[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by OpusX1

No owner at crispers. Just another greedy corporation. It was once owned by Publix. Maybe the greed of the original owner caused it to collapse. From Wikipedia.

Crispers, LLC
Type
Private
Industry Restaurants
Founded Lakeland, Florida (1989)
Headquarters Lakeland, FL, U.S.
Area served
Florida
Key people
Scott M Anderson, CEO
Revenue $13M USD (2008) (est)
Number of employees
710 (2013)
Website -
Crispers is a Lakeland, Florida based chain of fast casual restaurants with an emphasis on health-conscious fare and a menu that consists mainly of salads and sandwiches.

Crispers was founded in South Lakeland, Florida in 1989 by Bill Whitaker and his wife, Vanessa. In 2002 Publix Supermarkets Inc. bought an interest in the company,[1] and Publix bought the entire company in 2007.[2] In 2008, the former CEO of the company was convicted of embezzling more than $400,000 from the company.[3]

On May 10, 2011, Publix announced they had reached an agreement to sell Crispers to Healthy Food Concepts, LLC[4] and the deal was completed in July 2011.

As of 2013, Crispers has 28 restaurants throughout Florida. By 2015 Crispers only had 24 restaurants opened,[5] with locations recently closed in Jacksonville and Gainesville.[6]

I am thinking that they didn't have what people wanted to eat or it was priced wrong for what they were selling.. It was almost empty every time we went there for the TOTV meetings. The dishonesty and greed of the original owner, now absent for six years has little to do with people buying food there and causing it to be successful or unsuccessful.