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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Checkers In Salisbury Is Closed For Business

The Checker's in Salisbury closed their doors last night for good. With a struggling economy and so much competition, the owners just couldn't make it, even with the college so close by.

Checkers opened their doors in June of 2009 and even with $40,000.00 to $50,000.00 a month in sales, they couldn't make it.

17 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow...they didn't last long

Anonymous said...

poor location and dreadful atmosphere doomed these guys from the beginning.

Anonymous said...

They couldn't survive on $50k/month? Then they had a terrible business plan! That's $600k/year flippin' burgers!

Anonymous said...

Poor location, poor service and food that did not stand out compared to the other burger joints. Now we will have a specific building in the middle of a parking lot that has no other use. Another boarded up eyesore.

Anonymous said...

i never did eat there :/ just didnt interest me; i never heard good reviews anyway; food place named after a board game lol

Anonymous said...

The should've advertised on Salisbury News.

Anonymous said...

They DID have very good fried chicken tenders and the fries were pretty good too!

LadyLiddy said...

Their fries were very good, but once I started eating healthy - fast food went bye-bye.

Anonymous said...

I think it is a trailer and they can just haul it off...maybe.?

Anonymous said...

$600,000 per year is not nearly enough to make it. The key is the rent?

Food cost = 32%, Labor = 25%, franchise fees = 8 - 12%? Plus utilities, garbage, paper supplies, licenses, and property taxes.

Anonymous said...

Ate there once, food sucked, workers weren't wearing gloves, milkshake machine was broken on second night.

Anonymous said...

Ate there once. Nasty! Rather eat at McDonalds

Anonymous said...

Worst bugers ever !!!!!! This is no surprise

Anonymous said...

2:57 PM

You have no clue what it takes to run a business, flippin burgers or anything else.

Anonymous said...

It is true that the building will be moved,it is a pre-fab.

Jaycee said...

Checker's reputation preceeds itself. Ever go to one in a city?
anyone try five guys? they're good! remember those little yellow huts in parking lots that developed film? they can bring that back. what were they called?

Anonymous said...

$600,000 per year?
Uber rich according to Obama.