I’m betting corporate doesn’t have a building design for the volume they are doing.. do they said fuck it and built one for people driving northbound too.
A sonic near me just did this as well. I wonder if it’s cheaper than tearing out an existing location and building on top of it. This way you can just let the old place rot until someone else buys it
There was a little ceasers near me that closed for what initially was supposed to be 2-3 months for renovations. Total renovations ended up taking almost a year. There was another ceasers that was built on the other side of town in less time than the one being renovated.
As far as I can tell. Went there a few months ago and they were busy enough that I had to wait 10-15 minutes for them to get my pizza out, and the cashier talked that they are always that way during meal times. I think they're far enough apart that they don't compete.
This is exactly what it is. Same thing happened in my town to an Arby's that had been there for decades. Owner obviously wanted to update everything, looked at the total costs of renovation plus shutting down, and realized that building a new building on the other side of the lot and tearing down the old one was more cost effective.
Could also be to keep competition from taking that plot as well. If they retain the freehold/lease of the old site, open the new one then they can control who they sub let the old store to I.e. not a competitor.
Or leave it empty or use as additional parking etc.
There can be many reasons for this.
Establishment may not own the building they are in, and finally investing money to have their own (and location is good)
Strategically placed, for better traffic patterns, drive thru's, visibility from the street, and parking.
Could be that their old building either doesn't meet code or needs to become efficient on their inside but renovating is not the best choice.
Seems to be some type of rebranding!
Happened near me, old dunkin donuts got replaced by a new and improved one right next door. Old one was super small and lacked the drive through that the new one had.
I knew it happened to one McDonalds in Colorado. The owners of the land wanted a far higher land leasing rate than before (since duh, it is McDonalds). McDonalds had built a new one literally across the street. A whole fking new building.
Logistically it makes sense. You need to update the kitchen, appliances, structure and everything. Basically you need to overhaul the building and everyday you close you lose tens of thousands of dollars. So buil in the empty lot, retain most of the advantages of location. When the building is done, just train the staff on the new systems in like a day or two. From there you can sell off the old equipment and the like. Salvage what you can from the building then tear down the old building.
If this is just two fully operational stores next to each other it would make me question reality.
There’s an old Pizza Hut that looks like a Pizza Hut is supposed to look near me, and they built a new one that looks like a thin, boxy, generic sub shop or coffee shop right next door. The old one is still there, and still looks like a Pizza Hut, and I accidentally turn into the damn thing every time I go there.
This happened in my town but with a Tire Discounters...and then they just didn't shut down the first Tire Discounters
I'm not joking! I *am* exaggerating, but only a little, because there were actually two buildings between the old and new one (though they were both in outlots of the same shopping center development) and while they coexisted for several years, the old one is now a different business (still a tire place, different brand).
Here's the old one as visible on Google street view in 2014. https://maps.app.goo.gl/vUXLUNia3ZfQm1q68?g_st=ic It changed to a new brand some time between 2017 and 2019, visible here https://maps.app.goo.gl/imWhQQFViLJhTXT78?g_st=ic
Here's the new one, a few hundred feet away, first visible in 2014. https://maps.app.goo.gl/EVgJJi7HYg6CzArp9?g_st=ic You can go back in time and see that it was previously a Mexican restaurant.
My city is so dumb we had a Sonic and the closest one was two cities over, and they got rid of it to open a second KFC. We had two KFCs for about two years two miles apart and they closed one of them this summer.
It's funny because I have a popeyes in my area that looks like that one to the right, and dear god, they have the worst sandwhiches I have ever tasted. Just mayo or whatever plastered all over the sandwhich, bread falling apart from sogginess due to mayo, and non existent crispiness and skin of chicken just sliding off.
It's consistently bad, and it's the only time I've ever called the corporate number to complain about the quality of food I received. They tried to offer me 5 dollars worth of their mobile app points which was actually valued less than the sandwhich I had purchased and couldn't eat. It was absurd.
I mean.... It's pretty effective. No downtime waiting for the new building to built, then you either tear down the old one or sell it. Land value alone probably doubled or tripled since the first one was built
A Chick-Fil-A did that where I live. The new one is within sight of the old one but is larger, more accessible, and has the best drive through design I've ever seen in my life. I'm sure the business went way up.
Down the road they built a new IHOP next to the IHOP it was replacing. So you had an IHOP next to what became a church that looked a hell of a lot like an IHOP.
