-85 employees per location, 50 locations closed is about 4250 people that lost their job. FJB

@CD-vb9fi

28 күн бұрын

But it's a strong economy.... they can all find Blue Lobster jobs tomorrow!

@tukek88

28 күн бұрын

@@CD-vb9fi Blue Waffle?

@mikecolorado6073

28 күн бұрын

@@tukek88 At least the Corporation got to get all that Mother's Day Revenue before they dumped the regular people off in the gutter

@nitrohanktoursamerica5047

28 күн бұрын

That seems a little high.

@unitedwestanddividedwefall3521

28 күн бұрын

I don’t believe one location has 85 employees. My local RL that I went to about a year had maybe little over a dozen employees.

Red Lobster is in a bad situation. Rich people won't eat there because it's practically McDonalds to them, and middle class people who used to eat there can no longer afford it.

@robryder1568

28 күн бұрын

Their food is excellent and reasonably priced.

@xcen1

28 күн бұрын

I don't think so. I haven't eaten there for 10 yrs ​@@robryder1568

@goldenhate6649

28 күн бұрын

@@robryder1568 Honestly, always been out of price for middle class where I live. Though the upper middle class will go there. Food ain't bad, but it isn't thaaat good

@skuddingomcwinters6119

28 күн бұрын

@@robryder1568I wouldn’t call it excellent or reasonably priced. Are you a red lobster shill? I worked there for years as a sever and I wouldn’t use those words to describe it. Hence why they are closing 50 locations. It’s bad and overpriced.

@theghostofmaximumvolume3414

28 күн бұрын

Rich people won't eat there because the food is better in most seafood restaurants anywhere in America. All you have to do is go to the wealthy part of town to find the alternative to Red Lobster.

Don't forget if you voted for Biden you did This!

@andrewcarlson2178

27 күн бұрын

About 35% of them think the economy is fine, according to polls

@williamhunt8313

27 күн бұрын

I don't think it's going to get better under Trump. This is a long time coming under multiple administrations of both parties. I hope I'm wrong, and I'm not defending Biden policies.

@NYPATRIOTBX

27 күн бұрын

@@williamhunt8313I can’t argue with that, but under Trump this sort of acceleration was stifled.

@joeyc1725

27 күн бұрын

It'll get better under trump. ​@@williamhunt8313

@K131399

27 күн бұрын

Dead pets and thombstones feel no guilt.

As a self employed plumber. The only calls I get are wealthy old people or contractors. No families or young people. The economy sucks

@superjlk_9538

28 күн бұрын

They’d rather do it themselves. They can afford the time for home repair but not the money

@EverguardVPN

28 күн бұрын

KZread also makes it easy for anyone with a brain, can watch a video and learn to fix it.

@HKGunPlay

28 күн бұрын

@@EverguardVPN yea I get a lot of calls fixing home owners repairs though. I agree as long as you get the right video and actually have common sense go for it but not all people have these skills. The stuff I have seen is wild. The key to plumbing is having the right tools for the job. Having years of experience is great when it comes to knowing what parts and supplies are the best quality.

@squidly1117

28 күн бұрын

But Home Depot is packed on the weekend. People can't afford Plumbers.

@aminamoore5660

28 күн бұрын

As a tile contractor I have seen the same pattern.... work is definitely slowing down..... Idk how much longer we can run our small business. I'm pretty close to go into another profession.... it sucks cuz I do beautiful work.

The Media- "Bidenomics is working." Also the Media-"Red Lobster closes 50 locations Country wide." Again also the Media-"Its Trump's fault."

@mike7652

28 күн бұрын

Also the media as well: "...and why that's actually good!"

@angryhermit4291

28 күн бұрын

They're only gonna be able to blame trump for so long

@CD-vb9fi

28 күн бұрын

Well... it is Trumps fault... but more the fault of Congress... who got together and decided to approve of "shutdowns" and stimulus spending which can only come from the pockets of our children's futures. Trump agreed to the shutdowns and stimulus as well. He is no better.... just not AS blame worthy as Biden who has been part of this problem for decades.

@DarkMatterX1

28 күн бұрын

​@@mike7652 Beat me to it "The dollar is collapsing and people are peddliing their daughters out for boiled eggs. Here's why that's a good thing."

@indepthmike5578

28 күн бұрын

Many people won't blame the pres though they'll just dismiss it as another business that failed due to mismanagement.

Get rid of most taxes, most regulation, most government and the country will flourish.

@AB-ez4rm

28 күн бұрын

But...but... how will the Dems be able to afford their bought and paid-for voter block?

@heathclark318

28 күн бұрын

Or just anything the uniparty pushed hand in hand

@Adv_A7

28 күн бұрын

I agree. The only 'Great Reset' we need is a reset in our government.

@IlmarBeekman

27 күн бұрын

This is 100% true but it goes against emotional appeals to socialist policy. Unfortunately over half of the country are simpletons that vote like animals based on emotion.

