Maybe we’re looking at this all wrong. Perhaps people aren’t flocking to fast food joints because they’ve suddenly embraced healthier homemade kale smoothies and quinoa bowls. Yeah, right! More like they’re perfecting their skills at frozen microwave meals and smothering their cheap hotdogs with mountains of ketchup
@@henrythegreatamerican8136 Not hardly....we are eating healthier....and less because of our finances.....try some good old red beans and rice with sliced tomatoes and onions and cornbread......or white beans with ham........
So true. Tastes like dog food, clearly jelly sauces from a package, cardboard steak that looks like pork tenderloin for the price of what used to be a fine steak. I had an amazing dinner last month and I will remember it forever cause I usually never eat well at restaurants. I cannot believe some people like spending money on that. I mean think of all the things you could have done with the money.
My husband's cholesterol is all down to 58 and his HDL which is good cholesterol is above normal...all due to olive oil and real Amish butter...after having open heart surgery for 3 blocked arteries..in 2022 . another factor no fast food or restaurants.......none......
It’s barely a “luxury” when I can cook a better meal at home. What the pandemic had taught me is that cooking is not only easier, but cheaper, tastier, and healthier.
I have 3 different freinds, who have small independent "diners". The are always busy, and are getting busier all the time. Reason.....better prices, friendlier service, and far better quality. We haven't eaten at a corporate restaurant in probably 10 years. Support your neighbors, folks!! 👍👍
do u think mcd's is greedy? corporate that is. 2.14 for a hash brown. it was 99 cents. does it cost twice as much to produce? I say no. just corporate greed.
@@subaruamazon Price has nothing to do with greed. Items are priced to create the most profit. If they are too low or too high, the profit will be less. Simple Economics.
@@ripvanrevs greed has to do with price. eggs skyrocked to 12 a dozen in the last few years. now they are 4.63 by me. four years ago you could get them for 1 dollar. did the cost to produce eggs quadruple? i say no.
@@subaruamazon I heard that there was a bird flu going around, but the reality is that anyone can start something in the internet and will spread like wildfire and then corporations raise prices.... just give them any excuse and they will raise their prices.
I miss 'old school' family style, independent restaurants. Places that endured over the generations, folks knew each other. You could count on actual homemade soups, hot meatloaf sandwiches, great breakfasts. My mom ran a small cafe when I was a kid - I baked the cakes and pies at night and we brought them into the cafe in the morning before I headed on to school. Her customers came in like clockwork knowing Monday's special would be meatloaf and every Thursday was chicken and dumplin's. Simple, real, no-nonsense food that filled you up without emptying your wallet. Yes - that was 50 plus years ago and I'm a dinosaur - She never got rich, but it paid the bills and taught me to work hard and not expect to be handed anything for nothing.
I just bought a 32 year old diner 3 month ago. We are making everything from scratch .. much cheaper than buying frozen pre-made stuff from the suppliers. I've lower prices. The locals are very happy and we're doing well.
@@betz6507Thank you for investing in a small community setting. A lot of people want the quick buck. That’s nice but relationships, and Friends are what keeps communities together.
I don’t know what everyone is complaining about…. I’ve lost over 60 lbs on the “biden inflation super diet”. Eating 1 meal a day is easier when you have no choice!
i cook more too. I buy a lb of 80 percent fat chuck. cook it up. slice of american cheese on a hamburger bun - the pack lasts days. Viola. it is delicious.
@@davidjaylaw1920first of all people have 🎉to listen . Americans are the most over wait people in the world. People always work around with a Soda in their hands . My first observation coming to this country many years ago.
I was desperate for some food the other day, pulled into McD's for a chicken sandwich. A rarity for me. The meat was so rubbery I couldn't eat it. I threw the whole thing out. Absolute trash, I couldn't even describe it as food. These places deserve to go out of business.
You can get a big mac and fries and put it somewhere in your house. Open it in 20 years. It will look almost the same. As someone said, even bacteria are not so stupid that they eat it, it is not even real food.
My doctor put me on Ozempic because I am pre-diabetic. To me that means I don’t have diabetes. Anyway, I have 15 lbs to be at a healthy weight. I have not lost one ounce on Ozempic. I won’t be overweight except my doctor put me on a Medication which caused me to gain 40 lbs in 6 weeks. I kept calling everyday and was told I needed to keep taking it until my next doctor appt. I lost the first 25 lbs but at 58 this last 15 just doesn’t want to budge.
agree. my family and I have been going to cheescake factory for years (the same one) For years it has been awesome !!! Food was great (all be it a bit expesnive) It is usually the place my kids wanted to go for their Brithday dinner. Last time we went Nov 9th... the food was no where near as good, the burgers were undercooked, and the price was 20% more than it was just a year ago. It would have been much better to just go to COSTCO pick up some steaks and grill them. 1/4 the price and way better. I agree with you....prices going up and quality going down. They keep on keepin on with this trend and all of them go out of buisness. At least if it is going to be expensive have great food. You can stomach it if that is the case.
My wife and I quit eating out many years ago as most of the food is not healthy and now it is also less expensive to cook your own food at home from clean fresh ingredients.
People used to leave the house and go to work, have drinks and dinner after work and socialize. America was made great for the 1%. There’s gonna be a big shake up in our near future.
Oh my goodness Michael... please tell us this guy is not really a mate of yours..... please tell us he is a guy who won a competition and the prize was to be on one of your Videos.. HE'S GOT BAD SPIRITS ON HIM.. EEWWW
@@jaymoore2154 I cant get a grasp of inflation. my theory is weak leadership. we have weak leader and the world is on fire. ukraine. middle east. china circling taiwan and intimidating every one in the pacific near china. the same applies to corporations. pepsi is not afraid of reducing a half gallon of tropicana to 59 ounces and jacking up the prices. look at ford and carter with inflation and interest rates. the problem is these prices are sticky downward. NJ work in brooklyn. the morning deli egg sandwiches went from three to six dollars. eggs dropped and they are still six dollars. i think everyone needs to be embarrassed for their greed by the president.
What vince said about people only seeing the monthly payment is so true. I had a friend that was looking at new dirt bikes years ago. I asked how much was it? “175.00 a month!” DID NOT MATTER the out the door cost, the interest, payment duration…. Nothing.
I love going out to eat, but when prices are out of control, I can't justify paying the same price for one meal, that I would pay to buy groceries sufficient to make a few meals! Welfare needs to be overhauled and reformed, restricted to assist those truly unable to work, not those unwilling to for generations, out of some warped sense of entitlement and reparations!
