Sign of the times: Restaurants going bankrupt

re: Sign of the times: Restaurants going bankrupt

txtrucker — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:07:00 GMT

to MR STEELE....Your Comment that some days My Daughter has to Pay to go to WORK.....don't you Know she should get a Different Job? But as long as She is Willing to Pay to Go to Work, Her Boss will Certainly ALLOW HER TO....as Long as she will do it, YOU need to EDUCATE YOUR DAUGHTER Sir.

re: Sign of the times: Restaurants going bankrupt

txtrucker — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:48:11 GMT

I agree with ed19446, This COuntry is GOin to Hell in a Hand BAsket and AMERICANS are going to sit Back and watch it Happen, SO SAD.But if they do I suppose they will Deserve it for being so Lazy.

re: Sign of the times: Restaurants going bankrupt

steve h — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:15:52 GMT

in my town,hampton,va.bennigans and steak n ale were torn down to make way for the new mall,city village center.bennigans was great back when it first opened but went down hill over the years.steak and ale was always great for me.

re: Sign of the times: Restaurants going bankrupt

travis — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:29:33 GMT

Yes we know all of those suck....if you want good food and good service and your from minnesota, timberlodge steakhouse is the best value around.

re: Sign of the times: Restaurants going bankrupt

joe1999 — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:47:27 GMT

Who gives a flying.....I went there one time and the food was awful at best. All of the loud, grape drink guzzling patron's I saw there seemed to enjoy it though...

re: Sign of the times: Restaurants going bankrupt

Screw Em — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:29:26 GMT

Oh for Gods sake!!!! The only good thing Bennigans had was the Monte Cristo and lets face it America is getting fat so I think they did us a favor. Why do we need so much processed food? WE DONT

re: Sign of the times: Restaurants going bankrupt

dbcouver — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:50:23 GMT

Restaurants that have opened up in the last 5 years in the greater Portland OR area are probably vulnerable. It seems like anyone with a business plan and some initiative could get a business loan. The problem is you need more than any business plan. Atmosphere and culinary arts have little to do with restaurant suuccess. Just because a guy with a fake college degree in business can hook up with a chef with a fake degree in culinary arts and a fake degree in marketing can convince a loan officer with a fake degree in financing to loan them money from a n institution that has fake stability, restaurants were born. I was in the restaurant business for 30 years. It's too tough for me to risk my families future in, so now I'm out and I do miss it. It takes 3 things to make a go of it in restaurants and always has. Value, location and sound business practice. This means making the tough decisionslike NOT keeping all your staff levels up when things are slow. It's a matter of survival. Find creative ways to help them when hours are hard to come by, do whatever, but if your costs do not follow your gross downward, in the restaurant industry you will eventually fail. How long it takes depends on how much you are willing to lose.

re: Sign of the times: Restaurants going bankrupt

Joe Scamporino — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:57:15 GMT

Want to know the real reason why all this financial trouble exist with business?

email: Josephscamporino@hotmail.com

re: Sign of the times: Restaurants going bankrupt

Diana — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:44:46 GMT

Oddly enough, all of the restaurants in my area have robust business in the past few months. It's getting ridiculous trying to get in for breakfast or dinner lately. There was a period when people were staying home, but in the past month or so, the restaurants are thriving. One opened recently, and I thought.. "uh oh, bad idea." Well, you can't get near that place at dinner time.. So perhaps corporate chains are going out of business because they aren't bringing in the profits to the shareholders, but around here... the locals and the regional restaurant chains are doing great. The smart businesses know that bailing out and cutting your workforce because your PROFITS drop, is suicide. Instead, the smaller chains and single businesses are willing to operate with less profit, while keeping their biz model and staff intact, and just ride things out.

Be very observant when you read about layoffs lately. They are cutting back to save profit. You know, profit.. the thing that you hope to have after paying all the bills and salaries and taxes.

re: Sign of the times: Restaurants going bankrupt

effie hampton — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:53:49 GMT

Some Bennigan,s are better than others. When they first opened the food and the service was good as they got older the food were not so good, They are also too expensive for the quality of the food that they serve. The last time I went to Bennigan,s the food was awful. Good Bye and Good Luck