@pyrojkl

27 күн бұрын

amen, if the economy starts to break down. we should literally just cut off all this spending. if people think this will cause homeless and unable old people to be screwed then they dont know how the economy works

t's sad how difficult things have become in the present generation. I was wondering how to utilise some money I had. I used some of it for e-commerce business, but that sank. I'm thinking of how to use what's left to invest, but I don't really know which way to go.

@Nernst96

16 күн бұрын

I understand how you feel. It's a little bit difficult to navigate things these days. You don't wanna lose whatever is left. I may suggest that you find a financial advisor who could give you thorough advice on how to go if you want to go the investment route. Also, the fact your business failed doesn't mean you should give up.

@PatrickLloyd-

16 күн бұрын

That's right. I have tried many failed businesses and it's just a step further. Don't despair. But to add, if you do decide to use a financial advisor, it's best you use someone who understands your special needs and can work with you. I learnt this from experience before finally finding one I can stick with. Now I make six figures from my investments alone, and even more from my businesses.

@Mr-sweeny

16 күн бұрын

Thank you for the advice. When you say financial advisor, are you talking about hedge funds? And how do I get in touch with one?

@PatrickLloyd-

16 күн бұрын

'Amber Dawn Brummit' is the licensed advisor I use. Just research the name. You’d find necessary details to work with to set up an appointment.

@Mr-sweeny

16 күн бұрын

She looks to be well-educated and well-read. I ran an online search on her name and came across her website; thank you for sharing.

I own a business that has been around for 50 years and people are more broke than I've ever seen before.

@adamtrombino106

28 күн бұрын

I had an automotive repair shop for 11yrs. Last October I shut it down. Ultra low quality parts at high prices meant trying to cut labor costs to try and stay competitive. While a temporary stop gap, the part issues meant more warranties and dissatisfied customers, and that word of mouth hurts. I tried several different parts sources only to find out that said parts came from 1 or 2 manufacturers, basically re-boxed. Using dealer parts for say a brake job prices 1 out of the market. Add all of that up, coupled with soaring taxes and liability insurance, and that was it. My last customer had to use 4 different CC's to pay for her repairs. They were all maxed out.

@mikehunt1924

28 күн бұрын

More and more people seen OK with everything being garbage, that is until it breaks and they make it your fault for wanting everything to be Amazon or Walmart Chinesium.

@mrradman2986

27 күн бұрын

@@adamtrombino106 FJB, FBO!

@briankerr2628

27 күн бұрын

@@adamtrombino106you should keep trying. Most people can’t afford a new car so they’re going to keep theirs longer. I am debt free and in position to buy newer, but I would rather not have a car payment and just pay for repairs.

One of the first things people stop doing in an economic slowdown is to stop eating out.

@sirloin9348

28 күн бұрын

If more people would stop, we could actually see some change in the industry. When only some stop, prices go up and quality goes down to make up for it. I wonder what would happen if 75% of people stopped going out and cooked their own food

@Tier1Norseman

28 күн бұрын

It's an Economic Titanic...

@ChaptermasterPedroKantor-kv5yw

28 күн бұрын

And yet entitled women will continue to post videos shaming men that won't take them out to expensive restaurants on 1st dates.

@kennysdead500

28 күн бұрын

@@ChaptermasterPedroKantor-kv5yw I always wanted to take a girl ice skating and then go to Taco Bell, but Taco Bell has been trash since Faux Joe was installed lol

@skippypeanutbutter9136

27 күн бұрын

@@sirloin9348 grocery stores would raise their prices to capitalize on the new demand.

Media: why closing 50 Red lobsters is actually good for the company

@mikeslemonade

28 күн бұрын

Fact Check: Did Red Lobster close 50 stores? Mostly True.

@styracosaurusqvt4841

28 күн бұрын

They’d only say that with a woke Democrat in office, any Republican would be vilified.

@topicalstormofficial

25 күн бұрын

Red Lobster was racist against Indians.

After Trump is sworn in he should loudly say "Joe Biden, You're FIRED!" EPIC!

@russellh8702

25 күн бұрын

After the election…

The fact that people still are willing to vote for Grate depression Biden is unbelievable!

@claudiafahey1353

28 күн бұрын

Theyre probably already on the dole what do they care

@adamtrombino106

28 күн бұрын

So long as their wallets are in the black, they don't care. TDS is a thing to behold!

@cedg5634

28 күн бұрын

Hey! Leave Sleepy Joe alone, aside from the fact that businesses are closing left & right and people may have to soon finance groceries just to feed their families but according to him the economy is doing great.

@theplasmacollider6431

27 күн бұрын

The current narrative is that inflation is due to corporate greed, not government mishandling of the economy. Then they vote for more government regulations.

The Article: _"Meet the group preparing for a Soviet-style collapse of the economy"_ The Group in question: *_the people causing the economic collapse from the start_*

@DarkMatterX1

28 күн бұрын

Oy vey!

