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TiesThrei t1_j759for wrote

It looks like the restaurant industry, Big Burrito included, is going through what a steel plant in my hometown did years ago when the owners shut it down.

They tell the public it's the workers fault. They tell you that they got too greedy or that they can't find people willing to work. What they don't tell you is that the owning interests were still making money, just not as much money as their other interests are or as much money as they used to, and they decide not to make the effort to keep it running because it just doesn't look good on paper. I'm guessing that's the real story.

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mellylovesdundun t1_j75bp9m wrote

It is. I worked at a mad Mex (another store) until recently and it was clear the company’s bottom line is struggling. Not confirmed but just things I heard. They’re likely cutting dead weight stores which to be fair, this one in particular is because the shadyside location is far superior.

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TenguMeringue t1_j75j10j wrote

insane to me that this could be considered a dead weight store with how busy it always is

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i-smell_like_beeef t1_j75wc14 wrote

Until the summer when it was Dead Dead

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AxsDeny t1_j7789zc wrote

This. I work at CMU and this place was my regular spot. Lunch there during the summer only had like 3-5 tables seated when I would go.

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i-smell_like_beeef t1_j7799rw wrote

It was like that all of the time in the summer. This location was just too small and didn’t have the oomph that shady side has.

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mellylovesdundun t1_j76jaq2 wrote

With the way things cost these days they can’t afford to have a restaurant that doesn’t do well year round.

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Halford4Lyfe t1_j77wxp0 wrote

How was it clear? Restaurant groups never share this info with the workers. How did you get that impression?

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