This drop in the pizza chain is due to "bad" food, say customers
And come back from the pizza is difficult subpa.
No one really provides for a "Food 80s Food TribunalPizza To satisfy our advanced Fast Food Palace in 2021, but it's also not every day "bad pizza" is blamed for the decline of an entire franchise. Although there are several convergent factors that contributed toSbarro Appeal down and attendance on the Fast Food scene, a popular opinion seems to be that the chain is a decline thanks to its disappointing food.
Sbarro has increased in popularity with the multiplication of shopping centers across the country. In fact, the company built its empire almost entirely like a restoration mark, opening a large volume of small restaurant units located mainly in retail businesses. At its peak in the 2000s, the chain had more than 1000 locations across the United States and dozens of other countries. But a recession, two bankruptcies, and several decades later, Sbarro is reduced to only 600 locations (350 of them are domestic) and is more and morelose one's foot against a sea of competitors.
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Although the current directionplans to focus on expanding In the niche category of "pizza impulse opportunities", which will include growth in what remains of American shopping centers and in places of transport and entertainment, a major problem with Sbarro remains operational convenience with priority over the quality of food. Meanwhile, customers are reluctant to spend their money on a subpar slice if they are not. After all, large national channels likeDomino,Papa Johns, andPizza hut Have thousands of other sites that dot all the corners of the country, which makes Sbarro's task to stay relevant much more difficult.
By analyzing the decline of the Sbarro brand, YouTube Content CreatorCompany Man Taxes asked to ring whether they like pizza the chain, which has the reputation of being disappointing and expensive.
"Sbarro: favorite pizza of everyone to eat when you are at a rest at 50 miles from the nearest pizza," commented a YouTube user, and much more agree. "Charge $ 4.89 for a pizza slice that has been sitting under a hot lamp for 48 minutes. This was the case, another to explain sounded the reputation of Sbarro.
Similar feelings on their pizza are available on Reddit.
The experts seem to agree that the business model of Sbarro not to serve fresh, makes it possible to order a meal, but to be satisfied with meadow pizzas that have been sitting in the display windows for hours just does not cut any more.
"Sbarro was stuck with a business model not up to date," Michael Whiteman, a restaurant and president of Baum & Whiteman LLC in Brooklyn, New York, saidReuters In 2014, when the chain filed its second bankruptcy. "His greatest gap is that he sells food that has been sitting for a while, and more people want the food done to order. »
Sbarro can reinvent yourself as going to New York, Style Style Slice located in practical areas with high foot traffic, which is the central message of their brand, is still to be seen.
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