@Vicorcivius

28 күн бұрын

Weird Econutters Forum

It’s simple. Hardly anyone has the disposable income for eating out regularly, particularly when the restaurant’s costs have skyrocketed with food and labor costs.

@Darthdoodoo

28 күн бұрын

The quality has gone down immensely and the service is terrible and they want to charge more than ever. When it costs 50 buks to feed your family chicken nuggets and 60 to just get a few big steaks people don't want to spend the money on the terrible stuff anymore. We only put up with terrible shit food cuz it was cheap and fast now its more expensive and shit quality

@radagast7200

28 күн бұрын

The 5 dollar foot long is now a 6 dollar 6 inch... in like 3 years.

@Mav0585

28 күн бұрын

Going out is so damn expensive

@angryhermit4291

28 күн бұрын

Red lobster has always been for rich folks.

@ah5836

28 күн бұрын

10-15 years ago I would eat out 5-7 times each and every week, lunches, dinners. Family of 4 could have a good dinner for $50. Last time I ate out was for my mother's birthday and 4 of us just standard orders total was $200. Crazy. Today I only eat out maybe twice a month. I really do not know how people with significantly less income than I are handling anything in life right now...

I've worked in the same job for 37 years. I used to have money. I'm in southern Arizona, and have been living without AC since last September. I think I may finally have the cash to have it fixed. Whoo-hoo! Now my car went down. Boy do I love Bidenomics...

@picklerix6162

28 күн бұрын

Yeah, I have been fixing my car and HVAC for a long time now. I’m not about to pay a repair guy $300 to replace a run capacitor.

@indepthmike5578

28 күн бұрын

I try to hold out till mid june or a bit later till Install my window AC to save money so for awhile I just sleep on my blanket to stay cooler at night and rely on my air purifier that cleans and circulates the air plus I think the white noise from helps me sleep.

@outdoorfr3ak

28 күн бұрын

I'm three months behind on my car and can't get caught up cause I broke my hand.. this country is ruined as of now

@Doberman_6773

28 күн бұрын

@@indepthmike5578 "white noise" - racist.

@1RamTough

28 күн бұрын

I empathize with your situation, but clearly the pain hasn’t been severe enough yet for the average Arizonan, as your state is still projected to elect a democrat senator

How in the actual fucc have groceries only gone up "30%" if the prices have more than doubled while also getting smaller portions???

@grumpycat5991

28 күн бұрын

Package shrinkflation is not factored in to the calculations... The number as you observed for Cost/oz. has gone up by 50-100%

@cyborgar15

27 күн бұрын

Leftists told you so. Leftists will tell you what is facts and truth. They own you now..

@feldweible

24 күн бұрын

O'Bidenomics

They want more for themselves and less for you. -George Carlin

@ronclark9724

28 күн бұрын

The FAR LEFT, presently the Democrat Party, wants ALL of your money and ALL of your property... And then they will still want MORE... Reparations and/or economic equality guaranteed by the government, never mind being productive... They have forgotten all of those black slaves after the Civil War were freed, given free land from the plantation owners, and like millions of the poor European immigrants and other poor Americans, with the Homestead Act homesteaded on free land of some 160 acres, known in the Midwest with the one mile road grids as quarter sections. Reconstruction left Dixie with over a half century of economic depression...

@calebfielding6352

28 күн бұрын

the thing is that the more you get the more you can pay them, but they are control freaks and dont care.

@scorned5014

27 күн бұрын

It's a big club, and you ain't in it. Coincidentally, it's the same club they use to beat you over the head with...

You cant course correct when the leader of the country says there is no economic issues.

WhoTF wants to pay $100 for a bottom feeder and a baked potato?

@shawntraub7249

28 күн бұрын

Bottom feeder and baked potato sounds like two people out on a date.

@phildynerphotography5049

28 күн бұрын

@@shawntraub7249Sounds like POTUS and VP 😂

@heathclark318

28 күн бұрын

Don't talk down about sea roaches and rats

@peterroberts4415

27 күн бұрын

Mexican food tastes better and is cheaper

@uss-dh7909

27 күн бұрын

@@peterroberts4415 I know you're talking authentic mexican, but taco bell flushes out the great intestine like nothing else.

Growing up lower middle class with a single mom, my favorite birthday spot was red lobster. Went there every year. Now here I am 31, making more money than my mom was back in those days, cant afford a home, red lobster is too expensive to casually go out to and as an adult I'd rather save money than overindulge on food anyway, living in an apartment that's more than the mortgage payment on the house I grew up in.... Thanks Obama.

Luxury food places closing is definitely a sign of economic collapse. People can’t afford $60+ plates.

@DarkMatterX1

28 күн бұрын

The fact you think Red Lobster is luxury is outrageous. It's fish Applebees.

@MorganSullivan

28 күн бұрын

Luxury? That is not luxury... It might be luxury for you and me... But is really peasant-luxury..

@tbruce8187

28 күн бұрын

@@DarkMatterX1 Yes, but it's also expensive.

