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Schlotzsky's - Why doesn't it work in BR?

Posted on 6/1/23 at 1:35 pm
Posted by jmorr34
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2004
2897 posts
Posted on 6/1/23 at 1:35 pm
Seems like Schlotzsky's cant make it here in BR. One on Jefferson was around for a bit and the one on Essen didn't last very long. Why is that?

Few years ago we lived in Houston for about 5 months while our son was at Texas Children's. Ate at the one near NRG Stadium quite a bit. Turkey Bacon Club on Jalapeno Cheese bread.
This post was edited on 6/1/23 at 1:38 pm
Posted by JW
Los Angeles
Member since Jul 2004
4771 posts
Posted on 6/1/23 at 1:37 pm to
My great grandmother loved it when she lived at Jefferson Place ..... 29 YEARS AGO.

I think it's working

Posted by financetiger
Member since Feb 2008
1677 posts
Posted on 6/1/23 at 2:09 pm to
I have wondered the exact same thing. I think it was bad management. We always make a point to stop at them when we see them while traveling. Dairy Queen had left BR and then came back and does pretty well now. They need to try again!
Posted by jfw3535
South of Bunkie
Member since Mar 2008
4683 posts
Posted on 6/1/23 at 2:41 pm to
Love me some Schlotzsky's. They need to come back to Baton Rouge.
Posted by dgnx6
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2006
68926 posts
Posted on 6/1/23 at 3:50 pm to
I used to like blimpies, they even had one in the student union at lsu some years ago.

Im assuming whoever had the schlotzskys franchise just didnt keep it up. I dont know if any of them are open around Louisiana anymore.

Posted by Tigertown in ATL
Georgia foothills
Member since Sep 2009
29206 posts
Posted on 6/1/23 at 4:12 pm to
They struggle everywhere. Not sure why.
It never crosses my mind to go there.
Posted by UnoDelgado
Covington
Member since Nov 2019
537 posts
Posted on 6/1/23 at 5:50 pm to
They expanded too quickly and brought on undercapitalized franchisees.
Posted by Twenty 49
Shreveport
Member since Jun 2014
18814 posts
Posted on 6/1/23 at 6:01 pm to
Schlotzsky's taught me that I am totally out of step with most others when it comes to fast food. I love their sandwiches and pizzas, and it's one of the few chains that I will visit. Even considered buying stock after my first meal(ticker: BUNZ), but I read the company was in trouble. It filed bankruptcy and wiped out the shareholders.

Boneheads Grilled Fish & Piri-Piri Chicken was another chain I really liked. Closed within several months.

If I like your chain concept, it is doomed.

Posted by TheWalrus
Member since Dec 2012
40741 posts
Posted on 6/1/23 at 9:05 pm to
I love Schlotzsky’s, there’s just one left in Memphis and the owners kind of suck.

I’m still pissed about the demise of Quiznos.

There seems to be an inverse relationship in sandwich quality and franchise viability.
Posted by BigB0882
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2014
5310 posts
Posted on 6/1/23 at 9:38 pm to
I absolutely love Schlotzskys. I am from Beaumont and they have had one for as long as I can remember and it still does really well. Yet, somehow, Baton Rouge can’t support one. The one on Essen can be chocked up to location, IMO. Absolutely horrible to get in and out of. Especially if you are trying at lunch. I think that may have been enough to do it in. Every time I go home I try to get a Schlotzkys turkey original.
Posted by MNCscripper
St. George
Member since Jan 2004
11713 posts
Posted on 6/1/23 at 9:58 pm to
There was one on Sherwood Forest ~15 years ago near Piccadilly
Posted by Zappas Stache
Utility Muffin Research Kitchen
Member since Apr 2009
38778 posts
Posted on 6/1/23 at 10:15 pm to
Does Schlotzckys work anywhere now.? Back in the day I liked them but then the corporations bought them and dumbed down their product
Posted by jamiegla1
Member since Aug 2016
7014 posts
Posted on 6/2/23 at 6:45 am to
I lived in Afton Oaks apartments off Sherwood in college. There was a Schlotzky's right up the road. I ate there at least 3 times a week. Havent thought about it in years but I loved it.
Posted by TejasHorn
High Plains Driftin'
Member since Mar 2007
10986 posts
Posted on 6/2/23 at 7:56 pm to
They’re so expensive it’s more like a treat than in the rotation.
Posted by SUG
Member since Nov 2015
499 posts
Posted on 6/3/23 at 7:51 am to
I was in line opening day at Essen and got free sandwiches for a year
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