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In the UK we had a very successful chain called Spud-U-Like. Oddly it was super trendy mid to late 80s as I was a teenager, and I can recall it being an accepta
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In the UK we had a very successful chain called Spud-U-Like. Oddly it
was super trendy mid to late 80s as I was a teenager, and I can recall
it being an acceptably cool thing to go with some mates there.
One of the options "plain potato", for about 2 quid IIRC, was
literally just the spud with a sachet of butter and pepper to add if
you wanted.
I found that quite addictive TBH.
Don't recall there ever being much or any TV, radio or billboard
marketing. They just sprung up in the high street in premium spots and
out-competed McDonald's, KFC, Subway, PizzaHut and whatnot, which are
all total junk-food in my reckoning.
Sadly they couldn't weather the property hike and probably
over-reached on prime location real estate [2] (but that does how
location is everything).
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spudulike https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spudulike
[2] https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/aug/04/spudulike-closes-all-37-outlets-as-high-street-downturn-continues https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/aug/04/spudulike-c...