Five Guys is coming to London!
Discussion
escargot said:
I must have missed the bit where five guys are trying to target a selective market. Perhaps you ought to let them know too?
Those other places are not trying to hit a certain person, they're just fast food places, I just think the minute you open things in shopping towns it loses anything it had, which is why any of those very successful chains I mention, and many others that are London only will not open anywhere else.Apples and oranges.
Five guys business model is built around growth through rapid expansion. There's practically one in every shopping precinct in New York nowadays. Shakeshack on the other hand may well stay more large city-centric as this is more or less how they do it stateside (with a couple of exceptions).
Five guys business model is built around growth through rapid expansion. There's practically one in every shopping precinct in New York nowadays. Shakeshack on the other hand may well stay more large city-centric as this is more or less how they do it stateside (with a couple of exceptions).
okgo said:
Those other places are not trying to hit a certain person, they're just fast food places, I just think the minute you open things in shopping towns it loses anything it had, which is why any of those very successful chains I mention, and many others that are London only will not open anywhere else.
Very strange view. You seem to equivocating London-only outlets with success. Which is strange because a) arbitrary and b) it could be argued that an inability to scale the brand outside of London could be a negative, rather than a positive.I say this as somebody that lives in London.
I can see okgo's point to be fair. My impression from the media hype around it, people queuing to get in when Covent Garden opened etc and the comments on this thread etc is that it is a bit of a fad.
You might be able to sustain that wih one central London locaton. Day trippers, tourists and people wanting to see the fuss might pay £15 per head for a burger and chips. But I can't see that being sustainable when they are widespread and your mates back in Wakefield or wherever have been there too.
You might be able to sustain that wih one central London locaton. Day trippers, tourists and people wanting to see the fuss might pay £15 per head for a burger and chips. But I can't see that being sustainable when they are widespread and your mates back in Wakefield or wherever have been there too.
ibisti said:
Went to the Guildford one last night. I will have to echo the comments from earlier posts. A good tasty burger and the fries were nice, if a little salty. The price was too high for the product and the setting though. £30.50 for 2 burgers fries and sodas. It was quite busy, but not as busy as I would guess they would like.
Guildford seem to be the "go to" place for alot of big companies now but I'm not sure it can sustain their takings.
Went to the Guildford one for the first time earlier this evening after seeing a film. Guildford seem to be the "go to" place for alot of big companies now but I'm not sure it can sustain their takings.
I had the double bacon cheese burger with onions, jalapeño's and mayo, the wife had a normal double burger with salad, we shared a regular chips and shared a drink; it was good however not £22 worth!
rpguk said:
I can see okgo's point to be fair. My impression from the media hype around it, people queuing to get in when Covent Garden opened etc and the comments on this thread etc is that it is a bit of a fad.
You might be able to sustain that wih one central London locaton. Day trippers, tourists and people wanting to see the fuss might pay £15 per head for a burger and chips. But I can't see that being sustainable when they are widespread and your mates back in Wakefield or wherever have been there too.
I live in the US where prices are a little more reasonable. I have a Five Guys near work and one near home so it is a little more ordinary for me, however, I don't care about the fact that it's a chain, in fact that's a good thing, what I care about is that the food is pretty consistent, and you can see the employees make it fresh a minute after you order it and have minimal risk of feeling unwell afterwards.You might be able to sustain that wih one central London locaton. Day trippers, tourists and people wanting to see the fuss might pay £15 per head for a burger and chips. But I can't see that being sustainable when they are widespread and your mates back in Wakefield or wherever have been there too.
But then again I can buy a big burger with fries and a coke for under $10 at Five Guys, and I think that could realistically feed two people, if I was paying the prices they sell them for in the UK my expectations might be higher.
GavinPearson said:
But then again I can buy a big burger with fries and a coke for under $10 at Five Guys, and I think that could realistically feed two people, if I was paying the prices they sell them for in the UK my expectations might be higher.
craigjm said:
GavinPearson said:
But then again I can buy a big burger with fries and a coke for under $10 at Five Guys, and I think that could realistically feed two people, if I was paying the prices they sell them for in the UK my expectations might be higher.
jogon said:
Exactly it is daylight robbery. Same with that Chipotle place now popping up all over central London.
£10 for a wrap and drink in London the same cost me $6 in Chicago last year.
There doesn't seem to be a shortage of people willing to pay those prices though. Not yet anyway.£10 for a wrap and drink in London the same cost me $6 in Chicago last year.
kev1974 said:
jogon said:
Exactly it is daylight robbery. Same with that Chipotle place now popping up all over central London.
£10 for a wrap and drink in London the same cost me $6 in Chicago last year.
There doesn't seem to be a shortage of people willing to pay those prices though. Not yet anyway.£10 for a wrap and drink in London the same cost me $6 in Chicago last year.
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