Oh my goodness Michael... please tell us this guy is not really a mate of yours..... please tell us he is a guy who won a competition and the prize was to be on one of your Videos.. HE'S GOT BAD SPIRITS ON HIM.. EEWWW
In the mid 70s we could get a burger fries and a coke for 99 cents at MacDonald I remember the commercial touring you get a penny back! It was awesome 😅
I remember that. We were at the beach, and Dad and Mom scraped together enough for three dollars and some change. My Sister and were small so we shared. But it was a treat. We thought we were rich going through the drive through.
At burger king in the early to mid 70’s, you could get a whopper, fries and drink for 99 cents on Wednesdays, 5-9pm I know because my mom would bring us there on occasion.
My wife was in the hospital today, I had to stop at a Wendy's for the first time this year. While the meal was $5, the taste was really awful. When Dave Thomas died, quality died.
I went to pickup a takeout order from Denny's yesterday and there was literally ZERO cars in the parking lot. I thought they were closed. When I walked in there was ONE person working all by himself and he told me it was super slow. I was shocked. Imagine being the owner of that place! It was $23 for 2 appetizers to go. Sad.
Restaurants are closing due to a mix of low wages, tipping culture, poor service, shrinkflation, and inflation. Low wages and reliance on tipping make it hard to retain staff, resulting in poor service that drives customers away. Shrinkflation and rising prices from inflation further frustrate customers, who feel they're paying more for less. Together, these issues reduce customer satisfaction and repeat business, hurting profitability and leading many restaurants to close.
And they began this downward spiral during lockdowns for most- when it got worse AFTER the writing was on the wall and most of us knew this was coming.
Thank you to our host and guest for this outdoor walk around segment. Tough business the restaurant business. The food costs are out of their control. And, staffing is always an issue-kitchen and dining room servers.
Have lived in Scottsdale for years , great place to live . Great area is clean, very few shops closed , restaurants busy , shops busy, new cars everywhere , love living here. Just some random thoughts and observations.
I stopped eating out last December 25. I started to take care of my health and cook at home. I know whats in my food now. I am 76 and feel great now. Eating out was killing me. Everyone says i look great and i feel great.
When knew that when you destroyed the median worker you were going to crush the industry receiving their primary source of disposable income spend? What a mystery.
Brilliant discussion You always deliver great content Mike Thank you for interviewing Vince, he's brilliant Thank you gentlemen Excellent analysis Thank you Sir
Man, here in western new york, so many mom and pops furniture stores are shutting down for good! One of these places was operating for over 120 years! Amazon is killing brick and mortars thru out this country!
Who buys furniture at furniture stores? Thrift stores are much cheaper and there are great deals there. I saw a gorgeous love seat that looked brand new for only $45.
My last new vehicle was an '88 Ford Econoline van loaded, that was meant to be sent to a RV dealer and converted to a custom van. It had a plastic seat on the driver's side that I replaced with a captain's chairs on both sides. With trade in, I paid $351 a month for 3 years. It made one of the best service vans I ever had for doing a/c work in.
I have been telling people for over a year now that they are actually worth half of what they think they are. It made them mad. And just because something makes you mad doesn't mean its not true. People are broke... companies, and Govt are broke. Way more broke then they realize. When they realize it... markets crash, housing crashes, unemployment spikes, lots of people lose everything. And I have never wanted to be more wrong in my entire life. Be safe, be kind. Stack food and water.
I am noticing so much new vacancies in shops in cities where I hadn't been in a couple of years. The difference is shocking. All these politicians think they are angels sent from heaven and they can't even keep their cities stable.
All these politicians are thinking, oh you’re paying me $58k a year. How can I leverage my position to make money. People like AOC complaining she can’t live in DC on $120k a year. A year later she was worth $3M. How does one do that?
🌴🌴🌴 While I was traveling last week I just had an urge for McDonald’s French fries which is weird because I never even think about McDonald’s. Anyways all I wanted was some French fries 🍟 to fit my urge. I only ordered a large portion of fries and was blown away when I had to pay almost $6. Bucks for that 😮😮😮. How the heck did they come up with this price? For some cut potatoes???? Ridiculous. Thank you Michael. Blessings,Carlos ✝️🙏❤️😊🇺🇸
The last price increase at my Mexican restaurant lost me, my three-taco meal and iced tea went from $13.50 to $18.90, with my $7 tip to the waitress, that's over $25. I can make the same thing at home for around $7, including the iced tea. I feel sorry for the hard-working waitresses that are working for $4 an hour plus tips.
@@subaruamazon Owners have personal expenses and mortgages too. They pass that cost onto the consumers. Some do not pass it on. Instead, they'll reduce their own personal cost of living to maintain low prices.
I remember back in the '80s where I could get a Big Mac meal for like $2.99. Now it's like $9 or more which is absolutely insane This is just pure corporate greed
Them prices went into the early 90’s here in Michigan I rember cause in June 94’ our sales tax went from 4% to 6%.. I tember getting the Big Mac combo for 2.99/ 3.11 out the door so it wasn’t till like 95/96 when it went to 3.49 a combo.. now it’s 10.29
If I want to eat a good quality 3 course meal in WA 🇦🇺 it’s $100 pp plus drinks. We don’t tip. Wine is around $12-25 per glass depending on what you get. Do we win ? We do get great service without tipping.
I have never and will never purchase a vehicle on a loan. I buy in cash because it's a depreciating asset. A car loses about 10% of its value as soon as it's driven off the lot. And every vehicle I've owned I use until they drop dead from maintenance costs.
07 camry 153k. I live in the Tri State NY area. almost get hit every day and twice on sunday. I will drive this car into the ground. new wrangler for 85K> no thanks. will buy another camry perhaps older if I lose my car.
@@treesnmoguls anything happens to my camry i will go with the 00 01's. I like that boxy look with the bigger tail lights. I want reliable transport. no need to spend 85k for a wrangler.
In the south our good old Waffle House is outrageous. I'm not paying 12 to 15 bucks for 2 eggs,hashbrowns,toast,and 2 very thin slices of bacon. Their prices went up way before eggs went crazy.
@@allyjack8437 nj here no waffle houses. do u have to pay for separate coffee? remember when u could get a breakfass special from 4 to 7 with endless coffee? i say greed has taken effect.
