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Are we living in a Burger Bubble?
Posted by: Sir Topham Hat ()
Date: February 05, 2015 10:20AM

With all of these burger joints opening left and right, are we living in a burger bubble that's about to burst?

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Re: Are we living in a Burger Bubble?
Posted by: too many burger places ()
Date: February 05, 2015 10:27AM

I wish half these places would turn into BBQ joints.

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Re: Are we living in a Burger Bubble?
Posted by: FroYo ()
Date: February 05, 2015 10:37AM

Yes. And soon to follow will be the bust of the frozen yogurt market.

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Re: Are we living in a Burger Bubble?
Posted by: niggar ()
Date: February 05, 2015 11:32AM

FroYo Wrote:
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> Yes. And soon to follow will be the bust of the
> frozen yogurt market.

Not any time soon unless people get tired of fro-yo (which won't be in a long time) or all the stores become the same and only one specific fro-yo place is the most popular

Variations in the stores means most of them will survive

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Re: Are we living in a Burger Bubble?
Posted by: Burst My Bubble ()
Date: February 05, 2015 11:50AM

Beanie baby bubble. Bubble burst.
Cupcake bubble. Bubble burst.
Frozen yogurt bubble. FroYo burst.
Burger bubble. Bubble will burst.

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Re: Are we living in a Burger Bubble?
Posted by: niggar ()
Date: February 05, 2015 11:54AM

Burst My Bubble Wrote:
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> Beanie baby bubble. Bubble burst.
> Cupcake bubble. Bubble burst.
> Frozen yogurt bubble. FroYo burst.
> Burger bubble. Bubble will burst.


The difference is that Beanie babies became a niche and an "investment" to rednecks. They lost value and demand
Fro yo and burgers, on the other hand are common, popular, won't lose value or demand and are not a niche.

It is true that there is an abundance of burger places that could fail. Depends on which one people like the most and which people like the least.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/05/2015 11:56AM by niggar.

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Re: Are we living in a Burger Bubble?
Posted by: Ronald My McDonald ()
Date: February 05, 2015 12:10PM

Froyo - Pinkberry filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.

Cupcakes - Crumbs filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Mark my word - one of these will be fried on the griddle due to overexpansion, slowed demand, and busted bubble.

BGR
Elevation
Smashburger
Five Guys
Shake Shack
Bobby's Burger Palace
Mooyah
Freddy's

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Re: Are we living in a Burger Bubble?
Posted by: Adam Learned Hand Smith ()
Date: February 05, 2015 12:14PM

Remember all the cookie joints.

Yep, many of them ended up as undercooked dough.

Remember gourmet popcorn.

Remember gourmet jellybeans.

Flash in the pan. Make the money and run. Those late to the party are left with long-term leases, excess inventory, and ruined dreams.

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Re: Are we living in a Burger Bubble?
Posted by: Wimpy ()
Date: February 05, 2015 12:14PM

^^^^ It would have to be BGR. Their offerings are pure shite.

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Re: Are we living in a Burger Bubble?
Posted by: 5gs ()
Date: February 05, 2015 02:22PM

Five guys already had to close like 20 stores around here

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Re: Are we living in a Burger Bubble?
Posted by: niggar ()
Date: February 05, 2015 08:32PM

Ronald My McDonald Wrote:
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> Froyo - Pinkberry filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
>
> Cupcakes - Crumbs filed for Chapter 11
> bankruptcy.
>
> Mark my word - one of these will be fried on the
> griddle due to overexpansion, slowed demand, and
> busted bubble.
>
> BGR
> Elevation
> Smashburger
> Five Guys
> Shake Shack
> Bobby's Burger Palace
> Mooyah
> Freddy's

Well yeah, but some stores will survive, obviously. (Five guys) A lot of stores screw up and die off. Not quite a bubble, though. Just a lot of people who aren't quite good at business chasing something lucrative. Capitalism, my friend.

also, that wasj ust a local pinkberry joint



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/05/2015 08:33PM by niggar.

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Re: Are we living in a Burger Bubble?
Posted by: Greybeard ()
Date: February 05, 2015 08:50PM

Zinga in Franklin Farm went down a couple of months ago.

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Re: Are we living in a Burger Bubble?
Posted by: ddtYF ()
Date: February 07, 2015 04:25PM

Five Guys will let anyone open a store anywhere. Unlike McDonalds which carefully analyzes where to put them. Because Five Guys will let you fail and close down, without worry (to them). That's why so many Five Guys closings ... and so many openings right after that, even in essentially (or exactly) the same location.

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Re: Are we living in a Burger Bubble?
Posted by: bdpYG ()
Date: February 07, 2015 08:23PM

Burgers are the new doughnuts

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