Independent Restaurant Alliances Multiply
The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/independent-restaurant-alliances-multiply/Alex Pryor, owner of Zin Restaurant in Kansas City, has been watching in frustration as the city’s independent restaurants give way to national chains. Although the chains are often outmatched by the independents in terms of quality and service, their considerable resources enable them to gobble up prime locations and to buy market share through extensive advertising. Upscale chain restaurants have also grown increasingly clever at hiding their chain identity and appearing to be unique, locally owned businesses.

