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1. This is what happens now....

Reply to liberal N proud (Original post)

Tue Jul 8, 2014, 01:45 PM

Jul 2014

It's not enough for someone to have and start a business that is profitable and makes money and provides a reasonable living to it's employees and owners. Everything has to "go public" and be thrown into the Wall Street meatgrinder. Everything has to be franchised out the wazoo. All for that shot at the bigger riches.

I guess that helps the big companies chew up and spit out upstart competitors easier, I just wish these smaller companies wouldn't be so eager to help them out.

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The Cupcake bubble has crumbled [View all] liberal N proud Jul 2014 OP

This is what happens now.... vi5 Jul 2014 #1

This whole fad has come and gone and I haven't had a cupcake since TwilightGardener Jul 2014 #2

The same people who sat in 45 minute lines to get Krispy Kremes LondonReign2 Jul 2014 #4

H.L. Mencken: "Nobody ever lost money underestimating the intelligence of the American people." closeupready Jul 2014 #6

45 minutes? rickford66 Jul 2014 #15

Mixing metaphors like a Catholic bear in the woods. Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2014 #3

DUzy! CrispyQ Jul 2014 #7

Seriously? Rod Beauvex Jul 2014 #5

Fads come & go and sometimes come back again-- like frozen yogurt? hlthe2b Jul 2014 #8

smoothies, juice bars, cereal buffets...I think ice cream remains a constant... Phentex Jul 2014 #10

Ice cream shops endure because they have a solid place in American culture TwilightGardener Jul 2014 #16

I miss the ice cream shops enlightenment Jul 2014 #17

Yeah. I remember the frozen yogurt boom. Hassin Bin Sober Jul 2014 #14

Now if we could only get rid of those damn "cake pops" DinahMoeHum Jul 2014 #9

They look like a lollipop that got dropped under a couch cushion. nt LisaLynne Jul 2014 #11

Those things are vile! winter is coming Jul 2014 #12

I just looked it up and found Kingofalldems Jul 2014 #13

it was their refusal to sell scones that did them in... lame54 Jul 2014 #18