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No way…… just ate at the one in Hermiston last month. Ohhhh it was in REAL bad shape, but still pretty good while on the road. That sucks.
 
I used to eat at Shari's often but the last few years the food quality just wasn't up to par. Too bad.
 
I used to go to the one in Milwaukie, and I swear that one of the workers there was hitting on me...er, I mean, one of them looked like she could've been Martha Plimptons kid.
 
Never went inside, but did drive by them fairly often.

My life is forever changed now.

barfo
 
barfo said:
Never went inside, but did drive by them fairly often.

My life is forever changed now.

barfo
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The only thing stopping you from going inside was the restraining order that Sharis has against pirates.
 
THE HCP said:
It’s not garbage food if you don’t expect it to be good. Just like this team, only way you’re going to be upset at this seasons win total is if you honestly think we’ll have more.
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Or if Grant and Simons play the whole season leading the team in minutes and usage and we somehow figure out how to win 30 games...
 
HailBlazers said:
Economy is great. Nothing to see here.
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It was purchased by a holding company which refinanced everything and extracted every dollar they could out of it and then cut everything they could and ran it into the ground. Just like happened with GI Joe's and many other wonderful companies.

There is plenty of business available for Shari's, they just became so crappy that nobody chooses to go there.

This has nothing to do with the economy and everything to do with large corporations destroying everything good.
 
HailBlazers said:
Economy is great. Nothing to see here.
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Had nothing to do with economy.

Predatory business tactics once it got sold to private equity made it shut down. Its been leading to this for years.

But, you wouldn't think that far down because you don't like to be proven wrong.

So I just did it for you.:)
 
HailBlazers said:
Economy is great. Nothing to see here.
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Ummm........I think Shari's (long time) problem was shitty management and (long term) problems adapting to new marketplace realities. Shari's has been on a down hill slide for at least 20 years. They've been clueless (and tasteless) for years. Literally shocking they made it this far. Sorry, but even Sleepy Joe gets a wide pass on this one. You can't blame the government for everything......no matter how hard we try........
 
Portland company will shut down after 104 years, lay off all employees

Dennis Uniform, a national school uniform business based in Southeast Portland and owned for decades by a Jewish family that settled in Oregon after escaping Nazi Germany, plans to close down the business and lay off all its workers.

The company started in Portland in 1920 and claimed to serve 370,000 students from 2,000 schools. The Shipley family — who arrived in Oregon as the Schybilskis, according to an obituary for one of its members — operated the business since 1940, after fleeing Nazi Germany. The company’s website lists 39 stores in states from Texas to Hawaii, selling school uniforms of various types.

Dennis Uniform started in downtown Portland but its headquarters had been at the east end of the Hawthorne Bridge since at least the 1960s.

In a Friday notice to Oregon workforce officials, Dennis said it had been experiencing “severe financial distress” for several months and was unable to secure financial backing to rescue the business.

“We will be closing all sites throughout the country,” interim CEO Lawrence Perkins wrote in a note to Oregon officials. His letter listed 111 layoffs but it wasn’t clear if all those jobs were in Oregon.

Ordinarily, federal law requires businesses to give workers 60 days’ notice before a mass layoff. Dennis Uniform invoked a “faltering company” exception for companies that unsuccessfully sought funding to stay open.

Private equity firm SBJ Capital acquired a majority stake in Dennis Uniform seven years ago. At the time, Thomas Shipley, a descendent of the family that escaped Germany, maintained partial ownership and was executive chairman.

SBJ brought on another investor, Origami Capital, in January. Neither SBJ nor Origami responded immediately to questions about what went wrong with the company in the 10 months since their most recent investment in the business.

Dennis Uniform started out providing nursing uniforms, according to its website, then shifted to linens and apparel for soldiers during World War II. It began selling school uniforms in 1947.

In 2022, Dennis Uniform laid off 71 Portland employees when it moved some operations to Texas. Those jobs were in uniform production and warehouse operations.

Many of the company’s laid-off remaining employees were unionized, represented by the United Food & Commercial Workers. The union did not immediately respond to inquiries about the layoffs.

https://www.oregonlive.com/business...wn-after-104-years-lay-off-all-employees.html
 
SlyPokerDog said:
Portland company will shut down after 104 years, lay off all employees

Dennis Uniform, a national school uniform business based in Southeast Portland and owned for decades by a Jewish family that settled in Oregon after escaping Nazi Germany, plans to close down the business and lay off all its workers.

The company started in Portland in 1920 and claimed to serve 370,000 students from 2,000 schools. The Shipley family — who arrived in Oregon as the Schybilskis, according to an obituary for one of its members — operated the business since 1940, after fleeing Nazi Germany. The company’s website lists 39 stores in states from Texas to Hawaii, selling school uniforms of various types.

Dennis Uniform started in downtown Portland but its headquarters had been at the east end of the Hawthorne Bridge since at least the 1960s.

In a Friday notice to Oregon workforce officials, Dennis said it had been experiencing “severe financial distress” for several months and was unable to secure financial backing to rescue the business.

“We will be closing all sites throughout the country,” interim CEO Lawrence Perkins wrote in a note to Oregon officials. His letter listed 111 layoffs but it wasn’t clear if all those jobs were in Oregon.

Ordinarily, federal law requires businesses to give workers 60 days’ notice before a mass layoff. Dennis Uniform invoked a “faltering company” exception for companies that unsuccessfully sought funding to stay open.

