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

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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[jaimeortega]

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,

[Uneedhelp]

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.

[robertbarrows]

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.

[PorkShark]

I love how Chuck E Cheese opened up in San Jose but the map icon is pointing to Los Angeles

[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!

[HpyPaws]

Jared didn't help the Subway reputation.

[Mineral]

Fogle took the term "Eat Fresh" a little too seriously.

[ambersouthwick]

Subway is struggling in Canada because its so expensive here.

[ElMalito]

Interesting how the Chuckie Cheese animatronic sounded an awful lot like John Leguizamo.

[jerijayz]

The editor of this video has done a good job.

[bakmyster]

Leveraged buy outs seem to kill a lot of businesses. I'd like to see which companies actually benefitted from private equity

[DemarcusQ]

Chucky cheese can easily make a big comeback again. 30’s are the new 20’s if you can bring asthetic for the aged fans some new hangout spot better then Dave & Busters people will be lining up for days.

[thecunninlynguist]

Chuck E Cheese's pizza improved from when I was a kid...it's edible now.

[RedRoseSeptember]

Most of these places have really gone downhill and are still bad today, at least in my area they are. Applebee's and Subway will never get my business again, Subway skimps on the ingredients now and I refuse to pay extra for my usual order, and last time I ate at Applebee's they served me undercooked chicken, never again!!!

[MOBMJ]

I really hope TGI Fridays stays open. They find a way to stay in business because, I really like it. The food is good and fair for the price I think.

[davidstephens]

subway failed because they got rid of the $5 footlong. I'm not paying 40 dollars for two footlong meals.

[badmanno.]

I worked at McDonald's and in every class we attend they talk about how McDonald's should always stay ahead of the curve to avoid being outdated and not adopting change resulting to being left behind by competitors. That topic could take half a day.

[guyfawkes]

Subway segment - 😖Vocal Fry needs to be outlawed

[mariebelladonna]

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.

[jdgill-us]

Subway...I hate standing there pointing out every ingrediant.