Goodwill gets its stuff for free, and most "employees" are people doing community service for some crime they committed, so what's the reason for charging so much?
Well that's because Goodwill went nuts with their price structure about 8 years ago because they got all pissed off that resellers were showing up and buying things and then putting it online. Yeah Goodwill isn't exactly Goodwill they're rather envious bunch that is out to make as much money as they possibly can and they get pissed off at the concept that they would sell something for what they need to be too cheap and then you would put it online and make a profit whereas they didn't!
I don't donate to Goodwill anymore there are more deserving thrift stores that support hospice, battered women's shelters, and programs that teach youth to repair electronics, and their prices are usually less than Goodwill.
Not to mention , that Goodwill , stabbed its employees in the back and lowered their pay rates. Good Riddance it's gone...I hated how they would take free donations, and over price them on the racks.
I think the majority of the people that frequent fast food places and such live with their parents. I think the average age to move out these days is in the 30s.
Here in Canada, the inflation monitor is based on BK whopper deal. Like so: 2019 = 2 whoppers for $5 2020 = 2 whoppers for $6 2021 = 2 whoppers for $7 2022 = 2 whoppers for $8 2023 = 2 whoppers for $11 That's how our politicians should present inflation to the general public for us to understand.
Perhaps if companies started cutting costs from the top instead of the bottom, maybe things wouldn't be as bad. Those corporate bozos are always on about employees needing to be "devoted to the company", it's about time they started contributing blood, sweat, and tears of their own.
@@Bill-sp8kb Then when their seven figure bonus is all spent up because they don't know how to NOT spend, spend, spend, they will be fucked with no way to re-up their cash flo. lmao
Wouldn't surprise me. As far as fast food, my local McD's, Wendy's, and BK are almost an afterthought. Grossly understaffed and inefficient. Seems that even the managers couldn't care less what happens. But I think it has been a good thing on perspective. I eat a lot healthier and CHEAPER by just going to the grocery store and committing to preparing my own meals. It's a win for me.
I agree with you. The last few times I got fast food, we got sick from it. So I try and cook as much as possible. We started gardening for first time in our life. So hopefully I learn more so I can grow more each year.
They will cut cost's anyway they can... Including food safety and quality. We shall soon see cases of food poisoning and an increase of "Rat hair's" and other stuff. What was once a Delight , is now a thing of Fright.
Interestingly we had a similar discussion today at work around the lunch table. We are all paid comfortably above average, approx twice the average UK annual salary. But we don't feel well off and we were saying how we feel for how tough it must be for many people. But then at the same time, once you take off my taxes, NI, and student loans, my take home pay is not significantly above that of an average person without a student loan. How can we generate more income during this period of quantitative tightening? I have $70,000 to grow
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Goodwill in some cases tripled their prices, far more than necessary to cover increases in operating costs. They are stuffing the pockets of their high-paid managerial class.
I checked today and there was almost nothing under $2.99 including things that I know that they sell at the Dollar Tree for $1.25. At least I didn't see Dollar Tree on the closure list yet. It doesn't make sense that a store that gets all of the items for free, needs to charge such high prices. $7.00 for used men's shorts. Crazy.
Facts. I can go get hired at Goodwill for $11/hr stocking or being a cashier. Guarantee each manager is getting $15-18. All businesses in the area hire at these rates. Not to mention everything is run on skeleton crews and most service, retail, food job is just a revolving door for employment. Tons of stores especially much needed stores aren't getting the customers they need. Exploitation with hiring practices, wage stagnation, minimizing availible work hours making most part time employees and other areas where they want to cut costs like employee food. Tons of loopholes being jumped through just to keep the buisness afloat so they can stay open another day hoping 2 more customers come in. People also want to point out the commercial real estate for skyscrapers and stuff because of all the remote jobs. People forget about the leases for all the food services and other small business loans that are about to burst too.
Goodwill started circling the drain when they thought "ooh... we can sell the good stuff online and let the junk go to the local walk-in traffic!". Apparently worked for them, eh?
Exactly. They started turning into boutiques lol. Half the store now is made in China crap. Anything good is sold online. Used to enjoy looking for old books and antiques. No more
That's why I stopped going. They saw all the pickers making profits on eBay and decided to skim off all the good stuff before it hits the floor to sell online themselves. All that's on the shelves now is broken crap.
Amazon is on it's way out. People can't order their shyte if they ain't got a job or they no longer have any disposable income due to massive inflation. I have noticed amazon likes to fluctuate the prices especially after you put the item in your cart or store it in your saved items.
It's not hidden. This is what you get when you make every store as "self service" as possible. Shopping on Amazon (besides food for me anyways) is the same as going to a store. Often Amazon's return policy is better and easier as well. So that's how that goes.
@@jjayala my local smalltown WalMart went full "self service". You know what they call the actual cashier line? "ASSISTED CHECKOUT" They now only have one, yes ONE "assisted checkout" lane open. It's ridiculous. I try not to shop at there but when you live in a small town where they are the option with variety as opposed to undersized Safeway and undersized Kroger which is about to become the same store, what can you do? They've ran all the small stores out of business. Right before the pandemic they stopped being a 24 hr store, which makes sense because it's a small town, but doesn't at the same time because it's had a population boom because we used to be the cheaper county outside the busy overpopulated county to live in the semi-boonies.
Goodwill gets every single thing they sell DONATED to them and sell used Dollar Tree items for $2 that anyone can buy new for $1.25. Then, to add insult to injury, they ask you if you’d like to round-up your purchase cost. You got everything for nothing Goodwill … nothing, donated!
The reason most, if not all, are closing is grossly overpaid top executives and outrageous prices to the public. They are also unable to keep capable local employees. I won't miss them.
Completely agree. Those who pay too much to go to Harvard, Yale, or the sort, believe that they deserve to be paid high salaries despite driving their companies into the ground. The business executives may very well be the dumbest people in the country.
I think these companies are charging outrageous prices due to inflation. If anything, the companies are doing their best to stay afloat... but they can't because the gov is constantly $%@÷ing them in the @$$ with tax increases. Gotta give the president those jets, and give our paychecks to those who don't wanna work, am i right? And seriously, if you think that getting $22 an hour working a fast food job is fair to your employer, then you have no idea how the economy works. You think it's fair that a school teacher has to spend years of their life and thousands of dollars, getting degree to teach, just to make $25 an hour, while you can make about the same flipping burgers???
@@Texarmageddon there are ways to save the company. But the age of selling used videogames for new ones is over. I recommend Gamestop stop selling rick and morty t shirts, and focus on things like custom made controllers, videogame art, and exclusive deals with indie companies to make physical copies of digital titles. Make gamestop the one place for the "modern videogame collector"
@@Texarmageddon I hope that you ridiculous millenial-zoomer and newer generation$ of gamers understand that the whole digital game trend going on now that you have all been bamboozled into supporting is part of the "you will own nothing and be happy" agenda! I have been reading blogs on Destiny 2 about how that company erased paid for content from their players(legalized theft). I was really into Destiny 1 last month, but researched thoroughly before i decided not to purchase the Taken King dlc for 20 bux ...I knew something was fishy when I got halfway through the depths of darkness mission and then couldnt complete it without the purchase😡, as there should have been a warning/notice before i even started it🌗
Even though it’s more expensive we have a Culver’s down the road we patronize over McDonald’s. Food is fresh, delicious, and someone with a neck tattoo and a grudge isn’t serving the food. Honestly McDonald’s has a market but it keeps going lower and lower- we went yesterday out of desperation and I can say never again due to the food quality and the service
All part of the plan. Eventually, you'll have to buy everything online (Amazon). Can't pay cash online. No need for cash = cashless society = everything is taxed.
I couldn't care less if any of these stores close. Whenever I hear about the upper management's pay, stock options, bonuses, company cars and planes, all the while the store level employees are treated like 💩, it pisses me off. Exactly how much money do these corporations think they need to make?
I'm ok financially, but i do love to "treasure hunt" at thrift stores, yard sales and auctions. The last and FINAL time I went to my local Goodwill, I couldn't believe what they were charging. It was a joke. More people need to know they PROFIT greatly from your donations and don't help the needy.
