Silicon Valley. My parents were second generation Okies, twice removed from Appalachia, and I was a high school drop out. WH wasn't hiring in New Orleans in 1965 and, anyway, mom wouldn't let me get a qualifying tattoo, so I joined the Navy. Bob Evans sounds good. My kin are Evans'. My eldest uncle was Evan Evan Evans. My cousin was Evan Evan Evans, Jr. I got stuck with the middle name "Clinton". Had I been a bastard, I'd have been Dale Evans. Whew, dodged that bullet. ☺
Useful info:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffle_House_Index
Nah, I knew you weren't knocking it :) I love my home state and these mountains, but WV ain't perfect by a long shot, and a lot of the problems we have here are of our own making from the government right on down.
One of our chief exports is our youth, I'm afraid, and has been for decades. The young folks flow out looking for jobs and the old folks are flowing in after retirement. It's been that way since the 60s at least.
If you want a job around here its either fast food/retail, medical of some sort, or trucking. A lot of people also shoot for working for the Greenbrier Resort but really, I've looked at what they pay and its peanuts really.
Now adays, being Dale Evans wouldn't be so bad! Only hard core old time western fans would even know to think twice! ;) Roy Rogers was a great man.....lol