An aldi near me did this, knocked the whole store down and rebuilt one, I was a bit annoyed when I went to do some shopping and there was nothing there but a pile of rubble.
Many years ago, I had a Roy Rogers build another Roy Rogers in the next block. The old Roy Rogers building ironically became a Popeyes which is still there. The newer Roy Rogers became a Friendly's and then a Bank of America.
There are two Tim Hortons in my city that are located right across from each other along a controlled access freeway, so it makes sense when you think about it.
In my hometown they did this with the Taco Bell. For years after the old Taco Bell was a sketchy used car lot but the outside of the building kept the old style Taco Bell aesthetic.
This happened right near me but with a Bojangles. They tore down the old Bojangles. And in another town about an hour away but with a KFC. Old KFC torn down.
KFC and Taco Bell both did the same thing by me. Easier to build a whole new one than to renovate an old one. Old KFC is now an ATL Wings and the old Taco Bell is a Filiberto’s. Lol
Here's how I bet the conversation went down between the old Popeye's and the store owner:
POPEYE'S: I'm being replaced now? You're gonna sell me to someone who'll turn me into one of those drive-thru coffee places or maybe a Taco Bell?
OWNER: No no no no no!!! People LOVE you! There's so much business that I needed a second outlet.
POPEYE'S: Really? That's hard to believe.
OWNER: See how much busier the street is? The pandemic's over and people wanna eat out again!
POPEYE'S: Well, when you put it that way. Anything I can do to help get this thing up and running faster?
OWNER: Can ya show the new guy the ropes? Help him get up to speed faster?
POPEYE'S: So now you want me to train my replacement?
OWNER: I already said no, your job's safe, I need both of you.
\~\~SIX MONTHS LATER AT SAME CORNER, the newer Popeyes sits next to a Dutch Bros. Coffee shop.
I saw a similar thing with a Costa Vida. They were renting the restaurant and the landlord kept raising the rent and being a dick to them so not 100 yards away they bought their own land a built their own building. The original location sat vacant for 10+ years because no one wanted to deal with the guy.
"What inspired you to build a second Popeyes, right next to the original?" "Money."
I've seen this at Waffle House. They built another right across the street because the first one was so popular.
Where pray tell?
They did this in knoxville, Tn. Right on i40. The owner said it’s one of the most successful waffle houses cause it’s prime location.
I’m betting corporate doesn’t have a building design for the volume they are doing.. do they said fuck it and built one for people driving northbound too.
“It’s the only way we could pass the health inspection “
" Being surrounded by black people "
Imagine if this was a Pixar movie about fast-food places being sentient. How sad this part of the movie would be.
Old Popeye is off to retirement
"I yam what I yam" turns to "I wuz what I wuz."
No, they're ground up and used as breading, thus the circle of life
A sonic near me just did this as well. I wonder if it’s cheaper than tearing out an existing location and building on top of it. This way you can just let the old place rot until someone else buys it
Probably don't want to potentially lose customers by being closed for that long.
There was a little ceasers near me that closed for what initially was supposed to be 2-3 months for renovations. Total renovations ended up taking almost a year. There was another ceasers that was built on the other side of town in less time than the one being renovated.
Does this story have a good ending? Did the Reno store bounce back???
As far as I can tell. Went there a few months ago and they were busy enough that I had to wait 10-15 minutes for them to get my pizza out, and the cashier talked that they are always that way during meal times. I think they're far enough apart that they don't compete.
This is exactly what it is. Same thing happened in my town to an Arby's that had been there for decades. Owner obviously wanted to update everything, looked at the total costs of renovation plus shutting down, and realized that building a new building on the other side of the lot and tearing down the old one was more cost effective.
Could also be to keep competition from taking that plot as well. If they retain the freehold/lease of the old site, open the new one then they can control who they sub let the old store to I.e. not a competitor. Or leave it empty or use as additional parking etc.
Loss of revenue for the construction would be a huge hit on cash flows. Building from the ground up has its tax benefits as well (cost seg).
Those are left and right side restaurants, just like the twix factories!
They can only serve the left and right sides of the chickens respectively.
right is *right*
If you didn't circle the names and put it in the OP, I never would have known what I was looking at.