I am Gen X... we had to fend for ourselves while our boomer parents were raping the natural born world. WE can cook very good !!! We learned a few things ... don't count on anyone else for your happiness, and if you want something done correctly... do it yourself. If you try and don't get it right the first time, keep trying until you do. ❤
Fast food doesn't taste the same as it did 10 yrs ago. And it tastes like crap compared to what I remember in the 90s. Back in the 90s pocket change would get you a good fast food meal. Moreover, a lot of foreigners from third world filth holes work in the restaurant business, and I simply don't want to risk catching some disease. It's a judgement call. And in my judgment it all boils down to poor quality food, poor quality help and ridiculously high prices.
I live in Southern California, Simi Valley. We had a Fridays here the food was horrible. The service was horrible and that’s why they shut this one down.
I live in a small city right off I-75 that has a restaurant row and all these places are thriving. McDonalds is packed all the time and Chic-Fil-A is always a madhouse. We have 2 McDonalds and the other is always packed too. Funny the unhealthiest fast food joint gets the most business. A friend who use to be in the restaurant business talked about how high the cost of food is to the restaurants and the margin of profit was so thin he got out of the business. Food supply companies are taking all the money off the table and collapsing the restaurant industry. It's like everything else - the corporations are scalping the public for everything we're worth. Uncontrolled profit taking which hearkens back to what Thomas Jefferson said - "If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered." We are there NOW and I don't think this can be reversed. We've never seen this level of technological monopolization before so there's no example in history we can look to for example and guidance. It is like a nightmare. I would say at this point the profiteers have become such rabid mad dogs that the only remedy is to treat them like rabid mad dogs. Their remedy for us is the gulag system.
If you want to get rid of all these evil scalping corporations, just don't spend money at those places and they will soon go out of business. Also, McDonalds is busy because while they outprice some people, other people who may have eaten at more expensive places start eating there more. Simple economics.
interesting take. I still say people dine alone and with their co workers and friends. not sure dating killed the restauratn business but it is something to think about.
Amen - MGTOW has killed restaurants, bars, nightclubs, florists, movie theaters, wedding industry, etc. The feminist movement has created greedy / hateful / entitled / delusional women: men are FED UP with the BS. if you combine that with a horrible economy it’s not surprising that this is the outcome (BTW not a bitter old man, married 27yrs to one of the good ones, only 10-15% get that stamp of approval. I’m glad I don’t have kids and feel very sorry for young men today). In addition to current dating environment there is an aging population (old married couples like us eat at home); 20-30yrs ago we used to eat out a lot (lunches every day) + 3-4 times (mostly dinners) a week. Following 2000 crisis and especially GFC 2008 we started packing lunches and kept cutting back on eating out; now it’s down to 3-4 times a month and usually 2 of those meals are fast food while out running errands (we use mostly BOGO coupons). IMHO we have been upper middle class for last 30yrs with a combined income around $100k in 2000 (= to $250k in 2024). We chose to cut back and save for last 25yrs. It paid off as I was able to retire early @ 62 last year. Young people, Starbucks / Grub Hub Generation can’t seem to grasp the simple math. Best benefit is home prepared meals are 25-50 times much healthier - less fat, sodium, sugar, portion control (caloric intake), and frying.
I use real world indicators to gauge the economy. And times are indeed bad. One of my indicators are local businesses that I frequent. The businesses that are normally busy and now have very few or no customers. That happened to me when I went to get my haircut today. They’re usually always busy and I have to wait a few minutes. There were three people cutting hair just sitting there with nobody in the shop. Until I arrived. I don’t use fancy charts or graphs. I just look at the real world. And we are indeed heading for I think an economic depression.
My brother buys and sells baseball cards (for over 35 years). His business is a great indicator since it is a non essential expenditure. His sales have been down for 2 years. He did great when the gov't was giving away all the stimulus money.
It is an isolated highly policed tiny town up a mountain from Phx. Unless you drive yourself out on the couple roads you can't get there, and a hefty portion of the year the weather outside is not safe for loitering or such. Either broiling direct sun or freezing cold.
@@seaneendelong8065 I think you might be thinking of Sedona or Flagstaff...maybe (and neither of them are tiny, either). Scottsdale is a large city in the Phoenix metro area.
I remember years ago thinking how cheap Chinese food was.. I think it was $8.99 for orange chicken and you could make two meals out of it if you wanted to.. now that same order is $14.99. Wendy's fries used to be on sale for 99 cents and like $2.79 normal. Now a large fry is over $5.00.
Has anyone noticed that Wendy's doesn't fill the FF container all the way? Same thing with their Frostys! So aggravating...I guess holding onto those 10 extra fries & 1/4 inch of Frosty is going to pad Wendy's bottom line.
Just ordered Vincents' book over here in the UK. I'm a similar age to Vincent and experienced the same Zoo in Corporates this side of the water. Nice videos Michael, always informative.
Restaurant prices are high...spending 200 dollar for a family meal is easy. In Belarus a pint beer is less than 2 Dollars. Steak 12 Dollar......working online and Stalingrad outside EU and US is the key
I like cooking at home! Knowing what goes into my food keeps us running optimally!! Sprouts is a great store headquartered in Mesa Az. Scottsdale my nephew went to the culinary institute there! Nice! Nice town! Micheal we’re getting another hurricane by the 20th hitting Florida ya better get back before then! Gonna be a doozy! Sara! Already starting to prepare. 😳
You guys hit the nail on the head. If it's too expensive to live where you're at feel free to move. I'm tired of hearing people complain all the time. If you're not willing to put in the work and better yourself to get more money, I have no sympathy for you.
When I was a working teenager during the late-1980s, gas was under $.70 a gallon, the most expensive or largest fast food combo meal was still under $3 and a large family value meal was about $11.
There were price spikes in every business sector as a result of the pandemic causing unbalanced supply/demand. The problem is that now that supply is no longer the issue, those supply chain prices have not come back down as everyone wants to keep those higher profit margins for themselves. Speaking for myself, I decided to eat healthier and so no longer want to eat at fast food establishments.
So exciting you came to Scottsdale! Would love if you did a video on the residential housing market in the East Valley (Eastmark, Queen Creek, etc.) there’s been so much rapid growth it seems never ending and unsustainable at the current prices.
Michael, here is your laugh for today, this guest of your looked like and sounded like a character out of “Wise Guys!” NO insult intended!! Please. I pictured him saying, “Give Vinnie the gun Michael.”
Pre-COVID I was a once-a-week restaurant goer. In the last 4 years maybe once a month or even less frequently. The prices and added fees have me cooking at home.