@Godfailedyoustophumpinghisleg

28 күн бұрын

​@@DarkMatterX1 Fapple bees?

@DekkarJr

28 күн бұрын

@@DarkMatterX1 LOL.

When The Cheese Cake Factory closes down I will really start to panic...

@SydneyBristow0788

28 күн бұрын

Just grab all the cheesecake you can and run!! I'm sure you can keep it in the freezer until you're ready to eat it. 😆🤣😂😅😊

@radagast7200

28 күн бұрын

It's happens slowly... and then all at once.

@MorganSullivan

28 күн бұрын

@@SydneyBristow0788 😂😂

@LauraBeeDannon

28 күн бұрын

What's a Cheesecake Factory?

@MorganSullivan

28 күн бұрын

@@radagast7200 yeah... Start with Red Lobster... Then is Chipotle and The Cheesecake Factory...

Been in the restaurant industry for 6 years. I have been applying at every restaurant in a 20 mile radius for two months and cant get a job anywhere. No ones going out to eat and restaurants are all losing money. The economy is so laughably over

@jgg204

27 күн бұрын

you are missing the fact that 4 yrs ago during covid when restaurants desperately needed workers, compared to today, biden has let in approximately 7 million illegal migrants into the interior of the united states (that we know about). what service industry do you think these people go to when they seek work? the restaurant industry. plenty of people are going out to eat, believe me. your job has just been given to illegals.

Restaurant prices in general are just getting ridiculous. We ate at Red Lobster a few weeks ago, for two adults and a toddler we had two plates of food and one appetizer with no alcoholic drinks. Base bill was $120ish after the tip $150 for lunch. The same meal 5 years ago was probably a $75 lunch.

@gridtac2911

27 күн бұрын

Fuck the tip... I'm not tipping anymore with these prices.

My neighbor across the street lost his job. This is just awful. I worried to death. I’m living SS check to SS check, and my son’s worried to death because his sawmill us mainly Guatemalans bussed in from somewhere, and everything’s in Spanish now. This happened in a period of days. He’s worried about loosing his job.

@michaelperry3694

28 күн бұрын

They need to be reported for hiring illegals

@sunnyromano6862

28 күн бұрын

You can't get a job in construction in Florida; all illegals they bus in (white unmarked) every day and drop off at the back of the construction site than they walk up, bus back at the end of the day. They say no citizens want these jobs but that is just untrue.

@adamtrombino106

28 күн бұрын

Since IL has taken in over 60k 'immigrants' in the last 2 yrs, unemployment has jumped to #3 in the nation. Sure, 1 can find p/t or seasonal work, but they have no benefits or health insurance. Quality jobs have long since vanished.

@skippypeanutbutter9136

27 күн бұрын

tech and engineering firms are massively outsourcing to india right now. My company has replaced 20-30 engineers with people in india. They opened an entire office, hired managers, and fly people out to train them. They're not replacing staff in the USA. The pay there is 1/3 what they pay here (and those engineers in india are WAY above average pay for their profession). meanwhile the company is saying raises will be 2-3% at most and we haven't had bonuses in 7 years

@joeyjojoshabadoo889

26 күн бұрын

The simplest explanation for why they are allowing the border to be porous and encouraging mass migration is to drive down wages. They are creating a new peasant class

"It's gonna get worse before it gets worse" -Risky Chrisky

@gilraybaker826

28 күн бұрын

---woe Joe

Bill Maher’s wish came true. With Biden. Bring on the Recession!

@GM6.7

28 күн бұрын

Sincerely a piece of shit person. Just because he hates Trump, he wants families and America to fall apart.

@FriedPi-mc5yt

28 күн бұрын

But it’s actually worse than a recession and it’s not going to get better. Not for a long time. The elites are robbing us and selling us out to get what they can, while they still can.

@dereksbooks

28 күн бұрын

They intentionally destroyed the economy to get rid of orange man in 2020. Now they're reaping what they have sown.

@yellowsuncat16

27 күн бұрын

It’s a Depression. 2.0!!!

I’m financially stable and I have been eating out more to try to keep supporting my local restaurants that I like. Been tipping more also. I feel bad for people, except the ones that voted for this ignorance.

People that have the money to spend on a nice dinner aren’t choosing Red Lobster. Chains and processed foods are terrible people are realizing it’s better to support local and fresh.

@tv321123

27 күн бұрын

Red lobster is middle class lunch/dinner out food. People with money for a 'nice dinner' went to Ruth Chris anyway.

My local red lobster shut down out of nowhere yesterday. People showed up and there was a padlock with note that said this location is permanently closed. It's been there over 20 years

Six years ago I bought a desktop fan with tax for $38. I just paid $60 with tax for the exact same fan. This is inflation that we can touch for ourselves.

@CL_Hat

28 күн бұрын

My monitor died 2 weeks ago, and it costed $70 less than when I bought it 3 years ago. This deflation that I can touch myself... wait. Not how this works.

