**Emmie**
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Well, this was on NightLine tonight and all over the internet.
Hooters and places like it are bringing in the cash$$
Time to slip on the shorts and join them.
Recession-proof ‘breastaurants’
Monday, January 26th, 2009
The restaurant industry's stimulus package?
A report in today’s Star-Telegram of Fort Worth, Texas suggests the tit-centric casual dining concept pioneered by Atlanta-based Hooter’s may be recession-proof.
Hooters had systemwide sales of $997 million in 2008, up 2 percent from 2007, according to a recent Atlanta Journal-Constitution report.
Sensing an opportunity, Hooter’s “breastaurant” rival Twin Peaks plans to augment its operations — opening a seventh restaurant in Texas and selling franchising rights elsewhere.
I read the Star-Telegram story just minutes after I finished yesterday’s New York Times Magazine cover story about female sexual arousal.
It’s all got me wondering, will there ever be a successful restaurant chain catering to female lust, or will Summer Sausage Bistro and Baloney Pony Cafe be forever consigned to the book of stupid band names and restaurants I keep on the shelf next to my desk?
(Photo courtesy TwinPeaksRestaurant.com)
'Breastaurants' Booming as Economy Tanks
Posted Jan 26, 09 5:23 PM CST in Business, US
(Newser) – Many restaurateurs are struggling these days, but Hooters and a new crop of imitators are seeing their clientele increase, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports. Hooters revenues went up 2% from 2007 to 2008, and while the chain is secure—“We’re not looking over our shoulders,” said exec Michael McNeil—savvy entrepreneurs are taking a page from the Hooters playbook.
“It’s a guy’s world,” said the owner of a Texas franchise that features cute servers. “You can’t get it at home. But you can get it at Twin Peaks." Meanwhile Ruby Tuesday, a 950-store chain that lacks scantily clad waitresses, saw sales drop nearly 11% last quarter. "One of the easiest things to cut is eating out," said McNeil. One analyst concurred: "Fantasy goes a long way. Sex sells."
Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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http://www.newser.com/story/49033/breastaurants-booming-as-economy-tanks.html
Hooters and places like it are bringing in the cash$$
Time to slip on the shorts and join them.
Recession-proof ‘breastaurants’
Monday, January 26th, 2009
The restaurant industry's stimulus package?
A report in today’s Star-Telegram of Fort Worth, Texas suggests the tit-centric casual dining concept pioneered by Atlanta-based Hooter’s may be recession-proof.
Hooters had systemwide sales of $997 million in 2008, up 2 percent from 2007, according to a recent Atlanta Journal-Constitution report.
Sensing an opportunity, Hooter’s “breastaurant” rival Twin Peaks plans to augment its operations — opening a seventh restaurant in Texas and selling franchising rights elsewhere.
I read the Star-Telegram story just minutes after I finished yesterday’s New York Times Magazine cover story about female sexual arousal.
It’s all got me wondering, will there ever be a successful restaurant chain catering to female lust, or will Summer Sausage Bistro and Baloney Pony Cafe be forever consigned to the book of stupid band names and restaurants I keep on the shelf next to my desk?
(Photo courtesy TwinPeaksRestaurant.com)
'Breastaurants' Booming as Economy Tanks
Posted Jan 26, 09 5:23 PM CST in Business, US
(Newser) – Many restaurateurs are struggling these days, but Hooters and a new crop of imitators are seeing their clientele increase, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports. Hooters revenues went up 2% from 2007 to 2008, and while the chain is secure—“We’re not looking over our shoulders,” said exec Michael McNeil—savvy entrepreneurs are taking a page from the Hooters playbook.
“It’s a guy’s world,” said the owner of a Texas franchise that features cute servers. “You can’t get it at home. But you can get it at Twin Peaks." Meanwhile Ruby Tuesday, a 950-store chain that lacks scantily clad waitresses, saw sales drop nearly 11% last quarter. "One of the easiest things to cut is eating out," said McNeil. One analyst concurred: "Fantasy goes a long way. Sex sells."
Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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http://www.newser.com/story/49033/breastaurants-booming-as-economy-tanks.html