We haven't eaten out in years. We eat organic and I don't trust the food with the low volume of customers in restaurants. Our idea of eating out is getting a sub at Publix for lunch every once in awhile
@@treesnmoguls Eating out once a month is way different that tons of folks that get fast food 4-5 times a week. Yes, it’s garbage, but an occasional treat won’t end your life.
It costs so much to eat out that people don’t do it anymore. My daughter and l would go get a meal at a restaurant and spend $20-30. Now it’s $50-100. We just eat home now.
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Maybe we’re looking at this all wrong. Perhaps people aren’t flocking to fast food joints because they’ve suddenly embraced healthier homemade kale smoothies and quinoa bowls.
Yeah, right!
More like they’re perfecting their skills at frozen microwave meals and smothering their cheap hotdogs with mountains of ketchup
So they get handed degrees, jobs, houses, cars and now they don’t want to pay taxes.
@@henrythegreatamerican8136 Not hardly....we are eating healthier....and less because of our finances.....try some good old red beans and rice with sliced tomatoes and onions and cornbread......or white beans with ham........
@@conniepitts8392 Can't eat beans. I'm on a strict FODMAP diet. Beans are an excessively fermentable food.
You have massive gaps in your knowledge .. you make pronouncements that are not accurate or fact based .
Restaurant food quality has gone downhill at the same time the prices have gone way up.
Restaurants food quality has never been lower.
So true. Tastes like dog food, clearly jelly sauces from a package, cardboard steak that looks like pork tenderloin for the price of what used to be a fine steak. I had an amazing dinner last month and I will remember it forever cause I usually never eat well at restaurants. I cannot believe some people like spending money on that. I mean think of all the things you could have done with the money.
Thank God for Trump and Kennedy looking into the FDA. Make our food better again
Workers expecting 20% tip is a madness
My husband's cholesterol is all down to 58 and his HDL which is good cholesterol is above normal...all due to olive oil and real Amish butter...after having open heart surgery for 3 blocked arteries..in 2022 . another factor no fast food or restaurants.......none......
Pre pandemic going out to eat at an upscale restaurant was a luxury. Now going out to eat at all is a luxury🤣😂
great point. chilis 3 for 10.99 is great. a real hamburger not two mcd's pancakes.
It’s barely a “luxury” when I can cook a better meal at home.
What the pandemic had taught me is that cooking is not only easier, but cheaper, tastier, and healthier.
Please tell my wife this. I take her out every Friday and Saturday and not to crap fastfood joints. She doesn't know how fortunate she is
I've had zero problem with inflation, you're obviously handling your own money wrong.
@@Royaleoake amen. i dont even mind doing pots. lol.
I have 3 different freinds, who have small independent "diners".
The are always busy, and are getting busier all the time.
Reason.....better prices, friendlier service, and far better quality.
We haven't eaten at a corporate restaurant in probably 10 years.
Support your neighbors, folks!! 👍👍
do u think mcd's is greedy? corporate that is. 2.14 for a hash brown. it was 99 cents. does it cost twice as much to produce? I say no. just corporate greed.
@@subaruamazon Price has nothing to do with greed. Items are priced to create the most profit. If they are too low or too high, the profit will be less. Simple Economics.
@@ripvanrevs greed has to do with price. eggs skyrocked to 12 a dozen in the last few years. now they are 4.63 by me. four years ago you could get them for 1 dollar. did the cost to produce eggs quadruple? i say no.
@@subaruamazon I heard that there was a bird flu going around, but the reality is that anyone can start something in the internet and will spread like wildfire and then corporations raise prices.... just give them any excuse and they will raise their prices.
Just be thankful you don;t have friends like this guy Michael has in today's Video ..... lol... Oh my goodness...
I miss 'old school' family style, independent restaurants. Places that endured over the generations, folks knew each other. You could count on actual homemade soups, hot meatloaf sandwiches, great breakfasts.
My mom ran a small cafe when I was a kid - I baked the cakes and pies at night and we brought them into the cafe in the morning before I headed on to school. Her customers came in like clockwork knowing Monday's special would be meatloaf and every Thursday was chicken and dumplin's. Simple, real, no-nonsense food that filled you up without emptying your wallet.
Yes - that was 50 plus years ago and I'm a dinosaur - She never got rich, but it paid the bills and taught me to work hard and not expect to be handed anything for nothing.
I just bought a 32 year old diner 3 month ago. We are making everything from scratch .. much cheaper than buying frozen pre-made stuff from the suppliers. I've lower prices. The locals are very happy and we're doing well.
@@betz6507Thank you for investing in a small community setting. A lot of people want the quick buck. That’s nice but relationships, and Friends are what keeps communities together.
You're making me hungry for home cooking.
Tried Olive Garden years ago and got a sampler meal. Stuff tasted like cheap out of the can Chef Boyardee.
That sounds really nice.
@@betz6507wow good luck and where is it?
Who eats at restaurants anymore. Priced themselves out of my budget a long time ago.
Agree.
I don’t know what everyone is complaining about…. I’ve lost over 60 lbs on the “biden inflation super diet”.
Eating 1 meal a day is easier when you have no choice!
Me...but more small Asian restaurants in China town
Me this morning at Dennys 😅
True
Vincent made an excellent point! Those price increases are way more noticeable when they jump up over a short time period.
When it costs $32+ for two combo meals at Carl's Jr. & McDonald's, I'm out!
BTW, my cooking skills have improved immensely 😊🎉
That's what we call new normal !
That Part!!
i cook more too. I buy a lb of 80 percent fat chuck. cook it up. slice of american cheese on a hamburger bun - the pack lasts days. Viola. it is delicious.
Same. And I know all of the ingredients going into my food too.
Baumhowers where I live 2 regular (good size) cheeseburgers with fries and a pitcher of Blue Moon is 34 dollars. If you go before 6pm.
Americans are trying to eat healthier and are choosing to eat at home
Restaurants food quality has never been lower.
Thank goodness RFK will ne helping to make America Healthy again!
@@davidjaylaw1920first of all people have 🎉to listen . Americans are the most over wait people in the world. People always work around with a Soda in their hands . My first observation coming to this country many years ago.
Because we don't have a choice. Only good thing that came out of it is that I lost 20 lbs.
@@davidjaylaw1920 Antivaxer making America Healthy? Did you take your meds today?
I was desperate for some food the other day, pulled into McD's for a chicken sandwich. A rarity for me. The meat was so rubbery I couldn't eat it. I threw the whole thing out. Absolute trash, I couldn't even describe it as food. These places deserve to go out of business.