@lesterchua2677

28 күн бұрын

@@CL_Hatwow you got the exact same monitor and don’t upgrade when it fails? And even more amazing, you managed to get the same model? I call BS.

@uss-dh7909

27 күн бұрын

What kind of noctua super stealth rgb led interconnected daisy chain fan are you paying sixty dollars a unit for? This has gotta be a super specific use case like that industrial 3k rpm fan. You can get a 5 pack of artic p12s for $24.

@cyborgar15

27 күн бұрын

Well leftists do own you now, don't they..

@CL_Hat

27 күн бұрын

@@lesterchua2677 If you know even anything about monitors you would know that 2K monitors have gotten cheaper. I honestly don't care though, my comment is for those who are on the edge of critical thought. I obviously can't save those who are already lost.

I just pray for my son of 2 year old. I pray that God our father in heaven love him more than me. I’m trying my best and my best is not enough..God help those with kids🙏🏻

@mankypancakes

28 күн бұрын

Amen.

@AmericanHinoki

28 күн бұрын

i prayed for your son, God bless.

It's amazing and just pure evil at this point that the media still has the balls to say "the economy is doing great!"

@Doberman_6773

28 күн бұрын

I predict that this narrative will shift drastically on 11/6/24.

Normally would go out to eat for Mother’s Day. Instead I cooked a dinner for my family at a quarter of the price it would have cost to go out.

@Darthdoodoo

28 күн бұрын

And no attitude from glockteeshia the server or hair in your ggross food

@nicolemartin914

28 күн бұрын

That's what we did too

Today, I was notified as a Disabled Veteran that the VA will be cutting back on my community care outside of the VA Hospital. Due to funding issues. If the federal government can no longer afford to pay for the care of those that served it scares me to see what the private businesses are struggling with. And yes I am lodging a congressional complaint as I am now being denied care from the VA.

@FollowTheWay247

27 күн бұрын

My husband was referred outside the VA system for a sleep study. After several weeks of not getting an appointment, he called the office where he was to go and asked why he wasn’t scheduled. The lady told him it was because they weren’t taking any VA patients as the VA hadn’t been paying them for past services. 😳 The VA can’t even pay now???

This country is trashed, just look at how much money in gas people are putting in their cars. Imagine 2008 with an invasion.

It wasn't Red Lobster, it was Starbucks earnings. I would not be surprised if all the big wigs and even Powell were watching Starbucks specifically. It's a huge indicator of the average consumer

@styracosaurusqvt4841

28 күн бұрын

The woke globalist elite who rule the West hate the average citizen consumer in the Western countries.

We've been watching family owned restaurants go under one after another. Most are forty to a hundred years old and suddenly gone. The few I know personally have said expenses have gotten beyond their ability to add to price or absorb. But that can't be true because Biden said inflation is over and the economy is booming. No way a career politician would lie to the American people after all.

The only thing Red Lobster had going for it are the cheddar biscuit. The place had it coming.

Red Lobster is the poor people's fancy restuarant. I went there all time! Lol

If you watched company man on KZread you would know red lobster has been struggling for years

@scottperry7311

28 күн бұрын

Company Man is a great channel.

@DarkMatterX1

28 күн бұрын

It's not just RL though. The whole food service industry is tanking.

@chooch_mcgee

28 күн бұрын

@@DarkMatterX1 just the crappy ones that need to go

@WorldWalker128

28 күн бұрын

Their service is bad and their food isn't good. Of course they've been struggling for years.

@magiccitymama1620

27 күн бұрын

I stopped going to the RL near me 15 years ago. Bad food served with a grunt. No thanks.

My red lobster closed yesterday out of no where staff had no idea

@SydneyBristow0788

28 күн бұрын

That's sad. They should try to give more forewarning

@katgk8660

28 күн бұрын

They do this to get every last penny out of workers. Won't tell them that unemployment even exists. This is a feature not a bug.

@zachblack6318

28 күн бұрын

Same here

@YouTubeDweller8008

28 күн бұрын

that's so screwed up but hopefully that situation created 4250 more Trump voters lmao i bet they regret voting biden now

I work for one of the biggest alcohol distributors in NYC and business is DEAD. Do you understand how bad it is that bars and liquor stores aren't buying booze because customers aren't coming into there establishments...people always but booze, when times are good and bad. This is really really worse than anyone knows

@goldenhate6649

28 күн бұрын

That is NYC right now, a dying city. That is to be expected. Where I live, bars are packed, restaurants are packed, fast food is barren in comparison, which I see as a total win

@adamtrombino106

28 күн бұрын

A local distributor that has been open since the 50s shut down this February. It was located 2 towns over. We had heard that there were massive layoffs last yr. A friend of mine is a bartender. She said that even on St Patty's day, business was about 2/3rds of what it normally is. Most evenings are just about dead, with maybe the same 4 regulars showing up. Even Friday nights are cricketsville. The only time they get good business is if they run a $2 tap special.