Afriend of mine had a giant store just on the edge of London .theft was a big problem .So employed four security guards They sent their friends in to steal.
I literally compare everything to Chick-Fil-A. Not because their food is that good but rather their operation indicates they actually care about earning my money. I'm done with fast food establishments that refuse to hire a competent workforce. If your employees look like they're participating in some sort of prison release program then you probably deserve to go under.
@@TurokAgi A lot of fast food places have their own apps now. I use them. Very convenient to pick out what you want, and you get free items sometimes. But you still have to wait in the same drive thru line as everyone else, so it doesn't save time
I can imagine that the VAST MAJORITY of these stores are closing in blue state crap holes like Chicago, New York, D.C., the whole of California and Oregon and Washington.
I don't go to fast food very often but when I do I am surprised how small the burgers have gotten and how large the prices have increased. Not to mention the dirty eating area and lack of customer service. That is why I like going to family owned food places where they take pride in their business.
Goodwill stores are the most disgusting places. They put used toothpaste on the shelves for $5. If they do have anything good they put it on their auction website. The stores are also a mess and prices out of control. I hope they go out of business around where I live
Yea it’s unfortunate that something that’s really supposed to be for low income people became trendy(which is understandable everyone nowdays is trying to save money). It just unfortunately lead to used clothes of any decent quality being priced higher, to the point you could just buy new eliminating the benefit for low income people who often needed cheap clothing.
The idea of these goodwill shops ye have is great, provides jobs and the stock is free, how can they manage to mess that up? All they have to do is be organised and keep a nice shop that’s the least they can do.
To pay fast food workers so much more than other employees is absolutely ridiculous. This cost is going to be passed on to the customers. While I’ve stopped going to McDonald’s more than 15 years ago, I don’t believe people are willing to get fast food that cost almost as much as a small restaurant would charge.
I suspect that besides promises to pay fast food workers more will come a growth in self service machines. Even offering a 100% pay rise, when you have near zero staff, is affordable.
The cost of living in California JUSTIFIES a $22 per hour wage at McDonald’s….HOWEVER, if they should instead focus on placing caps on increasing rent, health insurance, etc. so this demographic doesn’t have to work 2 or 3 jobs to make ends meet. And don’t say “They should go to college” because taking out a $60,000 loan to get a degree DOES NOT guarantee getting paid a living wage from your employer ❤
The govt. taxes/regulates what it wants to destroy. Fast food had a place for high school or entry level folks and serves a "don't have time to cook today" gap. Whether the California law serves it's population well remains to be seen, but their history seems to show their concerns are elsewhere.
Notice how most of the store chain avoided mentioning theft, when that is clearly the most obvious reason for the closings. What the hell has happened to this country.
Burger King is no loss, for every BK closing, there is a Shake Shake, Five Guys or In and Out. BK failed to keep up with market changes. It’s very poorly managed.
No one wants to work at these places for low wage and no benefits. The Billionaires that run these corporations should have been less greedy and invested more money into the company instead of their pockets. This proves without us these companies and billionaires have no power.
The last time I was in a goodwill store the prices were so high I decided buying brand new for a couple of dollars more was a better choice. So tripling the prices means it's more likely that they were losing closer to maybe 200.00 at most. Hiring people that actually pay attention to the shoppers would slow that down to a trickle
I went to Burger King and got 2 regular combos and it totaled $24. That was my last Whopper! Edit: For the slow people commenting on my post, I live in LA, California, not in the backwoods of Prattville Alabama! A regular whopper with no fries no drink cost $8. Nothing added nothing taken away!
I can't believe people buy a 14 dollar medium combo meal from fast food. Your basically paying 10 bucks for a drink and fries. Insane all the drive thrus are packed everywhere. Skip the fraud combo and the sandwich only cost 8 to 10 bucks. Da fuq..
I haven't eaten at a "Burger King" in years not since I heard about salmonella outbreaks from undercooking the meat by trying to speed up food production. Banana Republic was a fashion trend that I never bought one piece of clothing from except on a deal from a secondhand store. Gamestop is suffering from all games going to an online platform change. all computers and console games now have the option to be purchased online at a cheaper price then buying through a middle man store. This is what happened to Best Buy when it didn't adapt to new technology.
So glad to see Burger King closing store’s and McDonald’s, the food is not good for human consumption, and the employees don’t care how it looks, how old and long it’s been under the heat lamp. Just once I would like to be served the TV commercial sandwich it looks so much better then what you get. And how about these convenient stores that sell breakfast and lunch? Burgers in the heated glass class case , BQ burger with the meat piled up on one side of the bun , you grab it go out to your car unwrap it and you can be overcome with the amount of greed these people have, price? 7$ 2 tablespoons of meat , you fill up on bread. Greed is what’s killing this economy, Oh and Biden? I can run the United States along with thousands of people who can do a much better job, but that’s not the plan, the plan ? Watch the video, it’s all deliberate. The United States is done, protect your family and your self.
Completely agree. The price gouging and quality of food is unacceptable. In socal, most are not hygenic if you actually go inside instead of drive thru. I encourage you do the same. Go inside and see what youre actually eating.
@@RR-bh8vd I have definitely noticed their prices have increased, but I typically drop something off then use a 20% off coupon they give me, or shop one of their sales days.
I worked at goodwill on and off during grad school. Upper management is terrible and the stores are ran poorly. Plus mgmt was too lazy to ban shoplifters
For many years Burger King had the best burgers. After covid they just weren't good anymore, the buns were dry and the insides were skimpy, plus the people at the windows were rude and unfriendly.
I stopped eating bk when i took some lsd and was sitting in a burger king. The lsd started coming on and i was sitting there watching the people behind the counter. They all started to look like digusting slug people. Then i looked around at the customers and they all looked like disgusting slug people. I told myself i will never eat there again. Been a wendys guy ever since. Their beef is high quality and i dont get the same vibe there as bk. I dont think bk and mcdonalds burgers are made of just beef. Mcdonalds is actually even worse in my opinion.
Wait until NY raises the minimum wage to 21 dollars per hour. Prices will be so high that no one will be able to afford to eat out anymore. Somehow this will fix the economy!
This is America we trust in GOD, that's why the Romans sent Jesus back too dad, next we will nuke the sun for making Israel number two and skin cancer in the world. Damn the firmament one day we will get to space you will all see and transgender Jesus will save us all from the darkness
The Georgia Guidestones say if the world population was somehow managed under 500,000 everybody could live in the bundens super super happy. The only issue is AI still believes in a original creator
Meanwhile, the CEO still eats the same fancy food, cuts back on buying nice cars, etc living the life. They were making profit and giving the hard workers pizza parties lol
@@teoleno4019 Only thing I get at McD's is a cup of coffee once in a while. $1.29 isn't bad for any size cup and it's actually pretty good too! But it was only $0.99 a month ago. Inflation.
And for Goodwill to do what they did.. To charge insane prices for USED items intended to be sold CHEAP by the donor. Did they think we wouldn't take notice? They put money and profits over people in the worst way and that is why in my opinion, they are the worst on this list. Whoever starts something up that is similar, should really take this situation to heart and never forget the customers again and WHY they started in the first place, no matter how big they get. Remember the roots and never take it for granted again.
Better to be a part-time Chef and prepare your own meals. Take a look at the 3 main reasons below: 1) Save big bucks. 2) Save your waistline big time. 3) Save your sanity, than deal with rude restaurant staff, and some very violent bum that walks in the establishment. Need I say more there Chief?
@@craigs1437 i have trouble cooking a cheese toast . but im trying to get better at cooking .my brother and mother allways cooked . they did not like my food .i tried
Well yeah basically Goodwill's problem started 8 to 10 years ago because they got jealous and pissed off at the concept of resellers coming in there and raiding their stores and buying up things really cheap and then turning around and selling them on the internet for the profit. Goodwill is mentality is that they believe everybody is stealing from the Goodwill in one way shape or form and they saw that the retail the resellers we're going in there and buying up jerseys video games all kinds of other stuff on the cheap and then was turning around and dumping these products still cheap but definitely for a profit. So this is why you go into a Goodwill and you see a sports Jersey don't be surprised if they have it priced at $120 or more even if it's not really worth that this is why they're losing business they can't sell anything they have simply because nobody is going to buy it off of them for that particular price they screwed their price structure.
