A consumer thread

[LordSensei1958]

Don't have any of these around here anymore, but for those of you who've got them nearby, you might find this interesting:




Red Lobster Debuts New Menu, Seafood Boils And More

They're like the McDonalds of seafood places.

 

[LordSensei1958]

They're like the McDonalds of seafood places.

I used to live less than a quarter mile from one. I went there once, which was one too many times.

I'm not a big fan of seafood though. My opinion may be a little prejudiced, kind of like @Kontradiction

There was a Hu-Ke-Lau about 300 yards away that I liked a whole lot better. Good chinese food. At the time, they had a triple boiled lobster platter for $12.95, which my friends prefered over Red Lobster.

 

[Deus Irae]

I used to live less than a quarter mile from one. I went there once, which was one too many times.

I'm not a big fan of seafood though. My opinion may be a little prejudiced, kind of like @Kontradiction

There was a Hu-Ke-Lau about 300 yards away that I liked a whole lot better. Good chinese food. At the time, they had a triple boiled lobster platter for $12.95, which my friends prefered over Red Lobster.

Red Lobster is more like a Panda Express, in that it's really the only national chain of consequence for the type of food. But Red Lobster is better for seafood than Panda Express is for Chinese food (which is not to say that it's good).

 

[Lord Chevy]

Don't have any of these around here anymore, but for those of you who've got them nearby, you might find this interesting:




Red Lobster Debuts New Menu, Seafood Boils And More

I thought they were going bankrupt

 

[Lord Chevy]

They're like the McDonalds of seafood places.

If they offered real fried clams (not strips) I would go. It's easy enough to get live lobster, crab legs, etc. in the grocery store now.

 

[Deus Irae]

I thought they were going bankrupt

They declared, cleaned things up, and are now trying to push through. This new menu is a product of the new CEO.

 

[Deus Irae]

If they offered real fried clams (not strips) I would go. It's easy enough to get live lobster, crab legs, etc. in the grocery store now.

I haven't been to one in a long time. But I just looked at the menu, and that may need to change. Lobster or crab stuffed potato? I find that interesting.

 

[HSanders]

I wish we had a really good seafood place anywhere near us. there used to be a good one about 30 years ago . they put it in the place of an uno's pizza which I also loved. they had dungeness crab at this place and it is my absolute favorite crab in the world.

 

[LordSensei1958]

This is pretty shitty I think ....


View: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1222839649580687

 

[Deus Irae]

I stopped using Hertz for car rentals a long while back. With this bullshit, I'll never be using them again:

Back in April, we reported on how Hertz was planning to employ artificial intelligence to scan vehicles before and after renters use them, to check for damages and issue associated charges. The AI system has been live now for a few months at select locations around the country, and one customer of Hertz-owned Thrifty reached out to The Drive to share his experience after one of the company’s scanners caught damage on his rental. Mind you, it wasn’t exactly an experience he enjoyed.

A reader named Patrick recently rented a Volkswagen from Hertz’s location at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, which was in fact the first store nationwide to use the tech. When he returned the car, he did so with a 1-inch scuff on the driver’s side rear wheel. Patrick says he was alerted to the damage “minutes” after dropping the VW off, and with it, charges for the blemish: $250 for the repair, $125 for processing, and another $65 administrative fee. That’s $440 all told, for curb rash on one wheel...

This Is What Happens When Hertz’s AI Scanner Finds Damage on Your Rental

 

[LordSensei1958]

View: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1233665091874295

 

[LordSensei1958]

View: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1694992711128499

 

[Deus Irae]

The problem with Zerohedge's theory and statements is that the local farmer/rancher charges prices that are simply too high:

Foreign-owned globalist meatpacking giant JBS—labeled a "modern-day monopoly" by Republican Senator Josh Hawley—has acknowledged that the U.S. cattle industry is in the beginning stages of rebuilding its decimated herd from seven-decade lows. While the move to rebuild is underway, the company warns that meaningful increases in beef supply—and any relief for consumers facing record-high retail prices—aren't expected until at least 2027.

"We are into herd rebuild right now," said Wesley Batista Filho, CEO of JBS North America, in an interview quoted by Bloomberg. He added, "The economic incentives are there, the weather is helping."

Batista pointed out that a decline in female cattle slaughter suggests that ranchers are retaining more cows for breeding, signaling herd rebuilding has commenced. However, he warned that recovery time will be slow, with no significant increase in beef supply expected until 2027.


Batista's analogy to the rebuilding cycle is this: "It's more like taking the stairs than the elevator."...

...The path to rebuilding starts with reviving regional microprocessing plants across the country—creating a more resilient, decentralized food supply chain that's less vulnerable to disruptions.

Just as important, Americans need to rethink how they buy beef: skip the globalist mega-supermarkets and instead support local ranchers directly...

Cattle Herd Rebuild Begins Just As Consumers Get Slaughtered By Record Beef Prices

 

[Deus Irae]

For everyone, but especially @Lord Guts