WI: No McDonald's.

elkarlo

Banned
I've been to both Roy Rogers in Leesburg; especially the one south of downtown. Roy Rogers is still around as a regional chain (northern VA, DC, Maryland, maybe parts of Delaware and PA), neither really growing nor shrinking, I think.
RR is growing and has been growing. It was left for dead until the late 90s iirc. It's privately held s d is slowing adding numbers. But it's no major chain that's for sure
 
RR is growing and has been growing. It was left for dead until the late 90s iirc. It's privately held s d is slowing adding numbers. But it's no major chain that's for sure
Breaks my heart. Was revived in Edison kicked butt for four months then went out of business.
 
Arby's seems to actually be expanding, and I see and hear a lot of ads for them now. But to be honest I never really cared for them that much...
 
Arby's seems to actually be expanding, and I see and hear a lot of ads for them now. But to be honest I never really cared for them that much...

I like their food a lot, they are just expensive.

I was blown away when they joined with Buffalo Wild Wings, that place is now the largest sports bar franchise in the US - https://www.businessinsider.com/arbys-buffalo-wild-wings-join-potential-changes-2018-2

I still can't believe that last part, they started at Ohio State. I've was eating there when there were only two of them in the whole world (North Campus and South Campus on High Street in Columbus, OH).
 

Lusitania

Donor
Burger King would take its place. Nature abhors a vacuum.
There would of been no vacuum, regional chains would grown stronger during the 1960s and while Burger King could of expanded nationwide, it would of required the right combination of marketing and management to become as large as McDonalds.
 

nbcman

Donor
I like their food a lot, they are just expensive.

I was blown away when they joined with Buffalo Wild Wings, that place is now the largest sports bar franchise in the US - https://www.businessinsider.com/arbys-buffalo-wild-wings-join-potential-changes-2018-2

I still can't believe that last part, they started at Ohio State. I've was eating there when there were only two of them in the whole world (North Campus and South Campus on High Street in Columbus, OH).
I preferred the beef on weck sandwiches over the wings. Now the BW3 restaurant has a mystery W since they don’t do weck buns.
 
I'm old enough to vaguely remember A&W, there was one in Monterey CA when we lived there in the late 60's and there was one on Guam in the early 70's but it shut down rather soon after we moved there. Guam boasted the world's largest McDonald's at the time, a HUGE dining area was the only thing that set it apart from your average everyday franchise...
Still lots of A&WS
But yeah someone else just wins out
 
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