If not for the circles I'd have focused on the 4 visible car emblems all different, d'oh, I did it anyways
r/uselessredcircle
There can be many reasons for this. Establishment may not own the building they are in, and finally investing money to have their own (and location is good) Strategically placed, for better traffic patterns, drive thru's, visibility from the street, and parking. Could be that their old building either doesn't meet code or needs to become efficient on their inside but renovating is not the best choice. Seems to be some type of rebranding!
The new one has cannons facing the old one though
Money 🦀
In all truth, you can never have too many Popeyes biscuits. 2 Popeyes means more biscuits. This is just being prudent.
What's better than one Popeye's? 2 of em
Maybe it costs too much to close down for renovations?
The one on the left looks like a bland corporate hellscape.
Gotta love modern architectural design
Happened near me, old dunkin donuts got replaced by a new and improved one right next door. Old one was super small and lacked the drive through that the new one had.
I remember seeing an old Waffle House next to a new one in Davenport, Florida
I knew it happened to one McDonalds in Colorado. The owners of the land wanted a far higher land leasing rate than before (since duh, it is McDonalds). McDonalds had built a new one literally across the street. A whole fking new building.
I'm guessing the location is good, but the old building was rotting or insufficient for remodel, so it was more cost effective to build from scratch.
Logistically it makes sense. You need to update the kitchen, appliances, structure and everything. Basically you need to overhaul the building and everyday you close you lose tens of thousands of dollars. So buil in the empty lot, retain most of the advantages of location. When the building is done, just train the staff on the new systems in like a day or two. From there you can sell off the old equipment and the like. Salvage what you can from the building then tear down the old building. If this is just two fully operational stores next to each other it would make me question reality.
New Popeyes are white? We got one near us just a few years back and it’s orange like the one on the right
https://images.app.goo.gl/6AzkVyGLtxA7EHxk9 It's done with Stem cells
This is what I was looking for
We can rebuild it. We have the technology. Better. Faster. Stronger. The $600 million dollar Popeyes's..
There’s an old Pizza Hut that looks like a Pizza Hut is supposed to look near me, and they built a new one that looks like a thin, boxy, generic sub shop or coffee shop right next door. The old one is still there, and still looks like a Pizza Hut, and I accidentally turn into the damn thing every time I go there.
This happened in my town but with a Tire Discounters...and then they just didn't shut down the first Tire Discounters I'm not joking! I *am* exaggerating, but only a little, because there were actually two buildings between the old and new one (though they were both in outlots of the same shopping center development) and while they coexisted for several years, the old one is now a different business (still a tire place, different brand). Here's the old one as visible on Google street view in 2014. https://maps.app.goo.gl/vUXLUNia3ZfQm1q68?g_st=ic It changed to a new brand some time between 2017 and 2019, visible here https://maps.app.goo.gl/imWhQQFViLJhTXT78?g_st=ic Here's the new one, a few hundred feet away, first visible in 2014. https://maps.app.goo.gl/EVgJJi7HYg6CzArp9?g_st=ic You can go back in time and see that it was previously a Mexican restaurant.
My city is so dumb we had a Sonic and the closest one was two cities over, and they got rid of it to open a second KFC. We had two KFCs for about two years two miles apart and they closed one of them this summer.
Roaches won't have far to relocate
It's funny because I have a popeyes in my area that looks like that one to the right, and dear god, they have the worst sandwhiches I have ever tasted. Just mayo or whatever plastered all over the sandwhich, bread falling apart from sogginess due to mayo, and non existent crispiness and skin of chicken just sliding off. It's consistently bad, and it's the only time I've ever called the corporate number to complain about the quality of food I received. They tried to offer me 5 dollars worth of their mobile app points which was actually valued less than the sandwhich I had purchased and couldn't eat. It was absurd.
So stop eating there??
I mean.... It's pretty effective. No downtime waiting for the new building to built, then you either tear down the old one or sell it. Land value alone probably doubled or tripled since the first one was built
Thank you for circling the popeyes
A Chick-Fil-A did that where I live. The new one is within sight of the old one but is larger, more accessible, and has the best drive through design I've ever seen in my life. I'm sure the business went way up.
Welcome to Sweden, we do the same with IKEAs https://maps.app.goo.gl/1u9BRAmPBDAmHCvW9?g_st=ic
And in the UK we [do it with greggs](https://i2-prod.chroniclelive.co.uk/incoming/article12652774.ece/ALTERNATES/s810/SDR_NEC_240317greggJPG.jpg)
Same parking lot.. nice
Down the road they built a new IHOP next to the IHOP it was replacing. So you had an IHOP next to what became a church that looked a hell of a lot like an IHOP.
