[Red Badger]

'In small stores, the problems are vast with people falling over each other and equipment jammed in everywhere,' one franchisee wrote in response to Kalinowski's survey. Another said: 'Customers are abandoning us in droves because we are either too slow, or sub-par quality.'

Odd, how IHOP and Denney's, et al can do it with NO PROBLEMS FROM SCRATCH.................

[ExNewsExSpook]

Likewise, chicken chains like Bojangle’s have served their breakfast menu all-day since Day One with no kitchen problems or extended wait times for customers. Just a matter of proper planning and execution.

McDonalds and Wal-Mart seem to be on the same trajectory right now. The grew at a phenomenal

pace for years, but became big and bloated and lost their way. Both companies still make a lot of money, but the days of strong, sustained sales growth are over. And (just personal opinion here), there sausage biscuits at Bojangle's are much better than Mickey D's.

[raccoonradio]

True but they aren’t really fast food but more of a sit down place. However they can still provide fairly quick service.
I go to different breakfast places and at least one of them (Maria’s in Salem MA), even when they’re crowded they get an omelette or pancackes out to you in a few short minutes (at the counter, etc.)

Weekends can have long waits at some breakfast places. But these are more of the sit down places (such as IHOP) rather than fast food-order-at-the-counter-or-drive through.

[luvbach1]

How they do it: Denny’s has fairly reasonable prices and reasonably good food; IHOP has rip-off prices (way up in recent years) and reasonably good food.

[zeugma]

Odd, how IHOP and Denney's, et al can do it with NO PROBLEMS FROM SCRATCH.................

I suspect that's because the kitchens are organized differently.

[packrat35]

You must go to different ones than I did. I gave up on IHOP and Dennys due to long waits for food.