Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 1022
It was good...
10/27/2020 at 6:16 PM
I enjoyed it back then. One advantage they had in the '80s was they would consider delivery outside the city limit if the instructions were easy. I loved that as an early teen, because I grew up on the Grand Valley Road and when my folks were gone, I knew I could get them to deliver. So when I turned 16 and was able to drive, I still remained as an loyal customer. However, the competition was way less in that era. It's tough now when there's triple in the amount of pizza joints & franchises, along with tighter overheads such as high labour cost, rising food expenses, stricter health regulations and soaring property rental prices. I don't think the market could tolerate another pizza place, even with a memorable name for the older generation, the younger ones may snub it unless the food was labeled as something as "the best food for the price" or the "top pizza joint in all of westman". Just selling good pizza isn't a "niche" anymore in Brandon, customers want something more. Marinos has their crust, Express has their subs and fries, Italy has their flavor and salads, Romana has the "couples date night/getting laid later" atmosphere, Boston has their "full family menu" of other different choices and their lounge, Caesars has their drive up and pick up, Hut has their speed, Dominos has their prices, Hotline has their loyal potheads with the munchies and so on and so on. What would Trifon's Pizza offer that another hasn't? Because a name from forty years back won't do it, today. Heck, Fired had a gimmick for a great pizza and Vern's had huge toppings, neither could survive. Sorry, it's an ugly truth and it's better to understand it now then to loose your shirt two years for now. Think it through... What could it offer that the others couldn't?
Just my opinion, I could be wrong.