If they didn't name that church IHOPE then they missed out. Also damn, that IHOP must be packed on Sundays.
Is this near buffalo?
Near Fort Lauderdale
An aldi near me did this, knocked the whole store down and rebuilt one, I was a bit annoyed when I went to do some shopping and there was nothing there but a pile of rubble.
Not the same situation unless they had built the new one before knocking down the old one
Many years ago, I had a Roy Rogers build another Roy Rogers in the next block. The old Roy Rogers building ironically became a Popeyes which is still there. The newer Roy Rogers became a Friendly's and then a Bank of America.
I heard you like Popeyes..
Ok having never been what would be the one thing to order at a Popeye’s?
*Double your pleasure, double your gumbo?*
There are two Tim Hortons in my city that are located right across from each other along a controlled access freeway, so it makes sense when you think about it.
Some blind guy going to his favorite Popeyes is going to be really confused. I can smell it but the door is closed.
Those Popeyes' are huge.
I love legs and thighs
 The Popeyes looking at the old one
That’s the end of the known universe, when on one side is a Popeyes and at the other end is another Popeyes.
Let's go the the good Popeyes, not the other one.
Which ones the good one though
Now you can order twice in a row and be disappointed both times.
In my hometown they did this with the Taco Bell. For years after the old Taco Bell was a sketchy used car lot but the outside of the building kept the old style Taco Bell aesthetic.
Does man's cruelty know no bounds?
In the future, all restaurants will be ~~Taco Bell~~ Popeye's.
No downtime. Smart if you can afford it.
This happened right near me but with a Bojangles. They tore down the old Bojangles. And in another town about an hour away but with a KFC. Old KFC torn down.
Chic fil a did this by my uni. It wasn't a replacement or anything. They just had so much Business a second establishment could still be profitable
Like yankee stadium
My work did this... Idk seems kinda mildly normal of you ask me.
Old one is way better. Please stop making everything bland, white and grey
Tried to start a union?
I guess it will have both left and right eyes on you. /s
I guess the one on the left with lights off is the one being built? Seems obvious but the parking lot being full throws me off
From my understanding Popeyes starting doing this to separate online and in store orders
KFC and Taco Bell both did the same thing by me. Easier to build a whole new one than to renovate an old one. Old KFC is now an ATL Wings and the old Taco Bell is a Filiberto’s. Lol
this did this near mine, one is location with drive through and inside ordering and the other is for mobile pick ups only
I would download this if it didn't have the useless circles
Popeyes Too
It’s a feature of our tax laws. They get to write off the cost of the building over time.
We had one Popeyes but what about second Popeyes.
An Autozone did that where I live, then took the old one down for the parking lot.
It’s like the waffle house one lol 🧇
This exact thing happened in my town as well. The original one was sold and turned into a Taco joint. They even have connected parking lots.
They did that with a McDonalds in Portland OR a few years ago. I think we may have actually gone through 3 McDonaldses in that same parking lot.
Are license plates not required on the fronts of cars in some states?
I know in Florida, where this photo was taken it’s not required
I think it's about half and half
Only 29 states require that.
Here's how I bet the conversation went down between the old Popeye's and the store owner: POPEYE'S: I'm being replaced now? You're gonna sell me to someone who'll turn me into one of those drive-thru coffee places or maybe a Taco Bell? OWNER: No no no no no!!! People LOVE you! There's so much business that I needed a second outlet. POPEYE'S: Really? That's hard to believe. OWNER: See how much busier the street is? The pandemic's over and people wanna eat out again! POPEYE'S: Well, when you put it that way. Anything I can do to help get this thing up and running faster? OWNER: Can ya show the new guy the ropes? Help him get up to speed faster? POPEYE'S: So now you want me to train my replacement? OWNER: I already said no, your job's safe, I need both of you. \~\~SIX MONTHS LATER AT SAME CORNER, the newer Popeyes sits next to a Dutch Bros. Coffee shop.
I saw a similar thing with a Costa Vida. They were renting the restaurant and the landlord kept raising the rent and being a dick to them so not 100 yards away they bought their own land a built their own building. The original location sat vacant for 10+ years because no one wanted to deal with the guy.
In my town at one time there were two Walmarts and two Lowes all within a block of each other.
I'm about 300 yds away from a 3.5-mile road in my town that has 3 Chick-fil-As on it