return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agoHigh-income Americans rarely mix with poorer people. Restaurants like Applebee's and Olive Garden are the exceptionwww.msn.comexternal-linkmessage-square95fedilinkarrow-up1238arrow-down124
arrow-up1214arrow-down1external-linkHigh-income Americans rarely mix with poorer people. Restaurants like Applebee's and Olive Garden are the exceptionwww.msn.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square95fedilink
minus-squareHyperreality@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoRisk reduction. Safe choice. The food will be ok, there’s a relatively small risk of food poisoning, or having an especially shit meal. You know what you’re getting. Same business model as chain hotels and blockbusters starring A-listers with name recognition. Customers know it will be just ok, but that’s enough.
minus-squarebbkpr@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoThis is exactly why I go to McDonald’s when I’m anywhere away from home. It’s almost always the same, and their corporate side is extremely serious about consistency and quality.
minus-squareivanafterall@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoCracker Barrel took this a step further, providing a generic “home-y” feel anywhere in the country.
minus-squareEssentialCoffee@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoCracker Barrel is atrocious though. Absolutely flavorless. It’s the epitome of bland old white people food. I’d rather eat Applebee’s. At least they use salt.
Risk reduction. Safe choice.
The food will be ok, there’s a relatively small risk of food poisoning, or having an especially shit meal. You know what you’re getting.
Same business model as chain hotels and blockbusters starring A-listers with name recognition. Customers know it will be just ok, but that’s enough.
This is exactly why I go to McDonald’s when I’m anywhere away from home. It’s almost always the same, and their corporate side is extremely serious about consistency and quality.
Cracker Barrel took this a step further, providing a generic “home-y” feel anywhere in the country.
Cracker Barrel is atrocious though. Absolutely flavorless. It’s the epitome of bland old white people food.
I’d rather eat Applebee’s. At least they use salt.