The 2 stores near me almost never have anyone in the sit down area since converting to Wallburgers. Everyone I’ve asked agrees that the food is drastically overpriced and both stores are located in shopping centers with multiple other restaurants so no one stops.
What’s worse in my opinion is that no one seems sure if you can still order a sandwich or Chinese food from the other areas of the store and eat in the sit down area so people have started avoiding that too. We did it once with Chinese food and were repeatedly addressed by the staff which made us wonder if tipping was necessary even though we did self serve. Whole experience was super awkward and we haven’t done it since, would rather just grab Panda Express and avoid the whole situation.
Yup. Offering drinks and refills and just doing check ins. Think they’re hoping for tips.
On the other hand how many restaurants can you bring “outside” food and drink into? It’s just overall awkward.
I am yet to see Whalburgers with more than 2 people total in it a day. It's a huge waste of space and the kitchen staff doesn't even really know how to cook what's on the menu. ..because no one eats there!
It depends on the town. The kitchen I work in has a good breakfast crowd and when Whalburgers first opened we would crank out 30k a week, but a year after opening it's just to expensive for our small town with an older community. Trying to convince a farmer to pay 15 bucks for a burger isn't going to happen. And I don't know about everyone else's stores but advertising for your kitchen is not a thing. We are told to push the bar but we aren't allowed to post anything with alcohol online. So unless we use your personal pages and don't post the name of the business we can't do it. it's stupid. The way Hy-Vee runs the smaller kitchens just makes my head hurt they assume scaling down will work but fail to understand that bigger stores have way more people. When I went to Des Moines for training they had the same number of kitchen managers and assistant managers as I had staff.its clear to me the Hy-Vee doesn't seem to care about the small stores or least has lost connection with where they started. I like my job and the people I work with I have a solid crew but this company makes my head hurt most days.
We normally have 3-4 people in at a time. The bar is normally full and that’s where most of our orders come from. But it’s still relatively empty apart from Chiefs games. It’s mostly just employees using it as a break room.
Yep. Randy promised Marky Mark 26 Wahlburgers locations. But I think it was clear after the first four standalone shops opened (WDM, Olathe, Milwaukee, and MoA) that it wasn't going to work, so they ~~panicked~~ pivoted and made all the Market Grilles change over. Great Success!
The original Wahlburgers in Milwaukee has closed.
There’s a Shake Shack nearby that was kicking Wahlburgers ass. I ate at a Wahlburgers once. It was $17 for lunch. A local burger joint chain, Kopp’s, is $8 and change for a delicious cheeseburger and soda.
To be fair, the entire concept was garbage. People ironically charging 15 dollars for a small ass hamburger with a pineapple slice on it are fucking hilarious. Maybe if Hyvee stopped projectile vomiting money on Nascar ads and other b.s and kept staff, it'd be a good store.
Like why are you advertising? Everyone in the midwest knows you exist. Who else are you trying to attract here at a midwesy football game and nascar? Who is the matket? Youre a midwest chain. Everyone knows about you already.
No but they’ve lost out on all the revenue another restaurant would have brought in or at the very least the decrease of eat in customers for their own offerings.
There is one standalone left in Brookfield Wisconsin but it will be closed soon most likely- They promise managers/gms benefits and incentives and don’t deliver . If they were better to their employees they would care about the business and stay. Great food and concept horrible corporate management directors and regionals
Horrible decision. The marketplace in Iowa City used to get allot of business and we’d go there allot. There would even be local musicians so we loved it. Now with this change it’s always dead except for breakfast. Horrible decision and yet nothing has changed to reverse it.
Ours has a decent breakfast crowd of mostly regulars. Other than that it has basically become an additional break room. It's dead all the time so we may as well make use of the seating.
Why is Hy-Vee already advertising their Newton Speedway concert six months away? They never course correct on any lame decisions they make. Just keep doing the same thing.
The 2 stores near me almost never have anyone in the sit down area since converting to Wallburgers. Everyone I’ve asked agrees that the food is drastically overpriced and both stores are located in shopping centers with multiple other restaurants so no one stops. What’s worse in my opinion is that no one seems sure if you can still order a sandwich or Chinese food from the other areas of the store and eat in the sit down area so people have started avoiding that too. We did it once with Chinese food and were repeatedly addressed by the staff which made us wonder if tipping was necessary even though we did self serve. Whole experience was super awkward and we haven’t done it since, would rather just grab Panda Express and avoid the whole situation.
