I would pick Steak N Shake over McDonald’s, but I’d pick McDonald’s over Five Guys. Five Guys is the worst burgers and their fries are terrible.
Naps, you walk away after buying two burgers and two fry packets at Five Guys paying what? 30 bucks???? I don’t know Steak N Shake. I buy small Wendy hamburgers for my mom and they’re not too bad.
“...but I’d pick McDonald’s over Five Guys. Five Guys is the worst burgers and their fries are terrible.”
not in my neck of the woods. 5 Guys burgers and fries are the BEST! McD’s pale in comparison.
“Five Guys is the worst burgers and their fries are terrible.”
Agree on the fries - a roll of the dice. Went to a 5 Guys in the Northeast, food was good, but the price was just short of a 5-star French restaurant in Manhattan (not quite, but you get the point). They came to Houston, went into one to eat there - their peanuts were soggy. Wound up they hadn’t discovered that the Texas Gulf Coast is sometimes humid. Mentioned the peanuts to staff - they laughed at me, so never been back.
Given their rapid-fire expansion, and prices, I expect them to collapse quite fast. You can’t flood the market with a huge number of stores if they’re pricy, simply because people aren’t able to afford going there on a daily, or weekly, basis. Maybe monthly, but that’s about it.