KFC closing in Spanish Springs 24th

[jbartle1]

2 months under renovation for Taco Bell ONLY

[retiredguy123]

Not to worry. There is a new KFC being built at Buffalo Ridge Plaza.

[SharonW]

Store always looks dirty and poor service

[Bjeanj]

Store always looks dirty and poor service

I would guess with the renovation, it will look better. Maybe the service will get better.

[Dana1963]

We need either a Boston Market or Popeyes KC is getting to expensive

[billethkid]

What we need are more owners that know how to run a restaurant (big or small).

There is no secret to how to run a successful eatery.
Good service.
Good food.
Clean.
Do this and they will come (keep coming).

[kathyspear]

We need either a Boston Market or Popeyes KC is getting to expensive

The price of chicken has gone up everywhere. We stopped at the newish Popeyes in Leesburg yesterday on our way back from the airport. It was good but their prices are higher, like everyone's. You gotta love this inflation!

kathy

[CoachKandSportsguy]

and where does one get these fast food employees in rural FL?
Many easily assume that there are always enough employees whenever one is needed,
and location and wages and other employers etc play a large part in
bursting that assumption. . .

have seen that assumption turn false many times by employers

[wisbad1]

I would guess with the renovation, it will look better. Maybe the service will get better.
Service is great!

[JohnN]

Store always looks dirty and poor service

and... the food was bad. I'm surprised it didn't close long ago.

[Nucky]

It was and is a disgrace. The food is NOTHING short of Horrendous.

[Topspinmo]

Probably the same employee’s will be transferred to the new one, which won’t take long to turn it into the old one. If remodeled toxic bell anything like one off 466 forget about it.

[b0bd0herty]

I would guess with the renovation, it will look better. Maybe the service will get better.

Bwaaahaaha. Good one. We can only hope eh? :)

[skippy05]

Popeyes is the expensive one. The smallest Chicken and Side Family meal is now 35.00 Which used to be in the 14$ range before inflation.

[skippy05]

The most important factor in a restaurant staying in business is strict portion and food waste control. If you don't highly control those you will go broke (while all your customers enjoy the ride)

[Challenger]

Store always looks dirty and poor service

Been in there 3-4 times over last ten years. Has been that way every time I tried to see if things had changed.

[NotGolfer]

The concerns I read on all the local social media sites here resonate back from where we came from as well. EVERYONE is struggling with good service, enough support staff etc. It ranges from the health-care, to the service industry. I think in 2022 (though I pray not) we shall begin seeing MUCH higher prices plus shortages we've not experienced in the past. Saw a gas price last night on 466 that was over $3.00/gal. We're a spoiled nation having enjoyed abundance in our life-times (our parents not so much).

[Topspinmo]

The concerns I read on all the local social media sites here resonate back from where we came from as well. EVERYONE is struggling with good service, enough support staff etc. It ranges from the health-care, to the service industry. I think in 2022 (though I pray not) we shall begin seeing MUCH higher prices plus shortages we've not experienced in the past. Saw a gas price last night on 466 that was over $3.00/gal. We're a spoiled nation having enjoyed abundance in our life-times (our parents not so much).

Quilt trip? spoiled from hard work. Last night on news said gas average 3.21.

[DaleDivine]

Quilt trip? spoiled from hard work. Last night on news said gas average 3.21.

Quilting??
:1rotfl::1rotfl:

[Ginsanders]

Chic fila is there!! Better in all areas

[Captainpd]

Popeyes is the expensive one. The smallest Chicken and Side Family meal is now 35.00 Which used to be in the 14$ range before inflation.

Probably going to "jail" on this post. That is absolutely BS. That's a 150% increase. I can only hope it was a typo on your end

[Marine1974]

Until the fast food industry pays their employees a living wage, not a 1980 wage, will you see good service , good food and clean stores and customers will have to pay $$$ for it , no more of this fake economy will be coming .

[Petersweeney]

Taco Hell we used to call it, canned dog food wrapped in cardboard…..

[Aloha1]

Until the fast food industry pays their employees a living wage, not a 1980 wage, will you see good service , good food and clean stores and customers will have to pay $$$ for it , no more of this fake economy will be coming .

