| I started thinking about how you really do know | | | | taste like. |
| what you are getting with a chain restaurant | | | | Most chain restaurants are well aware of this fact. |
| location the other day. I was out of town to relax | | | | They capitalize on it by offering logos that people |
| and shop for the afternoon when I had a | | | | easily recognize. A child may not know how to |
| different experience. I was just walking around | | | | spell McDonald's but I guarantee you that even a |
| when hunger struck so I stopped in at a small | | | | two year old knows what those golden arches |
| restaurant that was located in the shopping | | | | mean when they see them. People associate the |
| district. I ordered one of my usuals from a chain | | | | quality experiences they have had at such |
| restaurant back home. | | | | locations and they are willing to repeat them again |
| The chili burger I got was not what I am familiar | | | | and again. |
| with. I had been waiting anxiously for it but wasn't | | | | With all of the instant customers that a chain |
| impressed by what was delivered to me. The | | | | restaurant can have as the result of this, people |
| portions at this restaurant were much more than | | | | are very interested in owning them. They know |
| at the one I often frequent. I was expecting the | | | | they will have a successful business right from the |
| burger to be smothered in delicious homemade | | | | start. They will also get the training they need to |
| green chili that was spicy but not beyond the | | | | operate it and all of the necessary equipment. |
| ability to eat it. I ended up with red chili though | | | | There is often a high price associated with chain |
| that I am sure wasn't homemade. | | | | food restaurants to buy them though. |
| This is the type of scenario that makes a chain | | | | Yet being part of a chain restaurant can be |
| restaurant so appealing. You know exactly what | | | | detrimental at times too. If another business with |
| you are going to get when you walk in the door. | | | | the same name is struggling due to poor food, |
| The menu, the portions, and the ingredients are all | | | | sanitation issues, or even the finding of a foreign |
| going to be the same. There is no guessing as to | | | | object in the food it can adversely affect your |
| what you will end up with or surprises along the | | | | particular location as well. |
| way. | | | | I personally love chain food restaurants though. I |
| Traveling is a common theme for many people. | | | | enjoy being able to order my meal and know |
| They go to visit family members, to take care of | | | | exactly what it is that will be served to me. |
| business for their jobs, and to take a well | | | | Sometimes I am willing to try new restaurants |
| deserved vacation as a break from their daily | | | | and some of them I really like. However, if I have |
| routine. Regardless of the reason for why they | | | | my choice between an unknown location and a |
| are traveling though they will all need to eat. A | | | | chain restaurant, the latter will win almost every |
| chain restaurant takes the guess work out of | | | | time. |
| what your meal will consist of and what it will | | | | |