When is it opening? I was up there the other day and it appears that they are coming along with the construction. I write this because I'm currently hungry and would like nothing more than a big pal, a frenchie fry, and a big chocolate shake.
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When is it opening? I was up there the other day and it appears that they are coming along with the construction. I write this because I'm currently hungry and would like nothing more than a big pal, a frenchie fry, and a big chocolate shake.
Mmmmmmmmm..........a meal fit for royalty.Quote:
Originally Posted by pvfan
I think it's the second week of August. So, basically a month.Quote:
Originally Posted by pvfan
It actually got pushed back... It's opening September 1.. my neighbor works for them now, and that's the date they gave her.
Make that Big Pal a Chipped Ham or Chili Burger instead and that is food fit for a king.
Make it a Big Chicken.
Wow that is exactly what I getQuote:
Originally Posted by pvfan
Great minds think alike, except on JJ of course. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by UTVols2
I just hope they can find enough quality workers to staff the place. Wise Co. doesn't seem to be replete with quality help. Working at Pal's is quite different than working at McD's, Hardee's or Burger King.
They are extremely picky on their workers and their requirements to work there. I would think they can make it happen. I know they way they setup their franchises I sure would like to run one to put in Duffield.
According to their website they don't do franchising.
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/h...e/2965deb6.jpg
I think they have a different term for it, but basically it is a franchise.
Got me. I was just going by their website.
No, he's right. I contacted them maybe 2 years ago, as part of a college assignment (that's when I found out they were working on coming to Norton). They said they don't franchise, it's all company/corporately owned.Quote:
Originally Posted by 1inStripes
What they do, is Pal's buys the land and pays for the facility to be built. They set it up and expect it to make that money back that they have put in in the first year and then receive X percent from there on from the facility. Generally they only put these places in the hands of someone who has worked there and they are familiar with. I believe the person who has the "interest" in the Wise location has worked out of Gate City for some time.
i am going to be the mgr there in norton so any questions just ask!
How about give Forum members a discount?Quote:
Originally Posted by shwalker32
only discounts pals does is 4 seniors sorry
Banned for Life !
jk
but seriously :D
KINGSPORT ? Pal?s Sudden Service is featured as one of the ?Future 50? in the July issue of Restaurant Business magazine.
The Future 50 is the magazine?s annual ranking of the fastest-growing restaurant chains between $25 million and $50 million in annual sales. Technomic Inc., a food service research group, compiles the list each year.
?We consider this a category of chains that have proven their concepts but haven?t reached the top 100 status yet,? said Sam Smith, editor of Restaurant Business magazine. ?They are fast growing, under the national radar, but (in our opinion) getting ready to go big.?
Pal?s recently broke ground on its 23rd restaurant, at 705 Commonwealth Drive N.E. in Norton. The unit will be the fourth Pal?s in Virginia and the first Pal?s in Wise County.
?We think Norton is going to be a great location for Pal?s,? said Pal?s Sudden Service President and CEO Thom Crosby. ?It?s going to be a boost to the economy there as we?ll hire around 40 to 45 people by the end of the summer.?
The restaurant is expected to be open by September.
Pal?s Sudden Service was founded in 1956 and is the only food service operation to earn America?s top award for business excellence ? the U.S. Commerce Department?s Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.
The Kingsport-based chain is also the only two-time recipient of Tennessee?s Quality Excellence Award.
Pal’s Sudden Service makes magazine’s ‘Future 50’ list - Kingsport Times-News Online
"we?ll hire around 40 to 45 people by the end of the summer"
wow, never would have thought that many people.
Is Pals still opening the first week of September?
will be around labor day
**** the wait, give us peanut butter milkshakes!!! Some things are worth waiting for.
Can I multi thank that?
It makes no sense to me. Only takes at most another minute to make the PB shake. I know Pal's takes pride in quick service, but as I said, the PB is worth waiting for.
I never have understood either why they have about 7 flavors I think it is at the original couple of locations, but not at the others either.
Their reason for not serving the PB at any of the drive-thru locations is that the PB takes too long to make.
yep only the walkins have pb shakes sorry!
So Wise Co is getting a drive thru?
Pals is the worst place Ive ever eaten. Period.
That and a Dr.Enuff was the worst meal Ive ever had in my life.
Have you been diagnosed as clinically insane?Quote:
Originally Posted by yankeebaseball
They only build drive-thru. The two walk-in locations are the original locations.Quote:
Originally Posted by simple man
If so I must be insane too. :D I hate Pals. I wish they would replace the one in GC with a Purple Cow or Sonic.Quote:
Originally Posted by NotSoSilentBob
Sonic is terrible. Purple Cow is great too. But you already have one just up the road in Weber City.
Heck just bulldoze it down and put in a carp pond then.:D
sorry, I dont like eating slop, to each their own. Im amazed you like it, Ive never seen you ever say anything positive about a food establishment in my life. From the price, to the taste to how many nails they used to hold the walls up.Quote:
Originally Posted by NotSoSilentBob
Those **** poor things they call hot dogs make GC dogs look like top grade steak
Someones yanking some chain I believe.
that did sound ****ish, lol. I should put an lol in there, no disrespect NSSB.
Ive agreed with many of your food qualms with places in the past, was just playin, cept I do hate PALS, the two orginal ones do make the less worst food of them.
their hot dogs are awesome, i still think you are jokingQuote:
Originally Posted by yankeebaseball