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re: Companies/products you’re surprised are still in business.

Posted on 6/27/26 at 1:40 pm to
Posted by BregmansWheelbarrow
Member since Mar 2020
3409 posts
Posted on 6/27/26 at 1:40 pm to
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I loved it growing up- would like to have 90s BK back.


BK back in the early-mid 90s was AWESOME. Even the lobby was always full.

I would kill to go back in time and have one more BK Broiler.
Posted by Nice Try
Member since Jun 2026
20 posts
Posted on 6/27/26 at 2:19 pm to
The entire tobacco industry.
The entire "soda" industry.

Never underestimate the stupidity of the general public to suck on cancer sticks and drink their diabetes.
This post was edited on 6/28/26 at 7:29 am
Posted by OceanMan
Member since Mar 2010
23410 posts
Posted on 6/27/26 at 2:36 pm to
Did not expect to see cheap booze that mixes well, just add people, in the OP.

I’m at Izzo’s now, didn’t even look open. This place used to be awesome but there is hardly anyone here. They don’t sell beer anymore either apparently. Still much better than chipotle
Posted by neverputstheseatdown
Member since Nov 2025
37 posts
Posted on 6/27/26 at 2:52 pm to
Anything with the Trump name in it. DJT stock is down 80% of the last two years.
Posted by FatBoy62
Arkansas
Member since May 2018
783 posts
Posted on 6/27/26 at 2:52 pm to
Long John Silvers. Theres one in Conway Ar that has been there since I was a kid (40 plus years). I have literally never seen a person eat there.
Posted by Turftoe
Denver
Member since Mar 2016
4416 posts
Posted on 6/27/26 at 3:04 pm to
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Pretty much every vape shop I see


Their bread and butter is dealing Kratom. You’d be shocked how many people are hooked on that shite
Posted by samson73103
Krypton
Member since Nov 2008
9386 posts
Posted on 6/27/26 at 3:07 pm to
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Matress Firm
Mattress Direct

Never any cars.


Not sure how legit but I read somewhere these store are a front for organized crime to launder money.
Posted by grifterfad
Mobile, Al
Member since Jun 2013
248 posts
Posted on 6/27/26 at 3:11 pm to
Five Guys. They have a damn good burger but their prices are ridiculous. Every time I pass one during lunch hours nobody is there.
Posted by Syd
Member since Sep 2012
5151 posts
Posted on 6/27/26 at 3:11 pm to
your mom
Posted by samson73103
Krypton
Member since Nov 2008
9386 posts
Posted on 6/27/26 at 3:12 pm to
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Dr. Tichenor’s

It's good for what ails you. There is always a bottle in my house.
Posted by HubbaBubba
North of DFW, TX
Member since Oct 2010
52588 posts
Posted on 6/27/26 at 3:17 pm to
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They are dying quickly
The poor franchise owners are trying to hang on, but their reputation was ruined by:

A. Jared (live by the geek /die by the geek)

B. The report that the tuna wasn't tuna. It was not proven that Subway's tuna was fake, but neither did Subway prove it was Tuna.
Posted by thelawnwranglers
Member since Sep 2007
42480 posts
Posted on 6/27/26 at 3:20 pm to
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Never even ate at that place even when I was at LSU.



Who had TJ Ribs money in college
Posted by Willie Stroker
Member since Sep 2008
17054 posts
Posted on 6/27/26 at 4:23 pm to
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Hooters, for a lot of reasons. The current man hating political environment demonizing anything that can be deemed as "sexualizing" women.
No need to go to sports bars with every game being televised.
Those "sexy outfits" are quaint in this day and age (wearing hose with shorts? )
Most young guys are Low T and don't have disposable income.
Food sucks.


And it’s called Hooters. Not Pancakes. Some hiring managers appear to be more interested in helping these ladies trying to pay for law school and don’t seem to understand branding.
Posted by wm72
Brooklyn
Member since Mar 2010
9683 posts
Posted on 6/27/26 at 4:28 pm to
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Subway. Especially with the growth of places like Jersey Mike's, Jimmy John's, and local delis/sub places.



There's a Subway in Alabama near my mom's in one of those huge shopping centers Walmart abandoned and now has 1 million square ft of retail and parking with that Subway being the only shop in it.

II can't recall seeing a person there for years but it just stays open.
Posted by wm72
Brooklyn
Member since Mar 2010
9683 posts
Posted on 6/27/26 at 4:33 pm to
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Five Guys. They have a damn good burger but their prices are ridiculous. Every time I pass one during lunch hours nobody is there.



Five Guys locations actually seem pretty packed in the Northeast.
This post was edited on 6/28/26 at 12:10 pm
Posted by highcotton2
Alabama
Member since Feb 2010
10674 posts
Posted on 6/27/26 at 4:42 pm to
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lot of your fast food places. Service has gotten so bad. Locally we just had a Wendy's and a Burger King close down. The other BK is on the rope.


My hometown had a McDonalds go out of business when the only other fast food place was a Hardee’s. That’s how bad the service was.
Posted by oldtrucker
Marianna, Fl
Member since Apr 2013
3845 posts
Posted on 6/27/26 at 4:44 pm to
Huge markup in mattresses. Sell one and you've made bank
Posted by KajunLass
Member since Apr 2022
573 posts
Posted on 6/27/26 at 4:46 pm to
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Peach Cobbler Factory


I couldn't agree more. Product is crap, service is crap. There are no displays in the lobby. . .only a menu. I've been once when my MIL wanted to stop for a treat. Employee goes in the back to prepare the order instead of in front of the customer. No one is ever at the location on Bluebonnet. I am convinced it's a front for money laundering.
Posted by Jake88
Member since Apr 2005
80773 posts
Posted on 6/27/26 at 4:52 pm to
Bonanza steak houses and Western Sizzlin
Posted by idlewatcher
Planet Arium
Member since Jan 2012
98548 posts
Posted on 6/27/26 at 4:55 pm to
Sears trying to rebrand and remarket themselves. The backstory on the guy who bought them was pretty funny.

It was the same CEO who essentially crashed them only to get fired (or quit) and buy them for next to nothing.

Same goes for bed Bath and beyond beyond. Poor management and yet still in the death gurgle.
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