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  1. Couple episodes into The Tourist. Pretty good so far.

    This should have been better than it was but the writing sucked in the last three. We thought fucking Issa Lopez wrote it.

    So the location was Ireland because Jamie Dornan refused to go back to Australia and wanted to stay near the family for filming.

  2. Wendy’s isn’t some mom & pop burger stand that’s having trouble keeping the doors open. They have a 3.7 billion market cap. They absolutely have the time and resources to sit around and think up more ways to increase cash flow. 
     
     

    A stock valuation has little to do with the actual nightmares of operating a chain of thousands of stores housing a rapidly expiring inventory. Having been a part of large multi unit retail, the general biz school diktat of Soviet style centralized operations and customer interfaces delivers varying versions of a Moscow GUUM store. The need has been for a more decentralized store/time/situational approach that equates to the flexibility of smaller operations. Most large retailers these days are flailing because they can’t get out of their own way, and are run by finance guys that couldn’t sell pussy to a troop train.
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  3. Yes, I'm sure Wendy's, a multi-national fast food chain, is just looking out for the consumer and the little guy.  Corporations left and right are just falling over themselves to give something back.

    It’s not about that. Raising prices isn’t the path to higher profits in retail. It’s about cash flow, labor and food costs, rents, a whole lot of wheels to turn. If you have a store that has solid lunch and terrible dinner hours this enables that store to have specials to attract business.

    This isn’t anything new. Do you complain at your independent Chinese or TexMex joint that has a lunch menu with the same enchilada plate for the dollars less than dinner. Do you whine at the Italian joint with a shrimp special on the board because it’s not servable tomorrow night?

    This has been a part of retail forever and technology will simplify pricing and inventory. For a national retailer it takes a lot to do the analytics on promotions. What will be the lift to make the cost of the promotion affordable. Cutting the price on a hot item might drive footsteps but does it drive bottom line. Since they don’t teach real retail in business school, it’s called the “monkey fuckin the skunk”. It feels good but you can only stand so much of it.

    Retailers are too busy trying to stay in business in razor thin margins and get workers to come in as scheduled to make stupid “let’s fuck the customer” strategeries”.
  4. I mean, that's what they're saying now after everyone said "Wendy's can get fucked" with this dynamic pricing bullshit. My personal opinion is that they ABSOLUTELY meant surge pricing and only said "no wait everyone, we didn't mean SURGE pricing! We meant pricing would go DOWN!" after everyone realized Wendy's isn't good enough to get away with that shit.
     

    You realize raising prices at lunchtime would be the dumbest business move ever in restaurant history, right? This was the result of some stupid marketing person that likely doesn’t even eat burgers writing this.

    Rideshare surge is a result of limited resource (drivers) and too much short term demand (riders). The alternatives are shitty too. So it’s intended to attract more drivers to the area.

    Wendy’s are generally in fast food forests with tons of competitors. If you raise prices while people are in line they will leave. And not come back.

    National multi unit megachains have issues with quick pivoting. AI allows a dream scenario where each store can adapt to factors of inventory, labor, demand on a granular level and make specials on the fly to drive revenue or reduce costs. Another instance of innovation that benefits consumers and employees being hammered by a hysterical media and luddites./z
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  5. Have changed my mind today about torchy's. Went there for lunch. Place was packed. It kinda sucked. I paid attention to the tortillas for the first time and yeah, they kinda sucked. Plus the dude walked around for ten minutes trying to find my table. Just call out the fuckin number. I'd rather go pick my food than the current system. Also the people that work there are not the friendliest type people.

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  6. Their chili is made with left over patties from the day before so that tracks.

    It’s not true but what’s the problem if they do? Any successful restaurant figures out how to monetize leftovers, scraps, and excess inventory. And they utilize everything they can to minimize waste. Any barbecue joint that doesn’t meticulously use everything and maintain tight food costs controls will go out of business
  7. There's a lot of really, really,  dumb motherfuckers in pro sports. But Tyreke appears to be distancing himself from the pack in  impressive fashion. If stupidity is a road race, Tyreke's out here running 3 minute miles. I aint gonna lie, I'm excited to see what he comes up with next. 

    I’d like a reality show with Tyreek, Antonio Brown, Johnny Fucking Football, and Deshaun Watson all living together, scrambling for child support money and committing dumb shit crimes.
  8. it just seems like the producers are not vetting well.  the dude on lithium, someone that misses home after one day.  i guarantee the person that cant sleep, and the person thats allergic to everything will be gone in no time. you gotta be tougher than this.   jelinsky's could have been a player and stuck it out.  he was great in challenges, where he screwed up was putting himself out there.  he volunteered for the sweat challenge, volunteered for the journey, volunteered to do the puzze.  he was terrible at all three.  some delusion going on.  i dont think he realized he wasnt as great as he thought he was, and the producers should be able to weed out the delusional bullshitters so we dont waste our time on them.