You're desperate for food and you're going to McDonald's really
Same experience at Dairy Queen. Never been back.
Not to mention the bun, along with ALL shelf stable SO CALLED BREAD is basically LOW LEVEL POISIN...
Do you think it was lab made rumor pseudo meat?
You can get a big mac and fries and put it somewhere in your house. Open it in 20 years. It will look almost the same. As someone said, even bacteria are not so stupid that they eat it, it is not even real food.
The price of food you get at the restaurant is around 15% of the cost of the dish in the menu.
Cook at home, eat healthier, save a lot of money.
Hon, half the population is On Ozempic. Thus, no appetite. Thus, no dining out.
Ah, the hidden Ozempic factor! Who would have known?
I don't know , I was at the airport today and every other person was 50-100 lbs over weight . I don't think people have stopped eating.
My doctor put me on Ozempic because I am pre-diabetic. To me that means I don’t have diabetes. Anyway, I have 15 lbs to be at a healthy weight. I have not lost one ounce on Ozempic. I won’t be overweight except my doctor put me on a Medication which caused me to gain 40 lbs in 6 weeks. I kept calling everyday and was told I needed to keep taking it until my next doctor appt. I lost the first 25 lbs but at 58 this last 15 just doesn’t want to budge.
Or other medications which is why I don't go out
More unnatural Poison brought to you by Big Pharma. Stop trusting your Doctors , they are part of a Bogus Un Health Care System ! 😢
Prices keep going up and quality keeps going down. The restaurants are doomed.
They're not, they're just automate. Lay off most of their employees and continue thriving.
Have you seen the size of a Peanut Buster Parfait at Dairy Queen. It is the size of what a large cone use to be and it is $9! I’m out.
agree. my family and I have been going to cheescake factory for years (the same one) For years it has been awesome !!! Food was great (all be it a bit expesnive) It is usually the place my kids wanted to go for their Brithday dinner. Last time we went Nov 9th... the food was no where near as good, the burgers were undercooked, and the price was 20% more than it was just a year ago. It would have been much better to just go to COSTCO pick up some steaks and grill them. 1/4 the price and way better. I agree with you....prices going up and quality going down. They keep on keepin on with this trend and all of them go out of buisness. At least if it is going to be expensive have great food. You can stomach it if that is the case.
Good one! Thanks for indroducing Vincent. Seems like a good solid guy.
My wife and I quit eating out many years ago as most of the food is not healthy and now it is also less expensive to cook your own food at home from clean fresh ingredients.
People used to leave the house and go to work, have drinks and dinner after work and socialize. America was made great for the 1%. There’s gonna be a big shake up in our near future.
Vinnie really brought a lot of good stuff to the table.
Oh my goodness Michael... please tell us this guy is not really a mate of yours..... please tell us he is a guy who won a competition and the prize was to be on one of your Videos.. HE'S GOT BAD SPIRITS ON HIM.. EEWWW
The point of eating fast food was because it was cheap. It's not cheap anymore so what's the point?
jay, probably the best comment I read tonite.
@@subaruamazon thank you sir. I hope this all gets turned around soon, or a lot of people are going to lose their jobs
@@jaymoore2154 I cant get a grasp of inflation. my theory is weak leadership. we have weak leader and the world is on fire. ukraine. middle east. china circling taiwan and intimidating every one in the pacific near china. the same applies to corporations. pepsi is not afraid of reducing a half gallon of tropicana to 59 ounces and jacking up the prices. look at ford and carter with inflation and interest rates. the problem is these prices are sticky downward. NJ work in brooklyn. the morning deli egg sandwiches went from three to six dollars. eggs dropped and they are still six dollars. i think everyone needs to be embarrassed for their greed by the president.
I feel like fast food places are actually killing you. We quit years ago and quit soda's. Feel a lot better
I quit drinking soda in 2006. I drank Diet Coke but lost 10 lbs just quitting drinking diet soda. 🤔
pop sales are up starbucks sales very very far down
Did you look at all the people waking and shopping
I quit fast food and soda in 1992
I’ve only had 3 this year!
What vince said about people only seeing the monthly payment is so true. I had a friend that was looking at new dirt bikes years ago. I asked how much was it? “175.00 a month!” DID NOT MATTER the out the door cost, the interest, payment duration…. Nothing.
I LOVE Vinny! Great guest! Uncle Vinny, badda bing, badda boom!
I love going out to eat, but when prices are out of control, I can't justify paying the same price for one meal, that I would pay to buy groceries sufficient to make a few meals!
Welfare needs to be overhauled and reformed, restricted to assist those truly unable to work, not those unwilling to for generations, out of some warped sense of entitlement and reparations!
Excellent guest , good common scene man .
Nice work Michael .
Oh my goodness Michael... please tell us this guy is not really a mate of yours..... please tell us he is a guy who won a competition and the prize was to be on one of your Videos.. HE'S GOT BAD SPIRITS ON HIM.. EEWWW
In the mid 70s we could get a burger fries and a coke for 99 cents at MacDonald I remember the commercial touring you get a penny back! It was awesome 😅
Wow and minimum wage was $2.10 per hour so you spent 1/2, just the same as now.
I remember that. We were at the beach, and Dad and Mom scraped together enough for three dollars and some change. My Sister and were small so we shared. But it was a treat. We thought we were rich going through the drive through.
@@Plutogalaxy In 1970 I was making minimum wage, it was $1.60/hour!
At burger king in the early to mid 70’s, you could get a whopper, fries and drink for 99 cents on Wednesdays, 5-9pm
I know because my mom would bring us there on occasion.
Average wages were 5-6 dollars an hour then for the common worker. So at 20-22 dollars an hour now what should burger fries and drink be?
My wife was in the hospital today, I had to stop at a Wendy's for the first time this year. While the meal was $5, the taste was really awful. When Dave Thomas died, quality died.
I went to pickup a takeout order from Denny's yesterday and there was literally ZERO cars in the parking lot. I thought they were closed. When I walked in there was ONE person working all by himself and he told me it was super slow. I was shocked. Imagine being the owner of that place! It was $23 for 2 appetizers to go. Sad.
The owner is probably worried if it keeps on going dry, the tax rebate for business losses won't come in one tax year and poof, the place is gone.
what is inflation? corporate greed? the local franchise is a prisoner to corporate.
Same shit at Denny's in my town. They can't get workers anymore.
@@BruceLee-xn3nn that seems to be a different problem. no one wants to pay big bucks for dennys but how does equate to a worker shortage? i am lost.
