03/05/2026
Truth 🥲
I've talked to 15 other restaurant owners in the metro today. 14 of the 15 have gone backwards at the start of this year. 4 of those are in danger of going under soon. Everyone hypes up supporting local businesses, but while many of them are sitting silent I'm still seeing drive thru's steadily busy all the time.
Papa John's, Pizza Hut and Wendy's have all begun closing stores nationwide. If billion dollar entities can't stay above water without help, the small local guy is drowning. We know things can be tight. We know some are just getting back to work. Some are working harder to cook at home. We understand all these things. We're not asking anyone to spend money they don't have, we're asking that when you do you support the places owned by your friends and neighbors, not corporations because otherwise you're going to start seeing local places drop at alarming rates.
