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WithoutTheFezOn: Aug 28, 2005; Oh no

Pretty sure all Sears stores have carried Lands End for about a decade.

# ¿ Mar 23, 2017 08:56

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# ¿ May 22, 2024 15:42

WithoutTheFezOn: Aug 28, 2005; Oh no

How Rude posted:

Culver's is amazing, their chicken strips are unparalleled

also their cheese curds are incredible. and custard is so smooth and creamy

ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I'm on a diet and now I'm craving this good tasting unhealthy garbage

Yes, all true (though I haven't tried their cheese curds) but there burgers are, in fact, greasy as hell. Soak-through-paper greasy.

But they do call them Butter Burgers, so it's not exactly unexpected.

# ¿ Apr 21, 2017 05:26

WithoutTheFezOn: Aug 28, 2005; Oh no

Krispy Kareem posted:

Does it really taste like BBQ ribs? I've managed to avoid McRibs even though I've eaten my weight in double quarter pounders with cheese.

It just looks weird.

Think bun-sized "Pork McNugget" swimming in BBQ sauce.

# ¿ May 24, 2017 01:17

WithoutTheFezOn: Aug 28, 2005; Oh no

Cheap as hell nut mix, cashews, trail mix, etc. though.

# ¿ Jun 30, 2017 19:13

WithoutTheFezOn: Aug 28, 2005; Oh no

They have above average pizzas imo (well above grocery store offerings here) and around here they�re really cheap for what you get. I think their most expensive 16� loaded pizza is $15.

Also take and bake can be handy if the place is on your daily commute route.

E: also probably a relatively cheap business to run, they have no freezers or ovens.

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# ¿ Aug 7, 2017 17:14

WithoutTheFezOn: Aug 28, 2005; Oh no

fordan posted:

I get no ovens, but no freezers?

No. Multiple refrigerators but no freezers. At least that�s so in our local one.

# ¿ Aug 10, 2017 04:59

WithoutTheFezOn: Aug 28, 2005; Oh no

That�s only about 6% of their restaurants.

# ¿ Aug 10, 2017 18:52

WithoutTheFezOn: Aug 28, 2005; Oh no

Krispy Kareem posted:

middle-class people need the tax break.

Only 30% of US households itemize deductions.

# ¿ Aug 13, 2017 17:09

WithoutTheFezOn: Aug 28, 2005; Oh no

^^ don�t forget to activate 5% cash back at groceries for April-June!

ladron posted:

Is discover still a thing? Even futurama in the 90s was mocking them because no one accepted it. was it because of fees or...?

Back then, Discover was new (started around 85 I think) and it took about a decade for widespread merchant acceptance. Now it�s everywhere, it�s even an option at the top of all my medical bills.

# ¿ Mar 15, 2018 01:01

WithoutTheFezOn: Aug 28, 2005; Oh no

Gordmans did file for bankruptcy, but the stores still exist. Many of them at least.

# ¿ Jun 11, 2018 18:58

WithoutTheFezOn: Aug 28, 2005; Oh no

Not exactly news but all the Bob-Ton department stores are closing. ~250 stores over six brands.

# ¿ Jun 24, 2018 22:20

WithoutTheFezOn: Aug 28, 2005; Oh no

�AMC has no idea what we pay them.� is a sentence I wasn�t expecting.

# ¿ Jul 13, 2018 02:29

WithoutTheFezOn: Aug 28, 2005; Oh no

Nissin Cup Nudist posted:

Is ACE Hardware still around?

Very much so.

# ¿ Aug 23, 2018 03:43

WithoutTheFezOn: Aug 28, 2005; Oh no

Soysaucebeast posted:

I figured this was coming though, since the one near me has had a 50-75% off sale every day for the past two years. They had to have been bleeding money.

They declared bankruptcy in 2017, too, so yeah this wasn�t really out of the blue.

# ¿ Feb 16, 2019 17:01

WithoutTheFezOn: Aug 28, 2005; Oh no

Doesn�t it also mean former tire buyers come in periodically and have 20 minutes to kill and oh hey there�s a great big store on the other side of this wall?

# ¿ Mar 2, 2019 15:52

WithoutTheFezOn: Aug 28, 2005; Oh no

Veni Vidi Ameche! posted:

Despite that, I keep thinking I want to buy a CO2 tank and some of those bottle fittings.

PSA: people are leaving out the crucial detail that you also need a regulator between the tank and those bottle fittings. Easy to get but be prepared to spend $50-100 for that.

# ¿ Mar 13, 2019 15:33

WithoutTheFezOn: Aug 28, 2005; Oh no

Acute Grill posted:

I mean, you can just get 2-liters of unflavored seltzer water at your local grocery store for super cheap if you're really into it and don't want to buy cans.

Here�s the odd thing though � no you (meaning I) can�t. You can get liters of super cheap flavored seltzer, but regular seltzer is usually 50-100% more expensive than other sodas like Coke and 7-Up.

# ¿ Mar 16, 2019 16:12

WithoutTheFezOn: Aug 28, 2005; Oh no

Seems like more often than not, BK has that 10 nuggets for $1.49 deal. That�s the only thing I can remember buying from them in years.

# ¿ Jul 18, 2019 21:04

WithoutTheFezOn: Aug 28, 2005; Oh no

Boneless chicken breast with rib meat, water, isolated oat product, potato starch, seasoning (modified corn starch, salt, maltodextrin, yeast extract, chicken stock, flavors, wheat starch, dextrose, propylene glycol and citric acid), salt, sodium phosphates.

Chicken is cheap. I, a single consumer, can get chicken breast here any day of the week for $1.99/lb without a sale.