Restaurants are closing due to a mix of low wages, tipping culture, poor service, shrinkflation, and inflation. Low wages and reliance on tipping make it hard to retain staff, resulting in poor service that drives customers away. Shrinkflation and rising prices from inflation further frustrate customers, who feel they're paying more for less. Together, these issues reduce customer satisfaction and repeat business, hurting profitability and leading many restaurants to close.
And they began this downward spiral during lockdowns for most- when it got worse AFTER the writing was on the wall and most of us knew this was coming.
The FED printing money to send to Dick Cheney's war efforts.
Thank you to our host and guest for this outdoor walk around segment. Tough business the restaurant business. The food costs are out of their control. And, staffing is always an issue-kitchen and dining room servers.
Have lived in Scottsdale for years , great place to live . Great area is clean, very few shops closed , restaurants busy , shops busy, new cars everywhere , love living here. Just some random thoughts and observations.
Lots of CEOs. The majority of Americans can not afford the gas in Scottsdale.
Problems with water and utilities through the roof.
The price of a movie at the theatre was $1.50 in 1983. I remember paying in quarters!
Yeah it's crazy. I used to pay less than 5 dollars to go watch a movie and eat popcorn. Back then I thought 2.50 for popcorn was expensive.
Our wages were a lot lower then.
You can still pay in quarters today. You just need a larger fanny pack.
@@abjectt5440yeah but your wages were closer to the cost of a movie back then than how close wages are to the cost of a movie today.
@@deadfairfieldexpeditionI would say you will need a wheel barrow soon.🤣😂
ALDI in Chicago was just forced to closed recently... that's more shocking even than restaurant CLOSURES
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Vincent was right, you do pick the most beautiful places to walk. Your walks in the bay area especially.
I stopped eating out last December 25. I started to take care of my health and cook at home. I know whats in my food now. I am 76 and feel great now. Eating out was killing me. Everyone says i look great and i feel great.
Great work Amigo.
When knew that when you destroyed the median worker you were going to crush the industry receiving their primary source of disposable income spend? What a mystery.
Brilliant discussion
You always deliver great content Mike
Thank you for interviewing Vince, he's brilliant
Thank you gentlemen
Excellent analysis
Thank you Sir
Man, here in western new york, so many mom and pops furniture stores are shutting down for good! One of these places was operating for over 120 years! Amazon is killing brick and mortars thru out this country!
Who buys furniture at furniture stores? Thrift stores are much cheaper and there are great deals there. I saw a gorgeous love seat that looked brand new for only $45.
Hell I would even say smart people build their own... if you do it will last for 200 years. ❤
My last new vehicle was an '88 Ford Econoline van loaded, that was meant to be sent to a RV dealer and converted to a custom van. It had a plastic seat on the driver's side that I replaced with a captain's chairs on both sides. With trade in, I paid $351 a month for 3 years. It made one of the best service vans I ever had for doing a/c work in.
Many of those restaurants are still on the least expensive side, but people are coming to realize how 'short on money' they really are.
I have been telling people for over a year now that they are actually worth half of what they think they are. It made them mad. And just because something makes you mad doesn't mean its not true. People are broke... companies, and Govt are broke. Way more broke then they realize. When they realize it... markets crash, housing crashes, unemployment spikes, lots of people lose everything. And I have never wanted to be more wrong in my entire life. Be safe, be kind. Stack food and water.
Your friend is an OG! Thanks to the both of you for the wisdom.
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Great video. Vincent is awesome. Humble and knowledgeable and easy to listen too. Good job Vincent.
I lived in that area for 33 years. Back in the day Dennys was one of 2 places open all night in scottsdale
I am noticing so much new vacancies in shops in cities where I hadn't been in a couple of years. The difference is shocking. All these politicians think they are angels sent from heaven and they can't even keep their cities stable.
All these politicians are thinking, oh you’re paying me $58k a year. How can I leverage my position to make money. People like AOC complaining she can’t live in DC on $120k a year. A year later she was worth $3M. How does one do that?
enjoyed you guest tonight Michael
These days a fast food meal cost the same as a homemade steak dinner. That is the problem.
Yea homemade steaks here in south Texas are $13 a piece affordable for family
Good point.
The restaurant biz is risky I actually use to work at a TGI Fridays a decade ago and they were closing stores then. Unreal
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🌴🌴🌴 While I was traveling last week I just had an urge for McDonald’s French fries which is weird because I never even think about McDonald’s. Anyways all I wanted was some French fries 🍟 to fit my urge.
I only ordered a large portion of fries and was blown away when I had to pay almost $6. Bucks for that 😮😮😮. How the heck did they come up with this price? For some cut potatoes???? Ridiculous.
Thank you Michael. Blessings,Carlos ✝️🙏❤️😊🇺🇸
Btw, I hadn’t been to a McDonald’s in many MANY YEARS and now it will be Much more many years if I ever return.
They had to use solar power to heat the grease.
The last price increase at my Mexican restaurant lost me, my three-taco meal and iced tea went from $13.50 to $18.90, with my $7 tip to the waitress, that's over $25. I can make the same thing at home for around $7, including the iced tea. I feel sorry for the hard-working waitresses that are working for $4 an hour plus tips.
Why are you leaving a $7 tip. 3.50 Max.
The plus tips part puts them into thr $20+ range
Then make it at home. We all have to make it at home now. Iced coffee? I'll make it at home too without the added xantham gum thanks.
i still cant figure out why a 33 percent increase? are the costs higher or are they just greedy. no supply line problems. no shortages. what gives?
@@subaruamazon Owners have personal expenses and mortgages too. They pass that cost onto the consumers. Some do not pass it on. Instead, they'll reduce their own personal cost of living to maintain low prices.
The businesses that will survive are those that provide value, the others will price themselves out of business.
I remember back in the '80s where I could get a Big Mac meal for like $2.99. Now it's like $9 or more which is absolutely insane This is just pure corporate greed
Double Quarter pounder large meal in New Jersey = $13.25 currently !
Them prices went into the early 90’s here in Michigan I rember cause in June 94’ our sales tax went from 4% to 6%.. I tember getting the Big Mac combo for 2.99/ 3.11 out the door so it wasn’t till like 95/96 when it went to 3.49 a combo.. now it’s 10.29
Same in Ireland. No restaurants any more. I dont eat out any more because it's poor quality.
If I want to eat a good quality 3 course meal in WA 🇦🇺 it’s $100 pp plus drinks. We don’t tip. Wine is around $12-25 per glass depending on what you get. Do we win ? We do get great service without tipping.