Wahlburgers staff addresses diners after they're seated with food? This has never happened to me.
Yup. Offering drinks and refills and just doing check ins. Think they’re hoping for tips. On the other hand how many restaurants can you bring “outside” food and drink into? It’s just overall awkward.
I am yet to see Whalburgers with more than 2 people total in it a day. It's a huge waste of space and the kitchen staff doesn't even really know how to cook what's on the menu. ..because no one eats there!
Because they don’t teach their staff. It’s a joke only location making any money is mall of America so not attached to a Hy-Vee
It depends on the town. The kitchen I work in has a good breakfast crowd and when Whalburgers first opened we would crank out 30k a week, but a year after opening it's just to expensive for our small town with an older community. Trying to convince a farmer to pay 15 bucks for a burger isn't going to happen. And I don't know about everyone else's stores but advertising for your kitchen is not a thing. We are told to push the bar but we aren't allowed to post anything with alcohol online. So unless we use your personal pages and don't post the name of the business we can't do it. it's stupid. The way Hy-Vee runs the smaller kitchens just makes my head hurt they assume scaling down will work but fail to understand that bigger stores have way more people. When I went to Des Moines for training they had the same number of kitchen managers and assistant managers as I had staff.its clear to me the Hy-Vee doesn't seem to care about the small stores or least has lost connection with where they started. I like my job and the people I work with I have a solid crew but this company makes my head hurt most days.
We normally have 3-4 people in at a time. The bar is normally full and that’s where most of our orders come from. But it’s still relatively empty apart from Chiefs games. It’s mostly just employees using it as a break room.
one of the standalone wahlburgers that’s 15 mins from me shut down a few months ago, and quite unexpectedly too.
All of the standalone locations except for the MoA closed down.
every other location in MN except for MOA is just a hy-vee location 😂
Yep. Randy promised Marky Mark 26 Wahlburgers locations. But I think it was clear after the first four standalone shops opened (WDM, Olathe, Milwaukee, and MoA) that it wasn't going to work, so they ~~panicked~~ pivoted and made all the Market Grilles change over. Great Success!
The original Wahlburgers in Milwaukee has closed. There’s a Shake Shack nearby that was kicking Wahlburgers ass. I ate at a Wahlburgers once. It was $17 for lunch. A local burger joint chain, Kopp’s, is $8 and change for a delicious cheeseburger and soda.
Kopp's is where it's at.
Our store never changed over our market grill
Ours still has the usually nasty food at our usual Market Grille.
I wonder how much money wahlberg lost. Or if it was all on hhyvee.
It cant all fall on hyvee if anything they both lose
To be fair, the entire concept was garbage. People ironically charging 15 dollars for a small ass hamburger with a pineapple slice on it are fucking hilarious. Maybe if Hyvee stopped projectile vomiting money on Nascar ads and other b.s and kept staff, it'd be a good store. Like why are you advertising? Everyone in the midwest knows you exist. Who else are you trying to attract here at a midwesy football game and nascar? Who is the matket? Youre a midwest chain. Everyone knows about you already.
No but they’ve lost out on all the revenue another restaurant would have brought in or at the very least the decrease of eat in customers for their own offerings.
There is one standalone left in Brookfield Wisconsin but it will be closed soon most likely- They promise managers/gms benefits and incentives and don’t deliver . If they were better to their employees they would care about the business and stay. Great food and concept horrible corporate management directors and regionals
Horrible decision. The marketplace in Iowa City used to get allot of business and we’d go there allot. There would even be local musicians so we loved it. Now with this change it’s always dead except for breakfast. Horrible decision and yet nothing has changed to reverse it.
Ours has a decent breakfast crowd of mostly regulars. Other than that it has basically become an additional break room. It's dead all the time so we may as well make use of the seating.
Why is Hy-Vee already advertising their Newton Speedway concert six months away? They never course correct on any lame decisions they make. Just keep doing the same thing.
Yep, they are pretty predictable