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re: Businesses that were better regional before they went national

Posted on 4/16/17 at 8:03 pm to
Posted by dewster
Chicago
Member since Aug 2006
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Posted on 4/16/17 at 8:03 pm to
A lot of restaurants.
Posted by yellowfin
Coastal Bar
Member since May 2006
98945 posts
Posted on 4/16/17 at 8:03 pm to
LSU football
Posted by northshorebamaman
Mackinac Island
Member since Jul 2009
38338 posts
Posted on 4/16/17 at 8:03 pm to
I know we had a Sonic near my old house in AZ in the 90's.
Posted by Bunk Moreland
Member since Dec 2010
68373 posts
Posted on 4/16/17 at 8:06 pm to
I seem to remember some BW3s - Buffalo, Wild Wings and Weck. Solid quality wing joints in midwest college towns. It eventually became insane corporate giant Buffalo Wild Wings.
Posted by TigerStripes06
SWLA
Member since Sep 2006
30032 posts
Posted on 4/16/17 at 8:12 pm to
I lived in Phoenix for a couple years and the only sonic I ever saw was on Ray Road in chandler. They definitely weren't everywhere. This was 99-2000
Posted by whit
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2010
11073 posts
Posted on 4/16/17 at 8:14 pm to
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Fazoli's
I haven't heard of Fazoli's in years! I remember the location off of Siegen back in the day. Italian fast food. I only ate there a few times but I liked it.
Posted by northshorebamaman
Mackinac Island
Member since Jul 2009
38338 posts
Posted on 4/16/17 at 8:18 pm to
We had one in Sierra Vista.
Posted by chinese58
NELA. after 30 years in Dallas.
Member since Jun 2004
33818 posts
Posted on 4/16/17 at 8:43 pm to
In the late 70's you could buy Ralph Lauren polo's at Stein Mart in Greenville for $8.00 a piece. I think they were selling for $35-40 in retail store back then. A buddy in Monroe had a friend who worked there that would call when they got shipments. We would make the drive over and basically bought one of every color they'd get in.

Now Stein Mart's merchandise isn't really discounted much. Even the Ralph Lauren outlets can't sell them at that much of a discount.
Posted by Porter Osborne Jr
Member since Sep 2012
43755 posts
Posted on 4/16/17 at 8:54 pm to
Zaxbys was the bomb when it started. They actually cooked your chicken fingers in the sauce you wanted. It took a little longer to make but it tasted so much better.
Posted by GeorgeTheGreek
Sparta, Greece
Member since Mar 2008
69174 posts
Posted on 4/16/17 at 8:58 pm to
What was that good brand of local potato chips? Everytime I try to think of them I think of Lays so I can't figure it out.
Posted by 632627
LA
Member since Dec 2011
15108 posts
Posted on 4/16/17 at 8:58 pm to
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I've never understood the appeal of Five Guys. Never.


Agreed. Many people hyped it up, I had it once, it was the perfect example of "meh". Never went back.
Posted by CaptainsWafer
TD Platinum Member
Member since Feb 2006
59315 posts
Posted on 4/16/17 at 9:00 pm to
Zapps?
Posted by Btrtigerfan
Disgruntled employee
Member since Dec 2007
24002 posts
Posted on 4/16/17 at 9:00 pm to
Piccadilly Cafeteria
Posted by yellowfin
Coastal Bar
Member since May 2006
98945 posts
Posted on 4/16/17 at 9:01 pm to
Zapp's?
Posted by samson73103
Krypton
Member since Nov 2008
9299 posts
Posted on 4/16/17 at 9:03 pm to
Walmart
Posted by GeorgeTheGreek
Sparta, Greece
Member since Mar 2008
69174 posts
Posted on 4/16/17 at 9:03 pm to
No, not Zapps.

Think boring potato chip. They use to sponsor LSU I'm pretty sure. Or at least the Football broadcast. Also, they never went national. Just a regional brand.
This post was edited on 4/16/17 at 9:39 pm
Posted by S1C EM
Athens, GA
Member since Nov 2007
11594 posts
Posted on 4/16/17 at 9:04 pm to
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I'll have to take your word for it. Every zaxbys I've ever been to, the food has been near inedible.


I don't disagree. Twenty years ago, they were definitely better though.
Posted by otowntiger
O-Town
Member since Jan 2004
16919 posts
Posted on 4/16/17 at 9:07 pm to
Piccadilly.
Posted by otowntiger
O-Town
Member since Jan 2004
16919 posts
Posted on 4/16/17 at 9:10 pm to
quote:

Zaxbys was the bomb when it started. They actually cooked your chicken fingers in the sauce you wanted. It took a little longer to make but it tasted so much better.
I've never been impressed
Posted by CaptainsWafer
TD Platinum Member
Member since Feb 2006
59315 posts
Posted on 4/16/17 at 9:11 pm to
Was going to say Golden Flake, but I don't think that's who you're thinking of either.
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