I have never and will never purchase a vehicle on a loan. I buy in cash because it's a depreciating asset. A car loses about 10% of its value as soon as it's driven off the lot. And every vehicle I've owned I use until they drop dead from maintenance costs.
I keep fixing my cars until the frame has holes in it or I can't buy the parts because they are obsolete.
07 camry 153k. I live in the Tri State NY area. almost get hit every day and twice on sunday. I will drive this car into the ground. new wrangler for 85K> no thanks. will buy another camry perhaps older if I lose my car.
Buy near new (1-4 years old) WITH CASH and take care of it, being pro-active to prevent long term damage.
@@treesnmoguls first camry. bought in 18 with 106k. i change oil every 5k now down to 4k. It will last a good while.
@@treesnmoguls anything happens to my camry i will go with the 00 01's. I like that boxy look with the bigger tail lights. I want reliable transport. no need to spend 85k for a wrangler.
Traveling in ATL this week, 2 of my go to restaurants closed!
Which ones?
I love when you bring friends along on your walks. Thanks for this one!
They closed down all the Denny's and Shari's Restaurants in my city. Breakfasts are expensive with the price of eggs.
Our old Shari’s is our new Denny’s in Walla Walla.
In the south our good old Waffle House is outrageous. I'm not paying 12 to 15 bucks for 2 eggs,hashbrowns,toast,and 2 very thin slices of bacon. Their prices went up way before eggs went crazy.
@@allyjack8437 nj here no waffle houses. do u have to pay for separate coffee? remember when u could get a breakfass special from 4 to 7 with endless coffee? i say greed has taken effect.
This team-up was perfect!
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Like color commentary on sports shows.:)
To me, TGIFs and Applebee's were places to stop after work with coworkers or meet someone after work.
And Chillis.
It's in past, that's no more
I never thought fridays hit the bulls eye with their menu items.
Strict DUI enforcement also hurt the "drinks after work" tendency in the suburbs.
@@airbourne2 That's what cured me. Got a DUI in 1995, first and last. Cops were hanging out watching for people leaving the bar.
People learnt to cook during covid. If you can cook better, cheaper, why would you want expensive restaurant food?
Because most people are lazy and cooking/cleaning up is WORK.
I am Gen X... we had to fend for ourselves while our boomer parents were raping the natural born world. WE can cook very good !!! We learned a few things ... don't count on anyone else for your happiness, and if you want something done correctly... do it yourself. If you try and don't get it right the first time, keep trying until you do. ❤
No they didn't. They learned how to order doordash and went broke.
@@zacklewis342 I meant people, not the drones. I have no idea what the drones do.
Fast food doesn't taste the same as it did 10 yrs ago. And it tastes like crap compared to what I remember in the 90s. Back in the 90s pocket change would get you a good fast food meal. Moreover, a lot of foreigners from third world filth holes work in the restaurant business, and I simply don't want to risk catching some disease. It's a judgement call. And in my judgment it all boils down to poor quality food, poor quality help and ridiculously high prices.
Always look at the cooks when I use to get take out. Good indicator how the food will be prepared and taste.
All restaurant food quality has never been lower
100%
It's called cutting costs
McDonald's still tastes the same, and it's not expensive.
I live in Southern California, Simi Valley. We had a Fridays here the food was horrible. The service was horrible and that’s why they shut this one down.
I only went once to a TGF,there music was so loud and the food was not spectacular . So never again.
It’s very scary what is happening in this country. It’s like a small Depression
Be patient, will soon move from 'small Depression', to Very Deep Depression.
@jamesgibson4100 you believe we will have a bad Depression. Why
@@anthonykence9954as the World de-dollarize, couple years from now,you wish it is 2024 again
Yes start stocking up
@@anthonykence9954Because there’s a depopulation agenda. Depression = dead people.
I live in a small city right off I-75 that has a restaurant row and all these places are thriving. McDonalds is packed all the time and Chic-Fil-A is always a madhouse. We have 2 McDonalds and the other is always packed too. Funny the unhealthiest fast food joint gets the most business.
A friend who use to be in the restaurant business talked about how high the cost of food is to the restaurants and the margin of profit was so thin he got out of the business. Food supply companies are taking all the money off the table and collapsing the restaurant industry. It's like everything else - the corporations are scalping the public for everything we're worth. Uncontrolled profit taking which hearkens back to what Thomas Jefferson said - "If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered."
We are there NOW and I don't think this can be reversed. We've never seen this level of technological monopolization before so there's no example in history we can look to for example and guidance. It is like a nightmare. I would say at this point the profiteers have become such rabid mad dogs that the only remedy is to treat them like rabid mad dogs. Their remedy for us is the gulag system.
If you want to get rid of all these evil scalping corporations, just don't spend money at those places and they will soon go out of business. Also, McDonalds is busy because while they outprice some people, other people who may have eaten at more expensive places start eating there more. Simple economics.
We live a block from McDonald's and my granson absolutely loves my homemade burgers and seasoned potato wedges minus the tip.
I think you’re missing a big factor affecting restaurants today- the deplorable state of dating behavior! No dates = no meals served!
interesting take. I still say people dine alone and with their co workers and friends. not sure dating killed the restauratn business but it is something to think about.
Amen -
MGTOW has killed restaurants, bars, nightclubs, florists, movie theaters, wedding industry, etc. The feminist movement has created greedy / hateful / entitled / delusional women: men are FED UP with the BS. if you combine that with a horrible economy it’s not surprising that this is the outcome (BTW not a bitter old man, married 27yrs to one of the good ones, only 10-15% get that stamp of approval. I’m glad I don’t have kids and feel very sorry for young men today).
In addition to current dating environment there is an aging population (old married couples like us eat at home); 20-30yrs ago we used to eat out a lot (lunches every day) + 3-4 times (mostly dinners) a week. Following 2000 crisis and especially GFC 2008 we started packing lunches and kept cutting back on eating out; now it’s down to 3-4 times a month and usually 2 of those meals are fast food while out running errands (we use mostly BOGO coupons). IMHO we have been upper middle class for last 30yrs with a combined income around $100k in 2000 (= to $250k in 2024). We chose to cut back and save for last 25yrs. It paid off as I was able to retire early @ 62 last year. Young people, Starbucks / Grub Hub Generation can’t seem to grasp the simple math. Best benefit is home prepared meals are 25-50 times much healthier - less fat, sodium, sugar, portion control (caloric intake), and frying.