# ¿ Jul 19, 2019 01:11

WithoutTheFezOn: Aug 28, 2005; Oh no

Groceries appear to be about 1/6 of all retail sales.

Bunch of numbers in table 1 here: https://www.census.gov/retail/marts/www/marts_current.pdf

# ¿ May 17, 2020 13:07

WithoutTheFezOn: Aug 28, 2005; Oh no

You can walk into Perkins and buy a pie. No way it can be worst.

# ¿ Oct 8, 2020 04:10

WithoutTheFezOn: Aug 28, 2005; Oh no

Super Waffle posted:

Hell, Jimmy Buffet has an entire resort that opened here in Orlando

https://www.margaritavilleresorts.com/margaritaville-resort-orlando

There are 24 Margariaville resorts, plus more restaurant/bars.

# ¿ Oct 15, 2020 19:10

WithoutTheFezOn: Aug 28, 2005; Oh no

Elviscat posted:

Seriously, one of America's foremost food critics was astounded by their quality.

If that�s the video I think it is, he only praised one of their food items.

# ¿ Nov 10, 2020 02:11

WithoutTheFezOn: Aug 28, 2005; Oh no

MarcusSA posted:

5k (or whatever) for the bike and like $50 a month just to use the drat thing.

The bikes are $1895 and there�s a lower app sub that lets you do everything but a couple things (like let a live trainer change your bike's resistance) for $13/mo. The regular sub is $40/mo, and it�s a family sub.

Still pretty expensive, but you�re exaggerating just a wee bit.

# ¿ May 6, 2021 02:33

WithoutTheFezOn: Aug 28, 2005; Oh no

Krispy Wafer posted:

Publix subs are good.

I�d put them more at �average at best, but relatively cheap�.

# ¿ Jul 21, 2021 18:29

WithoutTheFezOn: Aug 28, 2005; Oh no

Ugly In The Morning posted:

I�m traveling for work and just ate at a Cracker Barrel and I�m really confused how a restaurant whose entire business strategy was �build next to hotel parking lots� survived the pandemic.

Forgiven business loans, would be my guess.

# ¿ Aug 4, 2021 21:28

WithoutTheFezOn: Aug 28, 2005; Oh no

Techbros is one thing, but having the entity that millions of people use to get their initial estimates of house values also be in the business of flipping houses seems far from ethical.

# ¿ Dec 4, 2021 00:32

WithoutTheFezOn: Aug 28, 2005; Oh no

CommissarMega posted:

Any specific reason Revlon's gone bust (e.g. bad chemicals in their cosmetics, CEO embroiled in a scandal etc)? Or is it just that people haven't been buying their stuff lately?

Boring stuff. Lower sales, supply chain problems, and they�re got huge debt.

# ¿ Jun 16, 2022 04:53

WithoutTheFezOn: Aug 28, 2005; Oh no

Cowslips Warren posted:

That's hilarious

but not true.

Companies are worried about �brand safety�, and told Musk that repeatedly during conference calls.

# ¿ Nov 5, 2022 05:54

WithoutTheFezOn: Aug 28, 2005; Oh no

His yes/no poll contains no question.

# ¿ Nov 28, 2022 20:24

WithoutTheFezOn: Aug 28, 2005; Oh no

Anora posted:

In Kansas we have an opposite situation, our own employee owned store called Hyvee �

Trivia: you know what �employee owned� means for HyVee? One of their employee 401(k) options is to buy HyVee stock.

That�s it.

# ¿ Jan 16, 2023 18:25

WithoutTheFezOn: Aug 28, 2005; Oh no

Lol, never heard of a charity getting a severance package.

# ¿ Jan 19, 2023 03:29

WithoutTheFezOn: Aug 28, 2005; Oh no

FlamingLiberal posted:

I would say in the last year or so we hit the point where cable is probably a better option financially over subscribing to the main streaming services.

Our two cable options here cost $140 and $136 per month. YouTube tv is $75.

# ¿ Apr 13, 2023 04:51

WithoutTheFezOn: Aug 28, 2005; Oh no

Not just quarters, but years. Multiple ones.

# ¿ Jun 19, 2023 03:01

WithoutTheFezOn: Aug 28, 2005; Oh no

No, Apple still ships directly. You also don�t need to make an appointment at a store to buy stuff, but it may save some time.

# ¿ Jul 24, 2023 00:21

WithoutTheFezOn: Aug 28, 2005; Oh no

In a town with the famous nickname of The City That Never Sleeps.

# ¿ Jul 25, 2023 16:04

WithoutTheFezOn: Aug 28, 2005; Oh no

Foxfire_ posted:

He was legally required to negotiate based on what was best for the general shareholders, not himself personally.

How? As in, if he doesn�t act in the best interest for general shareholders, what law(s)/regulations/whatever has he violated?

I understand that someone who does that may end up facing an attempt to be ousted, but what�s illegal about it?

# ¿ Oct 16, 2023 21:53

WithoutTheFezOn: Aug 28, 2005; Oh no

Thanks, good to know.

Hypothetically, how large a block of shareholders is generally required to take legal action?

# ¿ Oct 16, 2023 22:22

WithoutTheFezOn: Aug 28, 2005; Oh no

Tall Tale Teller posted:

Buy a tire gauge for $3 and you are beholden to no tire place.

Or have a Wawa nearby.

# ¿ Nov 1, 2023 22:48

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# ¿ May 22, 2024 15:42

WithoutTheFezOn: Aug 28, 2005; Oh no

Teslas aren�t replacing box trucks or F-150s though.

Not saying anything about road damage, but electric vehicles are heavy compared to many passenger vehicles.

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# ¿ Apr 3, 2024 02:37

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