That sounds unlikely. You could buy a new pair at Walmart for less.They are just closing some locations anyway, not going out of business.I was in Foot Locker and they wanted $170for sneakers, I mean they had no holes and the laces were there but that price seemed unreasonable.
I work nights so it was kind of nice to reward myself after the shift with a Wendy's or something afterwards. It's just too expensive now. I just go straight home and make something up. I use to go a lot.. sad times. Guess it's healthier tho.😅
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We live in a world in which everything has become a crisis. I’ve stopped watching TV, listening to the radio, thanks to the constant drone of covid on them. Stopped watching the news channels before even that - regard them as the misery channels.
Is it really a surprise? Think about it, many of these "big box stores" were already on the decline long before the announcements. Like Walmart, they have been steadily replacing name brand products and merchandise with labels like "Great Value" and for electronics "ONN" and while this not necessarily a bad thing, it goes to show that profit is FAR more emphasized than quality. Look at GameStop? It's bread and butter was used games for yesterday's consoles. Now it's basically a dumping ground for overpriced "used" modern games, controllers and keyboards, and corny gimmicks like HALO mugs or Fortnite pins. Who asked for this garbage? Nobody. Burger King is a no brainer. Assembly line burgers where the garden is just "chucked" onto the poor burger, doesn't matter if the lettuce still has stalks, or it has a boatload of a condiment you didn't ask for. Overpriced with patties that have more in common with cardboard, then beef. And the service? Even with 15 an hour you might get lucky and have someone that actually says "have a good day". No folks this has been happening for a long time. It's just now getting to the point where people have had enough and flock to their local burger joint. Their mom and pop used games and books stores, and while slightly pricier, their hometown local grocery stores where at least you know Sure Fine and other generic brands aren't all from China, or have more chemicals than a school chemistry lab.
Same with "fast food" I'd rather go to a local burger place than BK or any of the chain burger places anyday. The only chain burger place worth talking about and supporting is Culvers
@@NutsNBerries I respect your opinion, but I can't agree. I was just at our local WM today and thought at least I found everything I was looking for and think the quality is just fine. As for prices, I supposed they are neck and neck with other similar retailers.
My wife and I spend almost 2 hours at a mall every Saturday while our son takes his giutar lessons at a school for performing arts. We spend our time power-walking and talking about any and everything. The stores are mostly empty, the amount of empty retail space is more than 25%. We always discuss how being a retailer these days is a dying business. Aside from buying groceries, the vast majoirty of our purchases these days are online. If I was a retail business why would I pay such a high rent? I can minimize my costs, pass on the savings to my customers, and be WAY more competitive with my pricing.
Offices can minimize costs by letting people work from home too. It's no wonder commercial real estate is struggling. We're all going to be a bunch of homebodies, working from home and leaving only to get groceries at WalMart
I never thought retail would be a passion project but I guess that’s the middle stage of the internet age. But it makes sense the stores doing well have an almost artistic way of displaying goods.
@@Noname-ni1dy not true in inflationary times market share capture isn’t a thing. You’re trying to snag as much cash as possible for the deflationwave when the real fight begins.
I live in NY and I can see it. So much clothes being emptied out from warehouses. Fast Foods are sloppy, Dollar Tree empty. China is offering cheap things directly, extremely cheap. They seem to be preparing for more important things like war. Only thing opening up are Supermarkets. Food Bazaar seem to have bought out or taken place of Pathmark. Everytime I turn around, there is a closing. People are only purchasing necessities, and renting us so high. Theft is also another actor in small businesses closing. They can blatantly steal with no arrests, or out of jail easily. They are hurting owners of corner stores. Being killed is not worth it.
Point your finger at the Federal Reserve Bank. All of these companies operate on a debt cycle. If you raise the cost of that debt ten fold, the cost is what we are seeing. Pay closer attention to the companies that are not reacting quickly. They will probably go full on Sears.
Most of these "glitzy" stores have lost their popularity. I submit most of these stores are closing their locations in "shit -hole" cities exclusively. The theft is just too overwhelming.
Big corporations are sinking into the stink hole they created. I have been in business for over thirty years. This has been going down hill for a decade or more. You have to deal with people that can’t speak along with bad attitudes.
Goodwill has always been a real sham. the owners of Goodwill are worth over 20 million dollars each! they are a Not for Profit. since the owners take the Profits. why anyone would shop in Goodwill is beyond me.. Goodwill gets donations, cleans them, sells them for the going price (not cheap) pays the employees minimum wages, and "pockets" the profits.. They donate less than 5% to the community.
Has it ever occurred to you than when you pay people less than a living wage they won't have any disposable income to spend on things to help hold up the economy or that a lot of them will have to turn to public assistance which is paid for by your tax dollars?
@BobPagani Yes, bob So is it your belief that a burger builder or burrito folder should take enough to hold a mortgage, a car note, save for a childs college and yearly vacations to visit nanna?
There is definitely a reduction of Big Chain, fast food places where I live. I wonder what will go in their place. I saw an Applebees go out of business and a few months later, the nice restaurant was bulldozed away.
Well as a rule Applebee's is very outdated I mean they're still over there talking about spinach dip and everybody wants an artichoke and every now and again they'll talk about an avocado floating around somewhere. And of course for all of those things they want the better half of $20 appetizers are a fucking ripoff it drives the meal up in price by a factor of like 20 bucks to say the least. If you decide not to have an appetizer well you know for two people to eat and said joint you're looking at the better half of $60 of course that probably depends on the location if you're in a bigger city you're probably going to pay closer to 70 I'll be really has that kind of money floating around anymore frankly they never really did this is why everybody lost their house between 2004 and 2015. And of course the restaurant industry is a whole has been getting punched in the balls repeatedly for a couple of decades so it makes sense that they would demolish the restaurant while I leave it there and be on the hook for that tax bill with the building still sitting there? You pay a much cheaper rate of taxes for bearing land coupled with the fact that if anyone else wanted to build something there it would save them on the demolition cost meaning it makes the property more attractive for the sale. Now you could argue that someone would maybe want that building and convert it into whatever restaurant they would want to open here's the problem in an industry that is getting punched in the balls repeatedly it's probably not a good idea to go into that industry. Restaurants have always been a very tough business to run and it's always been quite frankly not a very good place to put your body you'd be further ahead trying to open up a bicycle shop right next to a Walmart then you would to try and open a restaurant.
I live in Vietnam and the one thing I miss about America is the thrift stores. Why aren't there any thrift stores here? Nobody throws anything out! At least now I know I'm not missing out on anything.
In the US we still have some good people around. I bet you could go door to door and people would hand out their spring cleaning (junk). BUT you may also get shot doing that too.
Target closed less than 2 years after getting into Canada. I'm surprised Best Buy is still around. I thought they'd implode like Sears Canada by 2014. Yet they did something that turned it around. I still buy from Best Bunk, however online.
My brother in law worked for goodwill when he was younger. He said employees got first pick from everything that came in. As you can imagine most of the good items ended up on eBay or Craigslist.
They do that here in UK too, people go in to charity shops buy up all the best items and put them on line to sell, or they open what they call vintage shops and charge a fortune, a lot of poor people only get to choose from the "crappiest" items.
Last time I tried to buy a meal at Burger King it was absolutely disgusting and the manager was rude to me when giving me a refund and the whole thing was not taken seriously when I called the 800 number to complain.
Goodwill comprises of 155 different companies. Each state has various companies. Sounds like one of those companies failed. Each of the 155 Goodwill companies has its own CEO too. We opened a brand new goodwill yesterday in Oklahoma with record sales.
Hmmmm In my area stores are remodeling, expanding or updating. But … I live in rural farm country. Not much looting and shoplifting going on around here. Always someone willing to help a friend or neighbor in need. The one thing noticed: Goodwill here is just awful 😂 always has been. Nobody donates anything they can give to someone else to the Goodwill.