@hopethishelps91

28 күн бұрын

@adamtrombino106 money is tight, gotta choose between groceries and booze these days

I have lost a job during recession in 2008 and again right now. I'm scared that I wont have money to pay for my necessary medications and living expenses.

It’s been a dying restaurant chain for a long time now. It’ll be gone soon just like Boston market

@SydneyBristow0788

28 күн бұрын

💯 yeah I lean more like that too

@rm1042

28 күн бұрын

Quiznos

@andrewcarlson2178

27 күн бұрын

I miss Boston Market

I tell you one thing I work at Sherwin-Williams and this year we are about a 500,000 behind from the year and with all of the commercial stores only about 2 to 5 of them are breaking even on the year from last year can feel bad times coming

@bdkj3e

28 күн бұрын

It could also be the crappy paint, they use it where I work and it shouldn't take 4 coats to cover over ink pen marks.

@sashland

28 күн бұрын

Primer???

@wcstrawberryfields8011

28 күн бұрын

​@@bdkj3e Interesting! I used high-end Valspar paint last month, white over butter-white: 3 coats wouldn't cover! Switched to pricier Dunn-Edwards: Still wouldn't cover! It might be a matter of "Shrinkflation" throughout the industry. Like 2008, when they secretly removed stabilizers from the gas supply to keep costs from rising further. Perhaps the paint industry has secretly agreed to reduce the expensive chemical binders responsible for paint's opacity... ???

@jurassicturtle3666

28 күн бұрын

​@@bdkj3esherwin williams makes excellent paint lol You have to know what you're doing, as with most things

@bdkj3e

28 күн бұрын

@@jurassicturtle3666 most of the time any marks like that get hit with Kilz first but this one got skipped, the painters put the first coat on and then we ended up hitting it 3 more times before we gave up and hit it with Kilz, we just didn't want over spray getting on the cabinets right next to it.

“Oh these jobs suck anyway” is not a response. Working a “bad” job and having money beats having no purpose and no money. People are clueless

"I ride a camel, my son will drive a truck, his son will drive a sports car, his son will ride a camel."

@TheyRiseBand

26 күн бұрын

China: Bikes to Cars USA: Cars to Bikes

Went there several years ago, and the food and service were HORRID. Never went back.

This hurts. I LOVE Reb Lobster ;'(

“It’s the economy, stupid” - James Carville

I've said it before; I'll say it again - We are in an economic depression, and have been for at least a year, that currently rivals and may surpass the one that started in Oct 1929.

@dirkx2350

28 күн бұрын

Yeah no we are not.

The only way to turn it around is very cheap energy.

@AS-kw5hd

28 күн бұрын

And deportations!

@steveheffner

28 күн бұрын

Open up all sources of energy and let the market decide. I would comment on the other point but nope not allowed to speak.

@sdlausen1

28 күн бұрын

No. Cute government spending! The massive inflation you see is due to Republicans and Democrats printing billions of dollars to fund Ukraine and Israel.

To be perfectly fair, Red Lobster sucks

@bryansammis998

28 күн бұрын

I’ve only eaten there twice. And both times I got food poisoning!🤢🤮👎

@ross6519

28 күн бұрын

Those cheddar biscuits tho lol

@jrwilliams4029

28 күн бұрын

It didn’t always suck. In the 1980’s and ‘90’s Red Lobster was considered fine dining.

@DarkMatterX1

28 күн бұрын

​@@jrwilliams4029 Fine might be a bit of a stretch, but it was a step up from Sizzler and Ground Round. Though, I loved the Ground Round, to tell you the truth.

@beekeeper8474

28 күн бұрын

It's not just red lobster.

sure i have money to spend, im just forced to spend it all on BS like taxes, insurance, rent, food, gas

Fear is not going to save you whats coming. Only Jesus can.

Fear of a collapse. I know it's coming

@CD-vb9fi

28 күн бұрын

Yep, what we are doing now is completely unsustainable.

@unitedwestanddividedwefall3521

28 күн бұрын

Get ready bubba.

The number of red lobsters closing is a pretty poor way to measure the economy. That place has sucked for the last decade at the least.

@SydneyBristow0788

28 күн бұрын

🦞 🦂 🦞 🦂 admit it, you're gonna miss those biscuits! 😆🤣😂

@qdllc

28 күн бұрын

Amen. Anytime I’ve eaten there, it was mediocre at best.

@DekkarJr

28 күн бұрын

Nooo i love red lobster and they closed mine!

@_Slaab_

28 күн бұрын

I never liked it at all

@TheKinren

28 күн бұрын

I agree, its a horrible restaurant. However, the problem with restaurants is people are not paying 30 dollars a plate for generic food.

All for the Great Reset

@goldenhate6649

28 күн бұрын

Nah, this is just red lobster being so expensive that it breaks the bank of any normal person compared to eating elsewhere (easily over 100 dollars vs maybe 40 elsewhere for 2 people) this is expected. Plus as other people have said, RL has a bunch of PR issues. Companies rise and fall all the time too. Look up the stats on fortune 500's, most will fail within 50 years of making it on the list.

