Dumb maybe, but just think if the United Arab Emirates bought Carshon's.
Whatever J.J.'s plan may be, the reaction is understandable. The sheer horror of a treasured Texas fast-food institution lost the the whims of a mysterious gang of creepy Northerners (J.J. may think of them as Southern, but, it's Wisconsin, eh...) is the stuff of pure nightmare. And yet, somehow, it happened. Soon, Chicken and Biscuits slathered in honey butter will be gone, replaced by bland Yankee Pot Roast.
Ye Gods...
I don’t get what your point is here. The concern isn’t about the location of the restaurant. It’s about the location and assumed type of people that will now be in charge of big scale decision making.I’ve been to a Shake Shack in the Middle East, an In ‘N Out in the Deep South, and a Chick-fil-A in New York City. Whataburger will be fine, and you’ll be able to get your fix in Chicago.
Dumb, IMO
FWIW, I don’t really see this change in majority ownership affecting any of the day to day customer experiences. The HQ appears to be staying in San Antonio.
Lines will still be long and slow and orders will continue to be wrong. SOP. BAU.
Hand over your Texan card, sir.Lines will still be long and slow and orders will continue to be wrong. SOP. BAU.
Unfortunately they’ll run this thing into the ground. That’s what big corporations do. They come in, tell everyone nothing’s going to change, then they’ll slowly start cutting wages, reducing benefits, turnover will increase.FWIW, I don’t really see this change in majority ownership affecting any of the day to day customer experiences. The HQ appears to be staying in San Antonio.
Lines will still be long and slow and orders will continue to be wrong. SOP. BAU.
It is fast food. Pertaining to fast food, Whataburger is pretty darn good.Preach. Whataburger is so overrated by people in this state.
Happens pretty much every time an acquisition occurs. I see it in my industry pretty regularly. It’s like a playbook.I am always amazed when new upper management or ownership comes into a successful company, and they don’t seem to take in account for what made that particular company successful.
Happens pretty much every time an acquisition occurs. I see it in my industry pretty regularly. It’s like a playbook.
Come in, smile, tell all the terrified employees who actually need their job that nothing will change, we’ll make improvements in the culture, pay will go up, etc, etc, etc.
6 months later, people getting fired, pay getting cut, benefits deteriorate, moral blows, and the execs are confused as to what happened.