If you notice a lot of these closures are in high crime, high tax areas. Places were Clepto Socialism and defunding the police are encouraged. If you live in a place where people are law abiding then most likely the problems are far less severe for these stores and they can make money. How people behave and the politicians they vote for have big effects on their communities.
The white house keeps reporting there are so many new jobs that have been created. This looks like a lot of jobs lost to me. I haven't seen a single industry booming. Even tech industry is down. I audit facilities everywhere and all I hear about is closure and consolidation. Merger and acquisition is down, plants shutting down,manufacturing reducing, reduction of hours. I am also including in this green energy. It isn't booming either.
The people in our government have guaranteed jobs and they keep their jobs until they die of old age , or like a President, that bum gets a tidy profit after the bum is out of office.
I don’t know why people think when they donate to goodwill that they think it’s a charitable organization,it’s not! When have you seen them operate a homeless shelter or anything like that?
I’m not really, when there is down turn I’ve noticed personally the first places to go are those that have not kept up with the times and trends, hire staff that don’t care about their customers at all and lastly often have too many stores. Some of these for me fell into those pitfalls
I'm not. Most of them I haven't shopped at in years, some I have never heard of. I bet crime has a lot to do with it...the big elephant that the narrator PURPOSELY left out...Lol.
Goodwill shot themselves in the foot when they started charging high prices.
We opened a new goodwill yesterday in Oklahoma?
It's a good business model on paper! Take people's unwanted shit for free and try to sell it at absurd prices.
Goodwill gets its stuff for free, and most "employees" are people doing community service for some crime they committed, so what's the reason for charging so much?
@@WilliamHearnTOEFL_Tutor Greed. 😢
The employees go through the stuff first.
LMAO...Goodwill who gets 100% of it's merchandise donated to them for free can't make it financially...What in the actual hell
Are u serious?
Well that's because Goodwill went nuts with their price structure about 8 years ago because they got all pissed off that resellers were showing up and buying things and then putting it online.
Yeah Goodwill isn't exactly Goodwill they're rather envious bunch that is out to make as much money as they possibly can and they get pissed off at the concept that they would sell something for what they need to be too cheap and then you would put it online and make a profit whereas they didn't!
These CEOs were doing great. Connect dots
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They are fleeing the country.
I don't donate to Goodwill anymore there are more deserving thrift stores that support hospice, battered women's shelters, and programs that teach youth to repair electronics, and their prices are usually less than Goodwill.
Vietnam veterans of America
DAV (Disabled American Veterans) is an excellent thrift-store company IMO.
I TOTALLY agree.
I will not donate to goodwill, try to return something, they look at you like you’re crazy, they don’t give to the needed, just unbeliable.
Salvation Army
Goodwill not only raised prices for FREE items they get they shut down there fitting rooms and the return policy is ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS!!
Not to mention , that Goodwill , stabbed its employees in the back and lowered their pay rates.
Good Riddance it's gone...I hated how they would take free donations, and over price them on the racks.
They are not a non profit, why people giving them free shit.
Goodwill is really a fraud, the owner makes a couple hundred thousand a-year it's not charity
Stopped going there because of the prices. And the items look like the trash bin fodder that it is.
RIDICULOUS! Why purchase crap you did not want? I never worry about a return policy for that very reason.
People are too busy paying rent to go out and buy products they do not need. Rent and food and saving is the focus for most
Very true , alot of people who bought excess crap have to pay for a storage unit . 😅
I think the majority of the people that frequent fast food places and such live with their parents. I think the average age to move out these days is in the 30s.
Preach
Here in Canada, the inflation monitor is based on BK whopper deal. Like so:
2019 = 2 whoppers for $5
2020 = 2 whoppers for $6
2021 = 2 whoppers for $7
2022 = 2 whoppers for $8
2023 = 2 whoppers for $11
That's how our politicians should present inflation to the general public for us to understand.
Politicians not only make way more money, but they also get to eat their whoppers off of 925 Sterling Silver Platters. How'd that be?
1993 = 2 whoppers for $2
I hope it's not that much for two whoppers. Probably is tho. Do they still have those mix or match deals? 2 burgers for 5-6$?
Yep...that's 110% for all the mathematicians out there. Washington says 7%. Buncha dummies.
Someone is making money.. Eating out at MCdees is like eating out at a fine restaurant with the price increases..Losing market share fast..
Perhaps if companies started cutting costs from the top instead of the bottom, maybe things wouldn't be as bad. Those corporate bozos are always on about employees needing to be "devoted to the company", it's about time they started contributing blood, sweat, and tears of their own.
💯
They'll drive a business into nonexistence, and walk away with seven figure bonuses.
If you want businesses to be run by incompetent government bureaucrats, move to California... or Cuba.
@@Bill-sp8kb Then when their seven figure bonus is all spent up because they don't know how to NOT spend, spend, spend, they will be fucked with no way to re-up their cash flo. lmao
❤ this!
Wouldn't surprise me.
As far as fast food, my local McD's, Wendy's, and BK are almost an afterthought. Grossly understaffed and inefficient. Seems that even the managers couldn't care less what happens.
But I think it has been a good thing on perspective. I eat a lot healthier and CHEAPER by just going to the grocery store and committing to preparing my own meals.
It's a win for me.
Eating that crap will make you sick as a dog, so why bother? To die? Hmm🤔🤔
Wendy's is always closed the drive thru only open
I agree with you. The last few times I got fast food, we got sick from it. So I try and cook as much as possible. We started gardening for first time in our life. So hopefully I learn more so I can grow more each year.
Last time I ate at Wendy's it was 14 stinking dollars for a pathetic cheeseburger combo
They will cut cost's anyway they can...
Including food safety and quality.
We shall soon see cases of food poisoning and an increase of "Rat hair's" and other stuff. What was once a Delight , is now a thing of Fright.
Interestingly we had a similar discussion today at work around the lunch table. We are all paid comfortably above average, approx twice the average UK annual salary. But we don't feel well off and we were saying how we feel for how tough it must be for many people. But then at the same time, once you take off my taxes, NI, and student loans, my take home pay is not significantly above that of an average person without a student loan. How can we generate more income during this period of quantitative tightening? I have $70,000 to grow
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Goodwill in some cases tripled their prices, far more than necessary to cover increases in operating costs. They are stuffing the pockets of their high-paid managerial class.
Socialist Management.
"Non-Profit". LOLOLOL!
It's called greedflation.
I checked today and there was almost nothing under $2.99 including things that I know that they sell at the Dollar Tree for $1.25. At least I didn't see Dollar Tree on the closure list yet. It doesn't make sense that a store that gets all of the items for free, needs to charge such high prices. $7.00 for used men's shorts. Crazy.
And yet all of their stuff is donated...
Facts. I can go get hired at Goodwill for $11/hr stocking or being a cashier. Guarantee each manager is getting $15-18. All businesses in the area hire at these rates. Not to mention everything is run on skeleton crews and most service, retail, food job is just a revolving door for employment. Tons of stores especially much needed stores aren't getting the customers they need. Exploitation with hiring practices, wage stagnation, minimizing availible work hours making most part time employees and other areas where they want to cut costs like employee food. Tons of loopholes being jumped through just to keep the buisness afloat so they can stay open another day hoping 2 more customers come in. People also want to point out the commercial real estate for skyscrapers and stuff because of all the remote jobs. People forget about the leases for all the food services and other small business loans that are about to burst too.
Goodwill started circling the drain when they thought "ooh... we can sell the good stuff online and let the junk go to the local walk-in traffic!". Apparently worked for them, eh?
They went to shit when they began franchising
And the best books
Exactly. They started turning into boutiques lol. Half the store now is made in China crap. Anything good is sold online. Used to enjoy looking for old books and antiques. No more
That's why I stopped going. They saw all the pickers making profits on eBay and decided to skim off all the good stuff before it hits the floor to sell online themselves. All that's on the shelves now is broken crap.
Goodwill retail stores literally get nothing of value. The only hope of something good is at their bin stores.