@unitedwestanddividedwefall3521

28 күн бұрын

Oh yea the plan is to introduce a new monetary system with CBDC, we must reject it all we can. Also will usher a multipolar world as the planet is split between the west and the BRICS nations monetary alternative. The list of applicants is growing. That tells me a lot that the world is trying to protect themselves for when the dollar is nothing more than fuel for a fire.

Red Lobster has been in decline since the 90s and can’t keep a ceo for more than 6 months

It’s okay, everyone. You can still get the garlic cheddar biscuits at Sam’s Club.

@Sir-Gerlad

28 күн бұрын

And Costco

@SydneyBristow0788

28 күн бұрын

The best part. They better never take it away. 😂🤣😆

@cainabel6356

28 күн бұрын

Nah, those don't taste the same.

@indepthmike5578

28 күн бұрын

My dad picked up a large frozen cheese and pepper pizza at walmart earlier today for $5 which was a reduced price, he's always looking for sales.

@Pystdammit

28 күн бұрын

Recipe is all over the place so no big.

Who would’ve imagined all you can eat shrimp would cause a restaurant to go bankrupt?

@macmedic892

28 күн бұрын

Especially when the cost of the shrimp has gone up 30%.

@corneliustalmadge6711

28 күн бұрын

Barnacle Bill’s all you can eat seafood buffet. Simpsons did it.

@Shadow_Banned_Conservative

28 күн бұрын

All you can eat shrimp has been a thing for decades, they didn't find themselves on the edge of ruin until after 2021.

@joeashbubemma

28 күн бұрын

Yeah what a sh+t company, they've only been in business since 1970 with 719 restaurants worldwide. Clearly a "failing" business model. Who would have imagined that America would be so full of ignorant moe-rons?

@tonyrmathis

28 күн бұрын

It's the sort of thing a business does in a desperate attempt to get people in the door.

My brother runs a drywall business and is scared to death to raise prices, but he's going to have to. He says work is plentiful right now, but repeat customers are going to have to pay more for the next jobs that come in, and he's worried the work will dry up [as it often does - it goes in cycles] but he can't afford to run his crew for what he's making.

The scary part is that a lot of people still won't understand how economy works even after you list out money travels.

High Price Dining will obviously collapse because of inflation.

@jeffreyjones3616

28 күн бұрын

[Middle class "splurge" dining]

@foechicken8023rileylastname

27 күн бұрын

Especially if the chain was already struggling.

I told my wife that we probably had till the 2024 election for the economy to go. I said winter 23 into 24, I'm maybe 6 months off. This isn't regional, this is a global issue, everywhere. All will have hard times, and this will cause the just about yo boil conflicts in 20 plus nations to pop and boil over. Get ready guys, know your friends, protect yours.

I know a flower shop owner who works two jobs who is gonna close his shop at the beginning of next year and get another job because he and his family can't afford it but can't afford to lose his second income.

"But the sign said all you can eat" -homer simpson

@mindthedrift.

28 күн бұрын

"Does this look like a man who had all he could eat?"

@keithdougherty1584

28 күн бұрын

Then he went fishing LMAO 🤣

Red Lobster reported that it has major issue with all you can eat shrimp deals after shrimp prices exploded. I think it was more bad management.

@paulrasmussen8953

28 күн бұрын

One reason yes but add on the economy and ot makes it worse

@Shadx27

28 күн бұрын

@@paulrasmussen8953 True. Lots of places getting hit hard, and making bad decisions will amplify them exponentially.

@dsc-nr5zy

28 күн бұрын

I think you meant skrimps

Black folks in the Midwest about to lose they damned minds over this sh*t! 😆 🤣

NOBODY IS THINKING ABOUT THE LOBSTERS

I’m a trucker and have my own business. I made well over 100,000 after expenses last year.. I’ll be lucky to make half that this year. My 2nd business customer closed down and laid everyone off and my biggest customer that’s been around for over 50 years has said this is the slowest it’s ever been and they’re getting extremely worried.. this customer generates over $100,000,000 a year..

Happened in Waterloo, Iowa (a city near me) yesterday. They were opened for Mother's day, and closed yesterday.

I'm making the most money in my life. I have never had to spend more money and feel like even with the giant pay bump made no difference.

@EverguardVPN

28 күн бұрын

Me too man. I'm 30 making the most money I've ever made in my life and it feels worse than 2018-2020 when I was making 40% less. Spending habits havent changed either. Food bill even cooking at home is killing it

@nicolemartin914

28 күн бұрын

Yepp I'm making the most money I've ever made and I'm somehow im the most poor I've ever been. 5 years ago I supported a family of 5 by myself. Now, I make WAY more money and split the bills in half and I'm broke

@adamtrombino106

28 күн бұрын

Compound inflation is destroying this country. Biden thinks that 9% isn't that bad.. but real inflation numbers are near 18. This is 1979-81 territory.

