A lot of major chains don't operate in the city. Eat'n Park, Sheetz, GetGo, Walmart, just to name a few. It's difficult to maintain a business and keep profit margins high in the city, especially one as tightly packed as Pittsburgh. It's obviously doable, but it's a completely different game than running a business in the suburbs. If they start doing city work, they have to change the way they do things for those branches. It's much easier to just plug and play the same processes in the suburbs. They could probably open ten more Eat'n Parks in surrounding areas more easily than they could open one on the city.
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Reply to Why are there ZERO Eat n Parks in the city? by Shank_
A lot of major chains don't operate in the city. Eat'n Park, Sheetz, GetGo, Walmart, just to name a few. It's difficult to maintain a business and keep profit margins high in the city, especially one as tightly packed as Pittsburgh. It's obviously doable, but it's a completely different game than running a business in the suburbs. If they start doing city work, they have to change the way they do things for those branches. It's much easier to just plug and play the same processes in the suburbs. They could probably open ten more Eat'n Parks in surrounding areas more easily than they could open one on the city.