    “Greatest blindside in survivor history!” Uhh you weren’t blindsided. You weren’t listening. Jeff pretty much tee’d your ass up with his interrogation. He hates quitters and dumbasses on the show and wants to clear them out. I bet he chewed out the casting crew again.
  9. It’s a terrible marketing job but a good concept if you do it by store by demand. The problem with these big chains is they are in lockstep on price and promotion. A 2for1 fish sandwich might fly in one part of town but not in others. And the math they do on a national basis is complex.

    They should have just said we have great new technology that enables real time store specific promotions based on traffic, item demand, inventory, etc to go with the national /regional standard pricing and promos. Some stores need help at the dinner hour. Some may have meat they need to move thru before it goes bad.

    They be idiots to say it’s the lunch rush so add 2 bucks to a double.

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    So had a client in town and was going to Panther City but closed on Tuesday. So went to the Hurtado on 8th st. Guest was from NJ and raved about it. He then got a birria taco.

    That’s brisket, burnt ends, bacon wrapped stuffed jap, brisket tostada, and Mexican cornbread with brisket, elotes and jalapeños. It was great.

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  11. flavor bomb, good or bad?
    Celebrity chef and TV host Guy Fieri expands his grocery store footprint with the launch of new Flavortown Sauces.
    Guy Fieri's Flavortown Sauces consists of nine condiments and BBQ sauces, including:
    Famous Donkey Sauce - A creamy, garlicky, flavor-bombed aioli.
    Top Secret Sauce - A creamy aioli with notes of chili powder, mustard, and garlic.
    Honey Mustard Sauce - A tangy mustard with sweet honey creaminess.
    Poppin' Jalapeno Sauce - A creamy, garlicky aioli featuring spicy jalapenos.
    Kickin' Chipotle Sauce -  A mayo-based sauce with spicy heat from a combination of smoky chipotle, chili, and spices.
    Smokin' Hickory BBQ Sauce - A BBQ sauce with a "just-right balance of sticky, sweet, smoky and tangy."
    Mop Sauce BBQ Sauce - A BBQ sauce made with chile, spices, molasses, and some mustard tang.
    Carolina Style BBQ Sauce - A BBQ sauce made featuring "tangy mustard, a little sweetness, and savory spice."
    Money Honey BBQ Sauce: Just what you're lookin' for. Sweet, sticky honey pulls together brown sugar, a hint of tomato and spices that'll upgrade any dish…and you can take that to the bank.
    The Flavortown Sauces is produced by Litehouse Foods. You can find the new sauce at grocery retailers nationwide starting next month (March 2024) with a suggested price that ranges from $4 to $5.
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    This is all a big project of Golden west Foods that has signed up Guy, Gordon Ramsay, Kardea Brown, and Andrew Zimmern for frozen foods, sauces, seasonings, etc. The frozen entrees are all at Walmart and Big chains. The Guy items don’t seem out of character but Ramsay’s are just dreadful. He spent an entire season of the f word railing against frozen meals and here he is pimping Wellington bites and shepherds pie. All are loaded with chemicals and tout “made with bioengineered products”. I’ve not tried any as they are $6 - 7 for a TV dinner.

    BTW Zimmern has really progressed from the weirdness of his shows eating bugs and various dicks around the world. His family dinner show is good but his wild game cooking series is really very good.
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  12. Larry even joined in singing JG whitworth…

    Overall the season stinks. Not a good way to go out. Susie looks like the cartoon Nancy. They are filthy rich and can join any club in LA so they all accept this terrible food and service and this dictatorial manager.

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  13. Lots of veteran RBs available. But I’m sure Jerruh will come on radio/tv with his shit eating grin (the same shit he keeps trying to sell for 29 years) and will tell us they are going in a different direction. This team will continue to underachieve and terrify no one as long as he’s the GM. Period. The rest is just fans trying to justify why they are fans and stuck being that way. Deep down we all know Jerruh can’t get it done. Not with a salary cap. 

    I say absofucking no to signing any high dollar high mileage oft injured used up RBs. No to Saquan, no to Jacobs, no to Pollard, no to Derrick Henry. Watch Jerry sign up Zeke for a 3 year $36 mil deal.
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  14. Arnie is wrong and he should feel bad. 
     
    When using the cheapest or crappy bacon, yes, you dice it up into the eggs. Hide it if you will. 
     
    When you have good thick cut bacon you don’t need tricks. That’s something whores do for money. 
     
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    Those with great sharp teeth can enjoy a strip or two of thick cut bacon. There is a third way for bacon: one inch lengths or so. That way I don’t drag a length of bacon to drag all the way out along with half the taco innards into my shirt and all over my car.

    Also team no egg. Beans, bacon, cheese, crispy fried taters.
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  15. What color is the sky on your planet?

    Of course that’s pie in the sky. My company is based in San Diego and they all loved the Chargers, but hated the Spanos family. Fucking Greek gangsters.

    The Chargers will be a road team in their own stadium forever. San Diego would welcome the team back if the ownership was different.
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