Goodwill has been paying subminimum wage to employees with disabilities for years.
Yes, and the employees aren't even allowed to fraternize with each other. How demeaning.
I have a friend who works for Goodwill and she actually makes good money, I was surprised
Many of their employees are retraining and redirecting their lives. It’s a stepping stone and low skill work.
No they have not.
I worked for Goodwill for three years. They are so micromanaged and strict it’s very irritating.
Honestly I think Amazon has a huge hidden part to play in all of this.
The collapse is all by design.
Amazon is on it's way out. People can't order their shyte if they ain't got a job or they no longer have any disposable income due to massive inflation. I have noticed amazon likes to fluctuate the prices especially after you put the item in your cart or store it in your saved items.
Not so hidden though. Haha.
It's not hidden. This is what you get when you make every store as "self service" as possible. Shopping on Amazon (besides food for me anyways) is the same as going to a store. Often Amazon's return policy is better and easier as well. So that's how that goes.
@@jjayala my local smalltown WalMart went full "self service". You know what they call the actual cashier line? "ASSISTED CHECKOUT" They now only have one, yes ONE "assisted checkout" lane open. It's ridiculous. I try not to shop at there but when you live in a small town where they are the option with variety as opposed to undersized Safeway and undersized Kroger which is about to become the same store, what can you do? They've ran all the small stores out of business. Right before the pandemic they stopped being a 24 hr store, which makes sense because it's a small town, but doesn't at the same time because it's had a population boom because we used to be the cheaper county outside the busy overpopulated county to live in the semi-boonies.
Goodwill gets every single thing they sell DONATED to them and sell used Dollar Tree items for $2 that anyone can buy new for $1.25. Then, to add insult to injury, they ask you if you’d like to round-up your purchase cost. You got everything for nothing Goodwill … nothing, donated!
The reason most, if not all, are closing is grossly overpaid top executives and outrageous prices to the public. They are also unable to keep capable local employees. I won't miss them.
Completely agree. Those who pay too much to go to Harvard, Yale, or the sort, believe that they deserve to be paid high salaries despite driving their companies into the ground. The business executives may very well be the dumbest people in the country.
I think these companies are charging outrageous prices due to inflation. If anything, the companies are doing their best to stay afloat... but they can't because the gov is constantly $%@÷ing them in the @$$ with tax increases. Gotta give the president those jets, and give our paychecks to those who don't wanna work, am i right?
And seriously, if you think that getting $22 an hour working a fast food job is fair to your employer, then you have no idea how the economy works.
You think it's fair that a school teacher has to spend years of their life and thousands of dollars, getting degree to teach, just to make $25 an hour, while you can make about the same flipping burgers???
Nah except GameStop… GS just can’t compete with digital sales.
@@Texarmageddon there are ways to save the company. But the age of selling used videogames for new ones is over.
I recommend Gamestop stop selling rick and morty t shirts, and focus on things like custom made controllers, videogame art, and exclusive deals with indie companies to make physical copies of digital titles. Make gamestop the one place for the "modern videogame collector"
@@Texarmageddon I hope that you ridiculous millenial-zoomer and newer generation$ of gamers understand that the whole digital game trend going on now that you have all been bamboozled into supporting is part of the "you will own nothing and be happy" agenda! I have been reading blogs on Destiny 2 about how that company erased paid for content from their players(legalized theft). I was really into Destiny 1 last month, but researched thoroughly before i decided not to purchase the Taken King dlc for 20 bux ...I knew something was fishy when I got halfway through the depths of darkness mission and then couldnt complete it without the purchase😡, as there should have been a warning/notice before i even started it🌗
We will blow through this recession into an all out depression in 2024.
You said it , The Democrat Plan !
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Burger king and McDonald's are not worth the prices , i boycott them too.
Yep. $12 for a Big Mac meal?
Forget it.
Even though it’s more expensive we have a Culver’s down the road we patronize over McDonald’s. Food is fresh, delicious, and someone with a neck tattoo and a grudge isn’t serving the food. Honestly McDonald’s has a market but it keeps going lower and lower- we went yesterday out of desperation and I can say never again due to the food quality and the service
Neither do I wish to consome human DNA. I'm done with fast food.
Yea
Stay at home and eat
All part of the plan. Eventually, you'll have to buy everything online (Amazon). Can't pay cash online. No need for cash = cashless society = everything is taxed.
Most brilliant comment I have seen in awhile! 🙃God what a mess.
Goodwill needs to pay us for donations now.
Or just give your clothes to the local shelters.
Given to the salvation army
It makes no sense that we added over 200,000 jobs last month and yet all these major retailers have closed. Something's wrong.
Yeah, one wrong thing is the job numbers aren't accurate.
81 million votes!
And You believed that?
What's wrong is the numbers coming out of the BLS are simply BS.
It's just Bidenomics and more lies from the installed administration.
How could a administration wreck a country in 2 short years
I couldn't care less if any of these stores close. Whenever I hear about the upper management's pay, stock options, bonuses, company cars and planes, all the while the store level employees are treated like 💩, it pisses me off. Exactly how much money do these corporations think they need to make?
They need more! More, more, I tell you. Greed stink’s.
Then all we will have is Amazon. Get ready. No greed there. Just a monopoly so be more cautious with your words.
I try to support only local small businesses. And I only go to 2nd hand stores that support a cause like Women shelters.
Smart people are cooking 🍳 at home 🏡😊
tastes better, less driving, use the money to see the sites
Mandating a minimum wage of $22 an hour?!?! Do these Big Macs cure cancer?!?!
I'm ok financially, but i do love to "treasure hunt" at thrift stores, yard sales and auctions.
The last and FINAL time I went to my local Goodwill, I couldn't believe what they were charging. It was a joke. More people need to know they PROFIT greatly from your donations and don't help the needy.
So true
Theft plays a big role in many of these larger stores.
Afriend of mine had a giant store just on the edge of London .theft was a big problem .So employed four security guards They sent their friends in to steal.
Most of this is from Covid, malls closing and especially online shopping.
We had a yard sale .
More people stole items than bought . Not having another one!
@@Mallorcaexplorer2308lols security staff in the uk are so useless looking they wouldn’t deter anyone 😂 . shocking though the cost of loss of stock
Underpaid over worked staff make for disgruntled workers
Doesn't surprise me about Burger King, the writing has been on the wall for the last 10 years
I literally compare everything to Chick-Fil-A. Not because their food is that good but rather their operation indicates they actually care about earning my money. I'm done with fast food establishments that refuse to hire a competent workforce. If your employees look like they're participating in some sort of prison release program then you probably deserve to go under.
Every fast food place should automate their kitchen and preferably half or most of the order taking as well
@@TurokAgi yeah I'd prefer machine made food and don't want to interact with a person when receiving my food
@@cheddarurchin3844 it would be hella nice and convenient. I doubt they'd stay open 24 hours because of the automation but idc
This has been the Democratic plan for years. Nothing surprising here.
@@TurokAgi A lot of fast food places have their own apps now. I use them. Very convenient to pick out what you want, and you get free items sometimes. But you still have to wait in the same drive thru line as everyone else, so it doesn't save time
I can imagine that the VAST MAJORITY of these stores are closing in blue state crap holes like Chicago, New York, D.C., the whole of California and Oregon and Washington.
Oh, you mean states that are better off financially than any of the Southern Red states?
I don't go to fast food very often but when I do I am surprised how small the burgers have gotten and how large the prices have increased. Not to mention the dirty eating area and lack of customer service. That is why I like going to family owned food places where they take pride in their business.
The burgers are literally the size of a kiddie burger with brown lettuce. It's all just bad.
Goodwill stores are the most disgusting places. They put used toothpaste on the shelves for $5. If they do have anything good they put it on their auction website. The stores are also a mess and prices out of control. I hope they go out of business around where I live
Yea it’s unfortunate that something that’s really supposed to be for low income people became trendy(which is understandable everyone nowdays is trying to save money). It just unfortunately lead to used clothes of any decent quality being priced higher, to the point you could just buy new eliminating the benefit for low income people who often needed cheap clothing.