Private equity firm SBJ Capital acquired a majority stake in Dennis Uniform seven years ago. At the time, Thomas Shipley, a descendent of the family that escaped Germany, maintained partial ownership and was executive chairman.

SBJ brought on another investor, Origami Capital, in January. Neither SBJ nor Origami responded immediately to questions about what went wrong with the company in the 10 months since their most recent investment in the business.

Dennis Uniform started out providing nursing uniforms, according to its website, then shifted to linens and apparel for soldiers during World War II. It began selling school uniforms in 1947.

In 2022, Dennis Uniform laid off 71 Portland employees when it moved some operations to Texas. Those jobs were in uniform production and warehouse operations.

Many of the company’s laid-off remaining employees were unionized, represented by the United Food & Commercial Workers. The union did not immediately respond to inquiries about the layoffs.

https://www.oregonlive.com/business...wn-after-104-years-lay-off-all-employees.html
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Two long term local and successful businesses bought out by private equity firms and then driven into the ground.
 
SlyPokerDog said:
Portland company will shut down after 104 years, lay off all employees

Dennis Uniform, a national school uniform business based in Southeast Portland and owned for decades by a Jewish family that settled in Oregon after escaping Nazi Germany, plans to close down the business and lay off all its workers.

The company started in Portland in 1920 and claimed to serve 370,000 students from 2,000 schools. The Shipley family — who arrived in Oregon as the Schybilskis, according to an obituary for one of its members — operated the business since 1940, after fleeing Nazi Germany. The company’s website lists 39 stores in states from Texas to Hawaii, selling school uniforms of various types.

Dennis Uniform started in downtown Portland but its headquarters had been at the east end of the Hawthorne Bridge since at least the 1960s.

In a Friday notice to Oregon workforce officials, Dennis said it had been experiencing “severe financial distress” for several months and was unable to secure financial backing to rescue the business.

“We will be closing all sites throughout the country,” interim CEO Lawrence Perkins wrote in a note to Oregon officials. His letter listed 111 layoffs but it wasn’t clear if all those jobs were in Oregon.

Ordinarily, federal law requires businesses to give workers 60 days’ notice before a mass layoff. Dennis Uniform invoked a “faltering company” exception for companies that unsuccessfully sought funding to stay open.

Private equity firm SBJ Capital acquired a majority stake in Dennis Uniform seven years ago. At the time, Thomas Shipley, a descendent of the family that escaped Germany, maintained partial ownership and was executive chairman.

SBJ brought on another investor, Origami Capital, in January. Neither SBJ nor Origami responded immediately to questions about what went wrong with the company in the 10 months since their most recent investment in the business.

Dennis Uniform started out providing nursing uniforms, according to its website, then shifted to linens and apparel for soldiers during World War II. It began selling school uniforms in 1947.

In 2022, Dennis Uniform laid off 71 Portland employees when it moved some operations to Texas. Those jobs were in uniform production and warehouse operations.

Many of the company’s laid-off remaining employees were unionized, represented by the United Food & Commercial Workers. The union did not immediately respond to inquiries about the layoffs.

https://www.oregonlive.com/business...wn-after-104-years-lay-off-all-employees.html
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I used to pickup thousands of uniforms there daily for work. Right under the Hawthorne bridge
 
Damn so many late nights spent in those diners back in high school and into college. Was a great stop off coming home from a graveyard shift, grabbing some cinnamon roll French toast with hash browns or one of their skillets. Food was never great but like HCP said, life is all about expectations and if you went in there knowing what to expect, it lived up to those more times than not.
 
Phatguysrule said:
It was purchased by a holding company which refinanced everything and extracted every dollar they could out of it and then cut everything they could and ran it into the ground. Just like happened with GI Joe's and many other wonderful companies.

There is plenty of business available for Shari's, they just became so crappy that nobody chooses to go there.

This has nothing to do with the economy and everything to do with large corporations destroying everything good.
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Shari's was great for bacon and eggs and cigarettes. That time has passed though.
 
bigbailes said:
Damn so many late nights spent in those diners back in high school and into college. Was a great stop off coming home from a graveyard shift, grabbing some cinnamon roll French toast with hash browns or one of their skillets. Food was never great but like HCP said, life is all about expectations and if you went in there knowing what to expect, it lived up to those more times than not.
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Watchu know about THIS place though?
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tlongII said:
Shari's was great for bacon and eggs and cigarettes. That time has passed though.
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Young people loved it for a hangout after games on Friday nights. Open 24hrs and free refills on coffee and soda, and great snacks for a reasonable price.

My daughters basketball team would go there after games all the time. They'd go there to study as well.

It was just run into the ground.
 
Phatguysrule said:
Young people loved it for a hangout after games on Friday nights. Open 24hrs and free refills on coffee and soda, and great snacks for a reasonable price.

My daughters basketball team would go there after games all the time. They'd go there to study as well.

It was just run into the ground.
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I haven't been there since the 90's.
 
Phatguysrule said:
Young people loved it for a hangout after games on Friday nights. Open 24hrs and free refills on coffee and soda, and great snacks for a reasonable price.

My daughters basketball team would go there after games all the time. They'd go there to study as well.

It was just run into the ground.
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I hadn't been in one in YEARS until last month. That one I went to in Hermiston.....was in BAAAADDDDD shape.
 
tlongII said:
I haven't been there since the 90's.
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I went last year. It was a dump.

The food was mostly fine, but they were horribly understaffed so the food wasn't hot. It would have been great if it were run well.
 
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