Backyard Burger

I'm assuming you're talking about the one in Florence ? Closed down..again? Has to be due to poor management or it might be a health dept. issue. I eat at the one in Corinth, MS quite often. If you catch them right at lunch, they are the best! Also, what about the one in Muscle Shoals ? Okay, I'm hungry now..gee, thanks jhall...lol

I saw the same thing today, I had heard that O'charley's is closing too. New management that their headquarters brought in, is worst than the old management. They even longer cook times!!!!..What is it with restaurants today! Can't they get it right with their mangagers?

you got that right!

How about using simple math and management skills.

#1. Location , Location , Location

#2. Population vs.amount of services needed.

Its not rocket science folks.

I never got a taste for Backyard Burger but it does not seem they can manage anything with the on again off again stuff. I agree with Confederate Pride, I always thought that was a crappy place get rear-ended going in and clipped coming out.

I would have to say it's not the best location for a fast food restaurant. Sure, a lot of traffic passes by there each day, but it's not the easiest intersection to navigate your way through. We used to eat at one in Franklin, Tennessee all the time (the first one we ever saw in fact). Their food was really good back then. Over the years it seems like it's declined - along with the size of the meal. Unfortunately the price hasn't reflected the change.

It might fare better if the new Hampton Inn was open. Then again, if it really is closed, it's probably for good this time. Hopefully somebody can take over the property and make some good out of it.

I agree it was hard to get into, but sorry it's closed. There was always much too much staff for the amt. of business done.

Hardee's THICKBURGERS beat the tar out of Backyard Burgers' product! And BYB's price structure is just not competitive in the market for burgers. Also, that downtown location is a bummer! There is just something about it that is disinviting--can't put my finger on it, but that is my strong feeling.

Sorry about that I was talking about the one in Florence, didn't think the one in Muscle Shoals had opened back up.

Just thought it was strange, usually the place is full at lunch. I'm not sure about any other time. One day it's open, the next it's not!

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Originally posted by jhall6171:
didn't think the one in Muscle Shoals had opened back up.

I passed the one in Muscle Shoals last week, and it looked like it was still locked down.

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Originally posted by beternU:
Hardee's THICKBURGERS beat the tar out of Backyard Burgers' product! And BYB's price structure is just not competitive in the market for burgers. Also, that downtown location is a bummer! There is just something about it that is disinviting--can't put my finger on it, but that is my strong feeling.

I agree. I tried Hardee's thickburgers after you mentioned it a while back and it was very good.

I have been to Backyard Burgers a couple of times. It is a good place to go for a quick lunch. Both times, once a noon, and the other time, at night, the place was filled with employees who had nothing to do. The night visit, there appeared nobody was in charge. The employees were in and out of the restaurasnt, hollering at kids who were obviously friends, and going out to talk to them, then back into the restaurant. I would suspect that a lot of food goes out the drive-thru window without being paid for. Again,
nobody in the place looked like "management."

Yes, I would say from a casual observation, labor costs were killing the business, in ratio to the amount of sales.

THE PROBLEM WAS OWNER MANAGEMENT
They did not have a clue....I have been in there at night, when there were more employees standing around than customers coming in all night...
The concept of CONTROL YOUR LABOR COST TO X NEVER CROSSED THEIR "Gee! McDonalds is getting rich ....its easy....lets start one!" BRAIN FART...
Living proof some people have more money than common sense...