The idea of these goodwill shops ye have is great, provides jobs and the stock is free, how can they manage to mess that up? All they have to do is be organised and keep a nice shop that’s the least they can do.
To pay fast food workers so much more than other employees is absolutely ridiculous.
This cost is going to be passed on to the customers. While I’ve stopped going to McDonald’s more than 15 years ago, I don’t believe people are willing to get fast food that cost almost as much as a small restaurant would charge.
I suspect that besides promises to pay fast food workers more will come a growth in self service machines. Even offering a 100% pay rise, when you have near zero staff, is affordable.
@@revelationmdyea this guy gets it😮
We’re in for some real changes
More in most cases
The cost of living in California JUSTIFIES a $22 per hour wage at McDonald’s….HOWEVER, if they should instead focus on placing caps on increasing rent, health insurance, etc. so this demographic doesn’t have to work 2 or 3 jobs to make ends meet. And don’t say “They should go to college” because taking out a $60,000 loan to get a degree DOES NOT guarantee getting paid a living wage from your employer ❤
The govt. taxes/regulates what it wants to destroy. Fast food had a place for high school or entry level folks and serves a "don't have time to cook today" gap. Whether the California law serves it's population well remains to be seen, but their history seems to show their concerns are elsewhere.
Franchise owners have been treating employees horribly for thirty years and now they are getting what they deserve.
Notice how most of the store chain avoided mentioning theft, when that is clearly the most obvious reason for the closings. What the hell has happened to this country.
What information do you have that leads you to claim that theft if the Number One reason for closures?
It's a world wide thing, not just the USA.
Burger King is no loss, for every BK closing, there is a Shake Shake, Five Guys or In and Out. BK failed to keep up with market changes. It’s very poorly managed.
Bk sucks
5 guys? Thought they were going bankrupt? I mean they charge like $20 bucks for a hamburger.
Shake Shack is delicious, but way too expensive for a fast food joint. In ‘n’ Out has skimpy patties and the buns are disturbingly processed.
5 Guys is so overrated. 20 bucks for a burger and a greasy paper sack of French fries, I’ll pass.
Yup, BK takes no customer suggestions. They deserve to close!
A meal at BK, McD and the local dinner are all about the same price...
I'm 70 yoa and I've never eaten at any of these places. Well, the local diner.
No one wants to work at these places for low wage and no benefits. The Billionaires that run these corporations should have been less greedy and invested more money into the company instead of their pockets. This proves without us these companies and billionaires have no power.
The manager at Goodwill told me that they lose an average of $600 a day due to shoplifting. I was really surprised to hear that
Many places are closing due to the high rate of thefts. And, nothing is being done to those who steal so it continues.
@@pocho689 From what I've seen a lot of these closures are in cites like Detroit where the cops wont even show up to deal with shoplifters.
The last time I was in a goodwill store the prices were so high I decided buying brand new for a couple of dollars more was a better choice. So tripling the prices means it's more likely that they were losing closer to maybe 200.00 at most. Hiring people that actually pay attention to the shoppers would slow that down to a trickle
@@aidangattinger8975 Theft is allowed in big cities. Funny thing is, everyone is getting theirs, until the stores leave and they're starving.
That's funny
Who would have thought that putting circus clowns into power would have such consequences?
Especially when they’re fake millionaires who incite riots and don’t pay taxes
Who would have thought that closing down an economy for weeks on end could have serious ramifications in the near and long term future......
I hope you are being sarcastic.
@@Jannahinshallah87 r/whooooosh
The democrats. The covid virus was intentional. The lockdowns intentional. Wake up.
@@Jannahinshallah87 I hope you are too.
That's only a little part, there's more to it than just closing down the economy
I went to Burger King and got 2 regular combos and it totaled $24. That was my last Whopper!
Edit: For the slow people commenting on my post, I live in LA, California, not in the backwoods of Prattville Alabama! A regular whopper with no fries no drink cost $8. Nothing added nothing taken away!
I only buy there if I have coupons
I can't believe people buy a 14 dollar medium combo meal from fast food. Your basically paying 10 bucks for a drink and fries. Insane all the drive thrus are packed everywhere. Skip the fraud combo and the sandwich only cost 8 to 10 bucks. Da fuq..
They are also getting good at bending the fries so a small looks like a medium. And medium disguise to look large.
Just a Whopper is $10+ in California. I won't buy it again
@@wvwyut whopper combo with coupon is only $8
GOODWILL - close them all, they are a fraud. They advertise as a charity living on donated goods. However charities receive pennies from them.
Goodwill is a charity. They teach people how to get off the street, get off substance abuse, stop committing crimes and work full time.
BK increased prices 45%. It's cheaper to eat at a,restaurant than it is to get fast food.
Prices go up, quality goes down and customer service, pathetic. The public is speaking but the CEOs don’t listen.
When it rains it pours, massive companies shutting down is not a good sign, the recession is here.
The recession is here because corporate welfare and zealous spending by politicians who are funded by special interest groups.
Donald Johann Drumpf 666
AMERICA IS MYSTERY BABYLON
“WRITTEN” ON HER “FOREHEAD” ~ MAGA
I haven't eaten at a "Burger King" in years not since I heard about salmonella outbreaks from undercooking the meat by trying to speed up food production. Banana Republic was a fashion trend that I never bought one piece of clothing from except on a deal from a secondhand store. Gamestop is suffering from all games going to an online platform change. all computers and console games now have the option to be purchased online at a cheaper price then buying through a middle man store. This is what happened to Best Buy when it didn't adapt to new technology.
Eating Burger King is like eating a shit sandwich
I remember Banana Republic back in the 80s. It was a really unique fun store back then..
I can make 3 or 4 better tasting, larger portion, healthier meals at home for the price of one fast food meal.
Yep, me too. And my cooking is so much better
As a former development director for McDonalds...its about time
As a former assistant manager 25years worth... McDonald's was once a decent place to work. Those days are over .
9:50 imagine a store closing in Portland Oregon? That is amazing 😵💫 who would’ve ever thought that 🙄🙄🙄
Thieves are going to carry off the whole city of Portland.
@kymmee21and all that love 😂😂😂
Well, you could always move to the South where nine of the ten poorest states (all run by Republicans) exist.
So glad to see Burger King closing store’s and McDonald’s, the food is not good for human consumption, and the employees don’t care how it looks, how old and long it’s been under the heat lamp. Just once I would like to be served the TV commercial sandwich it looks so much better then what you get. And how about these convenient stores that sell breakfast and lunch? Burgers in the heated glass class case , BQ burger with the meat piled up on one side of the bun , you grab it go out to your car unwrap it and you can be overcome with the amount of greed these people have, price? 7$ 2 tablespoons of meat , you fill up on bread. Greed is what’s killing this economy, Oh and Biden? I can run the United States along with thousands of people who can do a much better job, but that’s not the plan, the plan ? Watch the video, it’s all deliberate. The United States is done, protect your family and your self.
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AMERICA IS MYSTERY BABYLON
“WRITTEN” ON HER “FOREHEAD” ~ MAGA
Completely agree. The price gouging and quality of food is unacceptable. In socal, most are not hygenic if you actually go inside instead of drive thru. I encourage you do the same. Go inside and see what youre actually eating.
WOW!!! I can't believe Goodwill thrift stores need to close. With decreasing discretionary spending more & more people are shopping the thrift stores.
Their prices aren't that cheap anymore
Lots of their used stuff is the same price or more than you could buy it new.
@@RR-bh8vd I have definitely noticed their prices have increased, but I typically drop something off then use a 20% off coupon they give me, or shop one of their sales days.
I worked at goodwill on and off during grad school. Upper management is terrible and the stores are ran poorly. Plus mgmt was too lazy to ban shoplifters
Plenty of other 2nd hand stores with lower prices and that support community causes.
Im a professional mystery shopper and I was shocked that GOODWILL uses mystery shoppers
Wow
How do you get started doing something like mystery shopping??
@@KaileyB616 What is mystery shopping? Shoplifting?
