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getbak · 01-06-2024, 08:54 PM

This is the type of place that's being talked about: https://maps.app.goo.gl/aP4XZpuFEgdrB4xc8

This one is a small rest stop on the side of the I-90 between Rochester and Syracuse. It's a place where people can pull in, take a break, fill up their tank, and grab something to eat before getting back on the highway.

This one has a Shake Shack, Starbucks, Chick-fil-A, and an Auntie Anne's as well as a small grocery/convenience store. That's basically 2 places where you can get a real meal (I'm the type of person who'd get a Frappuccino and 3 hot pretzels for the road and call it a meal, but that's not for everyone).

Allowing one of them to close on 1 of the 2 busiest travel days of the week, makes it a worse experience for everyone.

I think it's perfectly reasonable for the state to make it a condition of the contract to operate in these facilities to be open 7 days a week. If a business owner doesn't want to do that, they shouldn't bid on the contract. No one would be stopping them from opening a stand-alone restaurant a mile down the road and setting their own hours.

01-06-2024, 08:54 PM	#74
getbak Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Calgary, AB Exp:	This is the type of place that's being talked about: https://maps.app.goo.gl/aP4XZpuFEgdrB4xc8 This one is a small rest stop on the side of the I-90 between Rochester and Syracuse. It's a place where people can pull in, take a break, fill up their tank, and grab something to eat before getting back on the highway. This one has a Shake Shack, Starbucks, Chick-fil-A, and an Auntie Anne's as well as a small grocery/convenience store. That's basically 2 places where you can get a real meal (I'm the type of person who'd get a Frappuccino and 3 hot pretzels for the road and call it a meal, but that's not for everyone). Allowing one of them to close on 1 of the 2 busiest travel days of the week, makes it a worse experience for everyone. I think it's perfectly reasonable for the state to make it a condition of the contract to operate in these facilities to be open 7 days a week. If a business owner doesn't want to do that, they shouldn't bid on the contract. No one would be stopping them from opening a stand-alone restaurant a mile down the road and setting their own hours. __________________ Turn up the good, turn down the suck!