4 American Food Chains That Died And Came Back | Rise and Fall Marathon | Business Insider

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You'd think that Subway, TGI Friday's, Chuck E. Cheese, and Applebee's were too big to fail — but they have all had to come back from the brink of disaster to be the brands they are today.

00:00 - Intro
00:30 - Subway
08:07 - Chuck E. Cheese
18:03 - Friday’s
27:18 - Applebee’s
31:11 - Credits

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4 American Food Chains That Died And Came Back | Rise and Fall | Business Insider

All Comments (21)
  • @jaimeortega4940
    Subway's food quality went down and there are so many locations that franchises are in competition with each other similar to 7-11 who also doesn't own any stores just sells franchises. That alone tells you these aren't that profitable,
  • @Uneedhelp91
    My local Subway...only one in 25miles is awful. Their hours change like the wind. You never know when "the computer is down" and they won't take coupons or card. On top of that the franchise owner has started to cut corners. Knowing that a Subway franchise cost is relatively low, I wonder if I could just start one and put the other one out of business. Then swoop in and buy that location.
  • @NormanSilver
    Subway proved that pet food could be used as a filler and NOT get caught.
  • Video: "The 90s, early 2000s was the best era for Chuck. E. Cheese." Me: Laughs in cigarette smoke scented, dark, dirty carpeted, creepy animatronic-ed Gen X.
  • One important point concerning Subway is that it did not regulate the spacing between locations. This caused major problems. Hopefully the "Subway Series" will get things moving.
  • @12HpyPaws
    Jared didn't help the Subway reputation.
  • @SirWhiteFireO
    Only thing subway has for me its the sweet onion sauce. Can't really seem to get that at other sub places.
  • @PorkShark
    I love how Chuck E Cheese opened up in San Jose but the map icon is pointing to Los Angeles
  • @Mineral2290
    Fogle took the term "Eat Fresh" a little too seriously.
  • @user-yt9id8zq3g
    Subway...I hate standing there pointing out every ingrediant.
  • @mdarrenu
    Subway - greed and treating franchisees like crap
  • @gmurayama
    Great video! You guys should do one on the travel industry! You could do airlines in all the different areas (Private, Legacy, LCC, ULCC, bankrupt like TWA or Pan Am, etc.). You could do hotel chains like on Hilton, Marriott, Choice, Wyndham, etc. You could also tap into the car rental space like Enterprise or Hertz or Avis! I think these could be really interesting. Could even tap into Uber/Lyft how it impacted the taxi industry. Or Airbnb/Vrbo how it cancelled out Craigslist. So many possibilities!
  • @ElMalito187
    Interesting how the Chuckie Cheese animatronic sounded an awful lot like John Leguizamo.
  • @bakmyster
    Leveraged buy outs seem to kill a lot of businesses. I'd like to see which companies actually benefitted from private equity
  • Chuck E Cheese's pizza improved from when I was a kid...it's edible now.
  • subway failed because they got rid of the $5 footlong. I'm not paying 40 dollars for two footlong meals.
  • @henryparedes7534
    Subway messed up when they caught them using yoga mat ingredients in the bread. Look it up this was in 2014