Your wisdom? GTFOH. You still just as dumb as rocks same as you was when I first had encounters with you for many years.
Slutty Vegan shut down at Spellman and lead to a debate about black businesses taking advantage of their own damn kind
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Stop talking about what people will pay and stick to what you will pay.
They paying for Sluiiy Vegan. She went from a single spot to franchises in multiple states.
And this spot here Small Cheval charges more than those prices for hamburgers.
These mofokrs charge for lettuce and tomato
Now I won't pay for them but they always have lines.
That is a bullchot statement
Encounters? Nig I never met you.. you always been a fag on bgol that dreams about being a rapper imaginary cousin.. everybody shits on your life and laugh.. you return on here for my punishment..you like bullet without the wife and naked pics
Dumb just like said. Encounters, meaning encounters on this site. Smh.
Clearly they not paying at the college…
Oh you mean I was 1 of many that shitted on your life on this site.. yes this true..welcome back.. bullet got banned and we needed another person to wear the kick me sign on his back
Not really.
Applebee's, Chili's, and other chains will let you swap the meat for a bean patty for no extra charge. Get it without cheese or sauce and you have a vegan burger, fries and drink for under $20.
You’re going to pay for quality food and fresh ingredients. People want to eat caviar on a tuna-fish budget…
Most American food is calorie dense and nutritionally vacant processed crap. Even the vegan options.
If you want to be healthy you got to cook it yourself.
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My grandfather did that with his valve repair business in Ontario Canada. Opened in the late '60s, uncle took over in the '80s and ran into the day he died without saying a word about it being black owned.
Sometimes I wish they had because it could have inspired others to start their own. But that's a whole other story.
The problem is most of the products they're substituting are heavily subsidized by the government. Products like these do a lot better in Europe where the subsidies are lower
And with those prices shiiiiiiiit they betta take me to "Virgin Vegan"!
Hey man I'm not even hating on the prices of their "burgers". They could have had that at the top of the menu. It's vegan/vegetarian food. The possibilities for what could be served on different days is innumerable. I said Taco Bell earlier because when I was in college in NYC there was a Taco Bell in the cafeteria. I had only seen the commercials until then. $1,25 for a chicken burrito was righteous.
I just think a vegan/vegetarian spot should make a variety of dishes and not just focus on mimicking foods that are made of a meat or meats. There are roughly 50K plants we can eat. Compared to the varieties of meat we may eat or have available to us. And It's not like you have a wait a long time for your food to cook. $3 for 16oz soup and sell the food by the weight of what folks chose to put on their plate. With the most expensive plate being $15 with a drink included. Those are school kids. There could have been way more customers and a greater turnover.
Only problem with that is as some people would say it’s better to make things that you know how to do well than try to make a bunch of things that you arent all that great at.. it’s a quality thing and if you have limited skills in being great at somethings sometimes you got to stick to that cause the people that love it will keep coming back especially first time customers. But if you subpar at somethings and the first thing a customer try is something you not great at you can immediately turn that customer off and you know what comes next, bad word of mouth, with the internet a negative rant or tweet, a bad review on company website.. sometimes you have one chance at making an impression and you wouldn’t want it to be something that’s not your strong suit
Vegetarian food isn't hard to make. I lived that life for damn near two years with my ex. We made all types of vegetarian meals. Never mind my secret love affair with Popeye's and the 18 piece honey BBQ wing special for $6.99 at KFC that ran concurrent to my vegan life at home. Wiping my face off in the MPV with baby wipes and making sure there are no condiment smudges or edges of condiment wrappers.
At this point I'd love to see some Black folks take that spot and make healthy home cooked meals at affordable prices. For example I can buy a large plate of food from a Caribbean or West Indian restaurant for $8 to $10 in NYC. Which is way better than paying $14 to $16 at a fast food joint. One spoon of rice is what I tell the server. Just last week I made vegetarian baked beans. Since Heinz discontinued making it. It's not hard to make at all and I use dry beans.