And just what is a "living wage" for a teenager or 20 something with little to no work experience??

[tophcfa]

The most important factor in a restaurant staying in business is strict portion and food waste control. If you don't highly control those you will go broke (while all your customers enjoy the ride)

And there in lies the problem. I don’t eat biscuits or drink soft drinks. Last time I went there I asked for a chicken breast, wing and thigh. They didn’t know what to do? If I bought the chicken only it was $14. However, if I bought the meal with the biscuit and soda, it was $9. I told them to give me the meal and hold the biscuit and soda, but the said they had to include them. They gave me the meal, so i threw away the soda and feed the biscuit to a duck. Hope I didn’t kill the poor duck with that biscuit!

[jmpalladino]

2 months under renovation for Taco Bell ONLY

Ahh, we can all live longer without the grease!

[Wyseguy]

Until the fast food industry pays their employees a living wage, not a 1980 wage, will you see good service , good food and clean stores and customers will have to pay $$$ for it , no more of this fake economy will be coming .

Do you know what chik fil a pays it's employees? Is it substantially more than other like establishments?

[Bonanza]

We need either a Boston Market or Popeyes KC is getting to expensive

What we really need is a Pollo Tropical.
They are everywhere except here and I can't figure out why not???

However . . . PDQ in the Colony shopping plaza on 466A for chicken is VERY good.
If you've never been there you should try it.

[Stu from NYC]

And there in lies the problem. I don’t eat biscuits or drink soft drinks. Last time I went there I asked for a chicken breast, wing and thigh. They didn’t know what to do? If I bought the chicken only it was $14. However, if I bought the meal with the biscuit and soda, it was $9. I told them to give me the meal and hold the biscuit and soda, but the said they had to include them. They gave me the meal, so i threw away the soda and feed the biscuit to a duck. Hope I didn’t kill the poor duck with that biscuit!

It is remarkable how dumb some of the employees of these fast food restaurants can be.

When we paid in cash change was a major hassle for many.

[Bonanza]

And there in lies the problem. I don’t eat biscuits or drink soft drinks. Last time I went there I asked for a chicken breast, wing and thigh. They didn’t know what to do? If I bought the chicken only it was $14. However, if I bought the meal with the biscuit and soda, it was $9. I told them to give me the meal and hold the biscuit and soda, but the said they had to include them. They gave me the meal, so i threw away the soda and feed the biscuit to a duck. Hope I didn’t kill the poor duck with that biscuit!

It is remarkable how dumb some of the employees of these fast food restaurants can be.

When we paid in cash change was a major hassle for many.

You could have given your soda to the next person in line instead of tossing it away. Also, feeding any kind of bread product to ducks is a big no-no; it's the worst thing you can feed them.

We all know that most fast-food employees are not rocket scientists, but many of these places hire those with disabilities of one sort or another. I think we all need to be a little kinder in dealing with them.

[Cliff Fr]

It's a franchise so I'm pretty sure the prices are set by the parent company. Service has followed the deterioration of the morals in our country, imo.

[JMintzer]

It's a franchise so I'm pretty sure the prices are set by the parent company. Service has followed the deterioration of the morals in our country, imo.

That's the opposite of how franchises work. Prices are set be the franchisee...

[shut the front door]

Until the fast food industry pays their employees a living wage, not a 1980 wage, will you see good service , good food and clean stores and customers will have to pay $$$ for it , no more of this fake economy will be coming .

The minimum wage in 1980 was $3.10/hr. Nobody is paying that in 2021. Exaggerate much?

[charlieo1126@gmail.com]

Care to expand on how the deterioration of junk food places and the decline of morals in this country are linked , now we could talk about the fast food places and the declining health of this country .I haven’t eaten in one for at least 30 years and my health is good , now my morals well that would be judged through a prism of the beholder I guess

[Robert Zugnoni]

We need either a Boston Market or Popeyes KC is getting to expensive

Popeyes is not as good.....too dry!!

[Fredman]

Store always looks dirty and poor service

Agree, would not eat there