@ yes I agree, just a contributing factor.
@@E-V-E-T 2.14 has browns when they were just 99 cents did it. and they call that a deal on the kiosk how preposterous.
I am finding that a lot of restaurants food quality has declined significantly and the service sucks. I can make better food at home.
Price Inflation and quality deflation make restaurant to dead end😂
Just a small side effect of Printing 5 Trillion dollars overnight.
Great video and what a nice friend I enjoyed it. Thank you ❤
Ha. We paid over $7 for one Whopper with no fries and drink today in MI. Burger Kings will be shutting down soon.
Remember 99 cent whoppers with 50 cents for cheese
Why move when u lived your entire life somewhere and losers from up north ruined the economy
Donaldo Trumpasito will solve everything and will save his trailer park supporters
Even a used car is over priced..
I use real world indicators to gauge the economy. And times are indeed bad. One of my indicators are local businesses that I frequent. The businesses that are normally busy and now have very few or no customers. That happened to me when I went to get my haircut today. They’re usually always busy and I have to wait a few minutes. There were three people cutting hair just sitting there with nobody in the shop. Until I arrived. I don’t use fancy charts or graphs. I just look at the real world. And we are indeed heading for I think an economic depression.
My brother buys and sells baseball cards (for over 35 years). His business is a great indicator since it is a non essential expenditure. His sales have been down for 2 years. He did great when the gov't was giving away all the stimulus money.
Michael love your Channel and thank you for your hard work!! I have been watching Richard Wolf and he says we are Finished and running on fumes??
It's getting insane.
When you can come to a food bank with a Tesla convertible and you’re not turned away that’s totally crazy. I say find a job 😖
That guy is very common sense and wise.
Even MacDonald's are expensive!!!
Scottsdale looks so clean and nice.
It is an isolated highly policed tiny town up a mountain from Phx.
Unless you drive yourself out on the couple roads you can't get there, and a hefty portion of the year the weather outside is not safe for loitering or such. Either broiling direct sun or freezing cold.
Except it's hotter than an oven!
@@seaneendelong8065 It’s not “up a mountain” and there are many roads into it. I lived there for 15 years. It is expensive though.
@@seaneendelong8065 I think you might be thinking of Sedona or Flagstaff...maybe (and neither of them are tiny, either). Scottsdale is a large city in the Phoenix metro area.
I remember years ago thinking how cheap Chinese food was.. I think it was $8.99 for orange chicken and you could make two meals out of it if you wanted to.. now that same order is $14.99. Wendy's fries used to be on sale for 99 cents and like $2.79 normal. Now a large fry is over $5.00.
Has anyone noticed that Wendy's doesn't fill the FF container all the way? Same thing with their Frostys! So aggravating...I guess holding onto those 10 extra fries & 1/4 inch of Frosty is going to pad Wendy's bottom line.
Always noticing that money oriented people always have a weird buzzard like posture.
I was noticing that
I understand the way you think
Just ordered Vincents' book over here in the UK. I'm a similar age to Vincent and experienced the same Zoo in Corporates this side of the water. Nice videos Michael, always informative.
Just because it’s not happening to to you, doesn’t mean it’s not happening to someone else.
Joblo1978 Well stated !
Make America healthy again ! Boycott fast food dives.
Boycott it all!
Hahah don't tell Trump that. He will get crazy mad. He loves his junk food.
a meal costs at least 15 dollars + 18%tip +8% tax. you pay them 10% and they roll their eyes on you. who can afford this? I can pour my own water.
Restaurant prices are high...spending 200 dollar for a family meal is easy. In Belarus a pint beer is less than 2 Dollars. Steak 12 Dollar......working online and Stalingrad outside EU and US is the key
I like cooking at home! Knowing what goes into my food keeps us running optimally!! Sprouts is a great store headquartered in Mesa Az.
Scottsdale my nephew went to the culinary institute there! Nice! Nice town! Micheal we’re getting another hurricane by the 20th hitting Florida ya better get back before then! Gonna be a doozy! Sara!
Already starting to prepare. 😳
Thanks Michael and Vincent! Just ordered the book for my young adult son. :)
The last couple of times I went to Denny"s two people were working. One cook one waitress.
You guys hit the nail on the head. If it's too expensive to live where you're at feel free to move. I'm tired of hearing people complain all the time. If you're not willing to put in the work and better yourself to get more money, I have no sympathy for you.
When I was a working teenager during the late-1980s, gas was under $.70 a gallon, the most expensive or largest fast food combo meal was still under $3 and a large family value meal was about $11.
The pink taco closed on sunset Blvd... For lease sign on the building. That place used to be so busy. It took an hour to get a table.
Their rent prolly went up so much they couldn’t make a profit
We love you Uncle Vinny 😊
There were price spikes in every business sector as a result of the pandemic causing unbalanced supply/demand. The problem is that now that supply is no longer the issue, those supply chain prices have not come back down as everyone wants to keep those higher profit margins for themselves. Speaking for myself, I decided to eat healthier and so no longer want to eat at fast food establishments.
It's obvious how much effort went into this!
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So exciting you came to Scottsdale! Would love if you did a video on the residential housing market in the East Valley (Eastmark, Queen Creek, etc.) there’s been so much rapid growth it seems never ending and unsustainable at the current prices.
Michael, here is your laugh for today, this guest of your looked like and sounded like a character out of “Wise Guys!” NO insult intended!! Please. I pictured him saying, “Give Vinnie the gun Michael.”
Yep! 😂👍❤
Pre-COVID I was a once-a-week restaurant goer. In the last 4 years maybe once a month or even less frequently. The prices and added fees have me cooking at home.
My family lives in NYC. Public transportation and cultural ties keep them there.
Neither restaurant will be missed.
Two regular guys doing the Bordenaro stroll!!
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Quality interview sound great thanks.
Restaurants as a whole have always been a bad business to get into. They come and they go.
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We haven't eaten out in years. We eat organic and I don't trust the food with the low volume of customers in restaurants. Our idea of eating out is getting a sub at Publix for lunch every once in awhile
Eat organic and a sub at Publix with processed meat and shelf stable poison bread, LOL!
@@treesnmoguls Eating out once a month is way different that tons of folks that get fast food 4-5 times a week. Yes, it’s garbage, but an occasional treat won’t end your life.
It costs so much to eat out that people don’t do it anymore. My daughter and l would go get a meal at a restaurant and spend $20-30. Now it’s $50-100. We just eat home now.
We only eat out if we are away from home.