Don't know what this portends... - General Tiki

P pablus Tiki Socialite www.thecrazedmugs.com Joined: Jul 23, 2003 Posts: 2163	P pablus Posted posted on Fri, Feb 15, 2008 2:19 PM "Cheeseburger in Paradise" which, though it says it's owned by JB, is actually owned by OUTBACK INC. - the unstoppable megalith of chain restaurants. Maybe it's a partnership or something. Whatever. So today I hear in Tampa, home of OUTBACK INC. - the most insidious flavor purveyor this side of Pizza Hut, that OUTBACK INC. - Faux Fine Dining for Twenty-Somethings, is going to dump the "Cheeseburger in Paradise" chain. Wind in My Sales indeed. They can dump it now since they went private last year. And so they are. Word is it's a money drain. This, along with the string of Trader Vics closings and the other "Islandy - themed" efforts going the way of Space Food Sticks, makes me wonder if the SpongeBob Generation will grow up in time to save any of it? I know that uke sales are up. That's a good thing. Luaus are still a popular theme for a party. Hawai'i will soon have condo-to-condo walkways completely around each island so that no one will ever have to touch that yucky sand or that nasty salt water. Yep. Just musing about the transient nature of cultural imprinting.

"Cheeseburger in Paradise" which, though it says it's owned by JB, is actually owned by OUTBACK INC. - the unstoppable megalith of chain restaurants. Maybe it's a partnership or something. Whatever.

So today I hear in Tampa, home of OUTBACK INC. - the most insidious flavor purveyor this side of Pizza Hut, that OUTBACK INC. - Faux Fine Dining for Twenty-Somethings, is going to dump the "Cheeseburger in Paradise" chain.

Wind in My Sales indeed.

They can dump it now since they went private last year. And so they are. Word is it's a money drain.

This, along with the string of Trader Vics closings and the other "Islandy - themed" efforts going the way of Space Food Sticks, makes me wonder if the SpongeBob Generation will grow up in time to save any of it?

I know that uke sales are up. That's a good thing. Luaus are still a popular theme for a party. Hawai'i will soon have condo-to-condo walkways completely around each island so that no one will ever have to touch that yucky sand or that nasty salt water. Yep.

Just musing about the transient nature of cultural imprinting.

Post #361381 by pablus on Fri, Feb 15, 2008 2:19 PM