@@KaileyB616 i what to know to
The greedy CEOs complain about regular workers getting a raise but are perfectly fine when they get a huge raise! 🤦🏾♂️
The "experts" should have considered all repercussions from closing down the world for 2 years. The experts also said inflation was transitory.
I bought a cup of coffee at Burger King today. It tasted like sewage water. Threw it out even after I put some sugar in it. Close…good riddance.
McDonalds actually has decent coffee. That's about the only good thing I can say about them...Lol
Fast food joints shut em down as far as I’m concerned. Serving up that crap.
Vile, super processed heath killers, but they seem to be thriving in my area.
That may be a good idea but most people lack the skills or the time to cook at home.
For many years Burger King had the best burgers. After covid they just weren't good anymore, the buns were dry and the insides were skimpy, plus the people at the windows were rude and unfriendly.
Stopped eating BK a decade ago after I was constantly sick after eating there.
I miss when they were good.
I stopped eating bk when i took some lsd and was sitting in a burger king. The lsd started coming on and i was sitting there watching the people behind the counter. They all started to look like digusting slug people. Then i looked around at the customers and they all looked like disgusting slug people. I told myself i will never eat there again. Been a wendys guy ever since. Their beef is high quality and i dont get the same vibe there as bk. I dont think bk and mcdonalds burgers are made of just beef. Mcdonalds is actually even worse in my opinion.
When I was in high school years ago, Burger King was very good with real beef patty. Now its some b.s.
I got so sick after eating BK food this winter that I almost went to get checked out by a doctor.
Wait until NY raises the minimum wage to 21 dollars per hour. Prices will be so high that no one will be able to afford to eat out anymore. Somehow this will fix the economy!
Maybe people will learn to cook heathy food at home and cure obesity
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The Georgia Guidestones say if the world population was somehow managed under 500,000 everybody could live in the bundens super super happy. The only issue is AI still believes in a original creator
You know it like know it!
Meanwhile, the CEO still eats the same fancy food, cuts back on buying nice cars, etc living the life. They were making profit and giving the hard workers pizza parties lol
I'm amazed some of the clothing stores are still in business.
The closing of Target and McDonalds, is no great loss. The last time I was in either store was well never.
Some Targés are fine, the one I go to in Hawaii is.
It has been at least 10 years since I ordered anything from McDonald's. Their prices are insane.
@@teoleno4019 their food is toxic garbage.
@@teoleno4019 Only thing I get at McD's is a cup of coffee once in a while. $1.29 isn't bad for any size cup and it's actually pretty good too! But it was only $0.99 a month ago. Inflation.
I like both there clean and well run
Way to go Brandon
And for Goodwill to do what they did.. To charge insane prices for USED items intended to be sold CHEAP by the donor. Did they think we wouldn't take notice? They put money and profits over people in the worst way and that is why in my opinion, they are the worst on this list. Whoever starts something up that is similar, should really take this situation to heart and never forget the customers again and WHY they started in the first place, no matter how big they get. Remember the roots and never take it for granted again.
To think they have free stock and can’t make this business model work is shocking
5 dollars for a dam susage egg and cheese biscut they need to do something drastic get them prices down if they still want to be a bussiness
@jamie turnage Next, a universal basic voucher for cooked soy and corn grits with tiny spoonful of fat out of an outside dispenser.
Better to be a part-time Chef and prepare your own meals. Take a look at the 3 main reasons below:
1) Save big bucks.
2) Save your waistline big time.
3) Save your sanity, than deal with rude restaurant staff, and some very violent bum that walks in the establishment.
Need I say more there Chief?
@@craigs1437 i have trouble cooking a cheese toast . but im trying to get better at cooking .my brother and mother allways cooked . they did not like my food .i tried
Definitely won’t miss good will! That place charged $14 dollars for sneakers with holes in them and no laces! 💩
Well yeah basically Goodwill's problem started 8 to 10 years ago because they got jealous and pissed off at the concept of resellers coming in there and raiding their stores and buying up things really cheap and then turning around and selling them on the internet for the profit.
Goodwill is mentality is that they believe everybody is stealing from the Goodwill in one way shape or form and they saw that the retail the resellers we're going in there and buying up jerseys video games all kinds of other stuff on the cheap and then was turning around and dumping these products still cheap but definitely for a profit.
So this is why you go into a Goodwill and you see a sports Jersey don't be surprised if they have it priced at $120 or more even if it's not really worth that this is why they're losing business they can't sell anything they have simply because nobody is going to buy it off of them for that particular price they screwed their price structure.
That sounds unlikely. You could buy a new pair at Walmart for less.They are just closing some locations anyway, not going out of business.I was in Foot Locker and they wanted $170for sneakers, I mean they had no holes and the laces were there but that price seemed unreasonable.
What? That's not the current fashion these days?
I work nights so it was kind of nice to reward myself after the shift with a Wendy's or something afterwards. It's just too expensive now. I just go straight home and make something up. I use to go a lot.. sad times. Guess it's healthier tho.😅
The voice of Thurston Howell is alive and well.
I used to think the USA be gone in 10 yrs from now. It's going to be much much sooner than that
I don’t even see 5 more
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@@mariedockery738 been planned for over 100 yrs
"Send all the jobs overseas" they said. "We will all be rich" they said. "Don't worry about tomorrow, we'll be dead" they said.
@@jeffschmeganheiman BINGO!!!
The sad truth of a "Free Market" is only the strong survive. Nothing lasts forever
We live in a world in which everything has become a crisis. I’ve stopped watching TV, listening to the radio, thanks to the constant drone of covid on them. Stopped watching the news channels before even that - regard them as the misery channels.
Very smart! I stopped watching the news since Nov 20,2020. You will become much more sane and wiser w/O Main Stream media
The market is just changing, its like when all the smaller businesses were replaced by these box stores.
It's about time these younger gens get a taste of the 1970's. 😂
Now your talking. Those were some tough times. I was just a kid then, but our dad would always talk about how bad things were. Jimmy Carter days.
Is it really a surprise? Think about it, many of these "big box stores" were already on the decline long before the announcements. Like Walmart, they have been steadily replacing name brand products and merchandise with labels like "Great Value" and for electronics "ONN" and while this not necessarily a bad thing, it goes to show that profit is FAR more emphasized than quality. Look at GameStop? It's bread and butter was used games for yesterday's consoles. Now it's basically a dumping ground for overpriced "used" modern games, controllers and keyboards, and corny gimmicks like HALO mugs or Fortnite pins. Who asked for this garbage? Nobody.
Burger King is a no brainer. Assembly line burgers where the garden is just "chucked" onto the poor burger, doesn't matter if the lettuce still has stalks, or it has a boatload of a condiment you didn't ask for. Overpriced with patties that have more in common with cardboard, then beef. And the service? Even with 15 an hour you might get lucky and have someone that actually says "have a good day". No folks this has been happening for a long time. It's just now getting to the point where people have had enough and flock to their local burger joint. Their mom and pop used games and books stores, and while slightly pricier, their hometown local grocery stores where at least you know Sure Fine and other generic brands aren't all from China, or have more chemicals than a school chemistry lab.
Same with "fast food" I'd rather go to a local burger place than BK or any of the chain burger places anyday.
The only chain burger place worth talking about and supporting is Culvers
Walmart always had cheap shit
@@NutsNBerries I respect your opinion, but I can't agree. I was just at our local WM today and thought at least I found everything I was looking for and think the quality is just fine. As for prices, I supposed they are neck and neck with other similar retailers.
Hey my ONN TV works just finr. How else am I supposed to afford a 70" ?
@@tommyvercetti7326
I have a Roku Onn tv…mine works just fine too 😊
My wife and I spend almost 2 hours at a mall every Saturday while our son takes his giutar lessons at a school for performing arts.
We spend our time power-walking and talking about any and everything.
The stores are mostly empty, the amount of empty retail space is more than 25%.
We always discuss how being a retailer these days is a dying business. Aside from buying groceries, the vast majoirty of our purchases these days are online.
If I was a retail business why would I pay such a high rent?
I can minimize my costs, pass on the savings to my customers, and be WAY more competitive with my pricing.
