I see that BWW is now opening these new 'fast food' style locations aimed at Millenials with 200+ locations planned. Looking at the 2 open in Minnnesota, they do not come up on the Buzztime Site search. I am guessing they do not have the buzztime game?
It will be interesting to see how this plays out. I see 2 roads:
1. After BWW gets a bunch of these up and running without buzztime, the bean counters use the cost savings achieved at these as something that needs to be rolled out to the full service BWW's and at some point down the road,, they cancel the chainwide buzztime contract.
-OR- (the better option)
2. The successful launch of these 'Millenial locations' without buzztime makes the buzztime folks realize that it is a wasted effort trying to 'Millenial-ize' trivia by dumbing down the questions and adding more pop culture garbage since the millenials will be using the fast food version of BWW without the game installed.
http://www.businessinsider.com/buffalo- ... als-2017-7From Investor Presentation:
•Piloting small format BWLD locations with company-owned and franchise development
‐Natural extension of BWLD brand
‐Initial stores expected to open in Q3 2017
‐2,000 –2,500 square foot average footprint
‐Estimated AUV of $1.0–$1.5 million per store, leading to higher revenue per square foot than traditional BWLD locations
‐Opportunity for 200+ locations