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Go ahead and get that Arab joint in there n yall gonna be straight
I’ve posted a few nyc vegan spots in my nyc food thread..I’ve also posted a bunch of vegan recipes in various food threads over the yrs on here from Afro American , African, West Indian cooks.. but the thing is not everyone know how to cook or cook the samething or some people make certain things better than others. That’s just reality.. the slutty vegan chick started off as a food truck I believe, this is what she does vegan burger fast food type things.. that’s her niche and well she became a multi millionaire off of it so she doing something right.. would it be nice to have other dishes and possibly more affordable dishes? Yes, but this isn’t a perfect world and sometimes you got go with what you know
The issue with many black businesses is that they've adopted the 80s - 90s dope boy methodology of making money, and looking to establish profit on day 1, opposed to growing the brand and consistency. Slutty Vegan allowed themselves to get too big for their britches. Instead of raising food costs, they could have easily adjusted the portion size to compensate for ingredient cost, but the owners are trying to get ALL they can, as soon as they can, without caring about the restaurants reputation. Now they are 7 years old and lost the mystique and a lot of customer following, because copycat businesses are popping up everywhere and copying the business model with a less costly menu.
If they weren't, they wouldn't be talkng about a vote..
The business would close all by itself
That’s the challenging part for some people to see. The amount of cost that goes into everything vs profit. That really determines your price points
Healthy food is more expensive generally tho
It’s cheaper because the cacs getting alcohol at wholesale at deeply discounted rates plus they not getting charged a premium on rent where as black businesses bars etc getting charged at full price hence why black bars have to charge more.. Thry have to make a profit
I swear if I ever start a business I am NOT putting Black owned anywhere. Niggas are always looking for a nigga hook up.
Don't need caviar burgers on a college campus...
If that's what you've taken from this thread you missed the entire point.
I'm not hating on the prices of their burgers either. If they sold anything and the meal with a drink cost $30 it was too much.
I believe they chose the menu that they did because it's simple and familiar for the public. Burgers and fries, it's not something complicated that the customer has to mentally dissect and think about.
The HBCU I work at has a chic-fi-la, Starbucks, a wing spot (all fried food), a sandwich/sub spot, Japanese restaurant, pizza joint, a bagel restaurant, and Mexican spot all on campus.
Unfortunately, there are nothing but shit fast food joints off campus primarily because the campus is in a low income area.
However, go past downtown to the other PWI (same street) they have everything on and off campus. And the food options are ridiculously diverse. Mostly because there are numerous businesses that also eat at these places.
Unfortunately, there are nothing but shit fast food joints off campus primarily because the campus is in a low income area.
However, go past downtown to the other PWI (same street) they have everything on and off campus. And the food options are ridiculously diverse. Mostly because there are numerous businesses that also eat at these places.
What I took is that Black people want lower prices, just because the owner is Black. Do you honestly think if Slutty Vegan was owned by a korean woman by the name of Ming Lee, they would demand a discount?
What most if not all took from it is that it costs $30 for a fast food meal on a college campus.
Regardless of who owns it that's too much money. But you're free to feel that it's Black people wanting the hook up from another Black person or business.
But you'd be wrong.
Careful. LOL! I’m in Midtown. Folks don’t wanna hear the truth. I used to go anywhere the wind blew for eat and drink. Now, there’s so many places I had to pull back on for wanting $14 for well drinks, and $8 to $10 for beers. I was all about black owned when I transfers to atlanta. I had a list!!! I don’t fuck with any of the places on that list. It’s sad, really. I still try to support, but $40 for 4 beers is bullshit. I’m at the age where the $8 6-pack from Publix is enough. Fuck that.Im in ATL pimp, and black bar/clubs here are ridiculous on what you pay for drinks; mixed clubs and or white clubs/bars and drinks are cheaper and you get more
Fam you ain’t never lied!!! By the way northside tavern is a great place to go for good cheap drinks!!!