@Daniel-ty2ke

28 күн бұрын

I got a career path job 3 years ago. Way more than I made at dead end jobs. My boss even gave me a 15% raise last year. I'm now pay check to pay check for the 1st time in my life while being more frugal with my money.

I ate at Red Lobster at least once every two weeks. Was a rewards member. Once they started jacking up the prices and removing things from the menu I started cutting back. In the last year it was so extreme I ate there once, saw the bill and I’m done going back. It’s just not worth it. Local restaurants have better values.

I raised 4 kids waiting tables In the late 90s thru the 2010s. It’s not as busy and with everywhere from liquor stores to food trucks asking for tips. People are not tipping like they used to. One of my daughters waits tables just like her mom. She makes an ok living but with Biden bucks. It doesn’t go as far.

The dairy queen in my town just permanently closed.

@NG-ki5eo

28 күн бұрын

just had lunch at ours on Saturday

@dannyho6786

23 күн бұрын

NOT the DQ !

Our small family run coffee shops are struggling, we are making it work. We would be nowhere if it weren’t for my free time being spent doing photography, and marketing on our own and not outsourcing that. It’s wild.

I had to barrow money from my own job to pay to have my car fixed

I've never understood how Red Lobster stayed open for so long. I went there about 20 years ago and was shocked how expensive it was. You can get waaaaay better seafood for just a little bit more money, or maybe even the same amount! It was overpriced garbage for every demographic.

My local red lobster was one of them that closed down……..

So if everything does collapse…. Do we all still have to pay off our student loans?🤷🏼🤣

@handsomezack2054

28 күн бұрын

Or rent?

@danettewelborn5577

28 күн бұрын

Yes, it's your debt, not mine

@uss-dh7909

27 күн бұрын

You signed the dotted line, you should be the one to pay the fine.

With the federal reserve i fear there is no way out of where the economy is headed

Are we talking about the type of economic crisis like the one that took place back in 1929?

My opinion. 1. They are stained with a negative reputation that their food is not impressive 2. With many workers that literally just don’t care or that are bitter (understandably or not) with their wages retail and some restaurant businesses are just not functioning successfully.

@cainabel6356

28 күн бұрын

The Cooker was a good restaurant, but management was the cause of the franchise to go out of business. The place had some good food.

@TheJbrinks

28 күн бұрын

if you think you will be able to fund a family while working at a fast food franchise...YOU fucked up. dont blame the resto. it literally tells you that YOU have zero fucking skills or ability to get skills. no one but YOU fucked up

If i go out to eat it's Texas Roadhouse 2 times a year.

@cadowyn735

28 күн бұрын

Blew my mind that they were about the same price as McDonalds. Lol

@dannyho6786

23 күн бұрын

Roadhouse man !!

My mom asked me how bad things will get. I told her to read the end times prophecies and ask herself how much of that would happen if the US was still able to prevent it.

It's already happening... I grew up in USSR, and everything seemed totally fine until one day it wasnt...

It's going REALLY badly for Ikea too, you should look into that.

@SydneyBristow0788

28 күн бұрын

Do we care, though? Bad furniture? We literally have Amish that make better furniture in the US. It's just more expensive.

@MoonPhantom

28 күн бұрын

@@SydneyBristow0788 Oh all of my furniture is from second hand stores where I can legit get a solid wood table for one tenth the price of Ikea. But it was such a giant convenience chain that to see it suffer so much is something.

@polderrican

28 күн бұрын

​@@SydneyBristow0788 yea but the Amish are primarily in Ohio and pa. That doesn't do much for most of the country

The warning of war would definitely spark fear in an economic collapse.

I have worked for Walmart for 11 years. I see the price of food going up every day for the past 3 years.

i quit Red Lobster 20 years ago because of their prices.

When the kool-aid single packets cost anywhere from 36 cents to 50 cents, it's time to re-evaluate everything 😂

@goldenhate6649

28 күн бұрын

To be fair, that is because the sugar lobby in the US jacks up the price of sugar massively via tariffs to ensure they can compete internally. Price of sugar outside the US is bottom basement.

This administration can redefine it all they want but we are definitely in the middle of a recession or even a depression

Non-perishable food, water and ammo

I've been telling people this crap for 30 years I got sick and tired of telling them they kept looking at me like I was stupid now it's happening

Restaurants have low turnout. Raise prices. Restaurant has even lower turnout. Raises prices and shrinks amount of food. Restaurant raises prices. No one comes. Restaurant just cant seem to stay open. Ya doesnt make sense at all .

Tim "will you sit idle pre collapse? You just need to spend tens of thousands to millions to move". I'll get right on that

I live in Chico, CA. The Red Lobster here closed two months ago.

Red Lobster has not been a decent option for dinner for 40 years.

@Ch4rlz_ThA_Princ3

28 күн бұрын

I love their biscuits yum 😋