Offices can minimize costs by letting people work from home too. It's no wonder commercial real estate is struggling. We're all going to be a bunch of homebodies, working from home and leaving only to get groceries at WalMart
@@jgood005If you don’t like it move to Russia
I never thought retail would be a passion project but I guess that’s the middle stage of the internet age. But it makes sense the stores doing well have an almost artistic way of displaying goods.
No one passes the savings on to consumers. You live in a dream world.
@@Noname-ni1dy not true in inflationary times market share capture isn’t a thing. You’re trying to snag as much cash as possible for the deflationwave when the real fight begins.
Covid pandemic is part of the blame too. Some business couldn't recover. This was deliberate.
I live in NY and I can see it. So much clothes being emptied out from warehouses. Fast Foods are sloppy, Dollar Tree empty. China is offering cheap things directly, extremely cheap. They seem to be preparing for more important things like war. Only thing opening up are Supermarkets. Food Bazaar seem to have bought out or taken place of Pathmark. Everytime I turn around, there is a closing. People are only purchasing necessities, and renting us so high. Theft is also another actor in small businesses closing. They can blatantly steal with no arrests, or out of jail easily. They are hurting owners of corner stores. Being killed is not worth it.
Point your finger at the Federal Reserve Bank. All of these companies operate on a debt cycle. If you raise the cost of that debt ten fold, the cost is what we are seeing. Pay closer attention to the companies that are not reacting quickly. They will probably go full on Sears.
22 dollars a hour possible for McDonald's and charge us more to eat their burgers 🍔 mmm bye felicia.
Most of these "glitzy" stores have lost their popularity.
I submit most of these stores are closing their locations in "shit -hole" cities exclusively.
The theft is just too overwhelming.
Big corporations are sinking into the stink hole they created. I have been in business for over thirty years. This has been going down hill for a decade or more. You have to deal with people that can’t speak along with bad attitudes.
Goodwill has always been a real sham. the owners of Goodwill are worth over 20 million dollars each! they are a Not for Profit. since the owners take the Profits. why anyone would shop in Goodwill is beyond me.. Goodwill gets donations, cleans them, sells them for the going price (not cheap) pays the employees minimum wages, and "pockets" the profits.. They donate less than 5% to the community.
Goodwill also shot themselves when they started giving their Chief rip off officier a 6 million dollar bonus.
The irony
Who would have thought that paying fast food workers 15-20$hr would lead to 0$ hr and a closed location 🤷.. oh well
$15-20 is not a living wage.
@@icecreamforcrowhurst neither is 0$ lol
Also, your building a hamburger not a house
@@Liimpy $0 hour which means no jobs🧐😭🤧
Has it ever occurred to you than when you pay people less than a living wage they won't have any disposable income to spend on things to help hold up the economy or that a lot of them will have to turn to public assistance which is paid for by your tax dollars?
@BobPagani Yes, bob
So is it your belief that a burger builder or burrito folder should take enough to hold a mortgage, a car note, save for a childs college and yearly vacations to visit nanna?
There is definitely a reduction of Big Chain, fast food places where I live. I wonder what will go in their place. I saw an Applebees go out of business and a few months later, the nice restaurant was bulldozed away.
Well as a rule Applebee's is very outdated I mean they're still over there talking about spinach dip and everybody wants an artichoke and every now and again they'll talk about an avocado floating around somewhere.
And of course for all of those things they want the better half of $20 appetizers are a fucking ripoff it drives the meal up in price by a factor of like 20 bucks to say the least.
If you decide not to have an appetizer well you know for two people to eat and said joint you're looking at the better half of $60 of course that probably depends on the location if you're in a bigger city you're probably going to pay closer to 70 I'll be really has that kind of money floating around anymore frankly they never really did this is why everybody lost their house between 2004 and 2015.
And of course the restaurant industry is a whole has been getting punched in the balls repeatedly for a couple of decades so it makes sense that they would demolish the restaurant while I leave it there and be on the hook for that tax bill with the building still sitting there?
You pay a much cheaper rate of taxes for bearing land coupled with the fact that if anyone else wanted to build something there it would save them on the demolition cost meaning it makes the property more attractive for the sale.
Now you could argue that someone would maybe want that building and convert it into whatever restaurant they would want to open here's the problem in an industry that is getting punched in the balls repeatedly it's probably not a good idea to go into that industry.
Restaurants have always been a very tough business to run and it's always been quite frankly not a very good place to put your body you'd be further ahead trying to open up a bicycle shop right next to a Walmart then you would to try and open a restaurant.
I live in Vietnam and the one thing I miss about America is the thrift stores. Why aren't there any thrift stores here? Nobody throws anything out! At least now I know I'm not missing out on anything.
I am a Vietnamese. In Viet Nam there is no such thing as give away stuffs for free. Old clothes are resale from the owner.
In the US we still have some good people around. I bet you could go door to door and people would hand out their spring cleaning (junk). BUT you may also get shot doing that too.
Target closed less than 2 years after getting into Canada. I'm surprised Best Buy is still around. I thought they'd implode like Sears Canada by 2014. Yet they did something that turned it around. I still buy from Best Bunk, however online.
I just spent $400 at Best Buy and got my stove and frig in my repo from them, and a microwave lol. Open box on two that saves alot.
My brother in law worked for goodwill when he was younger. He said employees got first pick from everything that came in. As you can imagine most of the good items ended up on eBay or Craigslist.
They do that here in UK too, people go in to charity shops buy up all the best items and put them on line to sell, or they open what they call vintage shops and charge a fortune, a lot of poor people only get to choose from the "crappiest" items.
Burger king has been really awful for a long time.
Our Burger King closed last year. The lights are still on in the building.
Why did I find that funny
Wow! I never thought I would see this going on in my lifetime. That's how unreal it is.
Me neither. It's depressing and scary.
Last time I tried to buy a meal at Burger King it was absolutely disgusting and the manager was rude to me when giving me a refund and the whole thing was not taken seriously when I called the 800 number to complain.
Burger King been going down for years.
I'd never give to Goodwill!
Goodwill comprises of 155 different companies. Each state has various companies. Sounds like one of those companies failed. Each of the 155 Goodwill companies has its own CEO too. We opened a brand new goodwill yesterday in Oklahoma with record sales.
Socal burger king. Two whoppers with cheese = $18. Good riddance. After that one purchase, I was done with them. Trash. Im glad theyre going down.
Ya we built a brand new goodwill last year here in ky, I don’t think their going anywhere anytime soon
Hmmmm
In my area stores are remodeling, expanding or updating. But … I live in rural farm country. Not much looting and shoplifting going on around here. Always someone willing to help a friend or neighbor in need.
The one thing noticed: Goodwill here is just awful 😂 always has been. Nobody donates anything they can give to someone else to the Goodwill.
If you notice a lot of these closures are in high crime, high tax areas. Places were Clepto Socialism and defunding the police are encouraged. If you live in a place where people are law abiding then most likely the problems are far less severe for these stores and they can make money. How people behave and the politicians they vote for have big effects on their communities.
The white house keeps reporting there are so many new jobs that have been created. This looks like a lot of jobs lost to me. I haven't seen a single industry booming. Even tech industry is down. I audit facilities everywhere and all I hear about is closure and consolidation. Merger and acquisition is down, plants shutting down,manufacturing reducing, reduction of hours. I am also including in this green energy. It isn't booming either.
The people in our government have guaranteed jobs and they keep their jobs until they die of old age , or like a President, that bum gets a tidy profit after the bum is out of office.
I don’t know why people think when they donate to goodwill that they think it’s a charitable organization,it’s not! When have you seen them operate a homeless shelter or anything like that?
Crime and shoplifting are two major reasons why a lot of stores are being closed.
I’m genuinely shocked at the stores on this list.
I’m not really, when there is down turn I’ve noticed personally the first places to go are those that have not kept up with the times and trends, hire staff that don’t care about their customers at all and lastly often have too many stores. Some of these for me fell into those pitfalls
I'm not.
Most of them I haven't shopped at in years, some I have never heard of.
I bet crime has a lot to do with it...the big elephant that the narrator PURPOSELY left out...Lol.