Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for August 09, 2023

Speaking of subs, looks like GoComics dropped Luann.

Gene and Mary Lou, and Meg too for sure, have invested a lot of time and effort to earn local creed. Take out business is a good way to get some payback.

I prefer eat out… 7 days a week.

I misread Mary Lou’s last line as “The Pop’s Blessing”

Not exactly what I’d call a blessing, but I guess given the source you have to interpret it.

Local market has lots of prepared take home items. Very good and nicely priced.

Hey, let’s open a restaurant! Like one of those old Mickey Rooney movies, hey let’s put on a show in the barn.

Meg is suddenly a blond?

They would probably make more money with less work if they kept on subbing at restaurants. They work when they want and have free time when they want.

Ghost restaurants (where they just pick up the food to distrubute to delivery people) exist.

The comic was there when I looked, but I have seen remarks that folks can’t comment on it.

That’s actually a very good idea. Finally they found their way.

Don’t know. If their location is already theirs and its good, mebbe. As a retired banker I can tell you that when someone decides on a new business venture because of already owning a previous real estate investment that failed…it seldom pans out. The business models for food are so volatile. One reason the food trucks are doing well is that the cost of the truck is about a fourth or less of even a second rate restaurant loacation. So you can move and find a spot with demand. Years ago I knew someone who had converted an RV into a Pizza food truck. They worked the small towns in the Texas Hill Country that lacked many restaurants (Dairy Queen, BBQ, taqueria and cafe usually). They were on a circuit, hitting the rivalry football games, every Thursday in one town, etc.There is almost no one who can predict if a restaurant will succeed in any given location. Here in Dallas you can see multi-million dollar players with years of success abandon what should have been a “hot” site after a year of poor business. So for any novice thinking of sinking their life savings and their mother’s 401k into their choice of a “great” opportunity. Please don’t do it. And once failed the resale is less than a third of what you paid because it’s proved itself a dog….and all the nice restaurant equipment you bought sells at ten cents on the dollar at auction. Only writing in case anyone out there is having fantasies of their own. Sorry

No they didn’t.

See a need. Fill a need.

People often ask: who profited?

The answer is: everyone profited, all parties involved benefited.