NYS keep hiking the minimum wage.
Wonder how many BKs will close as a result in NYS..
More likely, the franchisees fear for their lives in districts with woke governments and reduced police presence.
We have 3 restaurants in town and 1 is a BK. It is best known for really poor service.
When I’m on the run, I sometimes eat fast food. Most of the time, I look at what I got in the bag and compare it to wht I just paid and feel cheated. The few places I like are Bojangles (Chicken sand) and Wawa.
Customers are uncomfortable eating burgers handled by woke freaks and ferals who would on their food.
I haven’t eaten at Burger King for probably 30 years. I’m always amazed they’re still in business…
They should double-down on charbroiled burgers. Tasty. imo.
They went woke with their LGBT packaging on their products. 40 years ago I had some loyalty to them but when I moved the service was mostly affirmative action types and the service was horrendous so I’ve quit going there and prefer Hardee’s for a burger joint. I think the start of the downhill slide of the company was the embrasure of the LGBTQRS community.
I liked BK back in the ‘90’s. I stopped in one recently and got a burger. It was like eating a shoe.
I hate to say it, but the Whopper went from a delicious, enjoyable burger to ...hate to say it...garbage sandwich from he!!.
I’ll eat Brussel sprouts before I purchase a sandwich from Burger King.
They should just crawl away.
I am not surprised.
Location, location, location.
The three Burger King locations within my general travels in my homw area are all in locations likely to get the least traffic, meaning you really have to want a Burger King meal to go where you’ll be able to get one. Most fast food shopping is not simply getting something you want, but also because it’s convenient. And if a Burger King is not among the most convenient and other fast food competitors are, then others are likely to get the fast food business.
On the other side of this issue every single one of the McDondalds locations in our area is in a convenient and high traffic area.
Maybe too many Burger King franchises have locations chosen because the land was cheaper than other possible locations in the area. And maybe the land was cheaper because it was a less desireable area for a fast food restaurant to be.
I hope one of these franchisees is Tom’s King. They are the absolute worst…. The fact they are the largest franchisee shows you just how little BK corporate cares about their product or service.
Every time I have a horrible experience at a BK it never fails it’s a Tom’s King location.
Because it’s not fast food anymore. You wait forever and you can get better food at a sub shop for less.
“In 2020, it lost its second-place spot to Wendy’s.”
We lost our main Burger King on Fast Food Row awhile ago. I then discovered that Wendy’s has better burgers. Once you get over them being SQUARE, (as Tony would say) they taste GREAT!
I think it's finding motivated people that is willing to do the work.
Back in the day High Schoolers and college students would work at fast food restaurants after school for extra money, and you would get some very bright individuals who were just working for extra money but didn't expect to make a career out of it.
These days it seems the only pool of workers that fast food restaurants pull from is the local probation office.
I know people who won’t eat there, viewing the chain as woke. Is this common? Are they woke?
Between illegal politician-mandated minimum wage increases, a shortage of viable employees, and a shortage of customers due to remote work, these franchises cannot compete in their current locations.
Well one reason I am slightly sympathetic is they are the only franchise who has not diminished the size of their meat patties. They are close to 20 years ago. Wendy’s, by far, is the #1 disappointment in that department...
When you got that many problems, management needs a mirror.