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George[_1_]

wrote:
> If you are a Arby's customer and not satisfied with their food, suggest
> you all write Arby's at their corporate HQ to ask them to improve the
> quality of their sandwiches, namely the Roast beef sandwich. It is
> pathetic that they sell such low quality food and are still in
> business. I love Roast beef sandwiches and the other big fast food
> franchises do not carry them.

The way you make your point is to not be their customer. Arbys hasn't
had a real roast beef sandwich in like 20 years. They use a uniform
"space beef" product and not roast beef. Even their horseradish sauce is
now called "horsey sauce" because it is a "space product".

Unfortunately mediocre industrial food has become way too common. People
ask for this when they choose to patronize the industrial places.

> I used to go to Lake George, NY. in the early sixties, where I came
> upon
> this excellent roast beef sandwich at a restaurant called Neba. The
> restaurant was located on the way to the beach. They were also in New
> York City and in the state of Mass to my knowledge.

There are still lots of little shops that use real roast beef.

>
> It was the most delicious roast beef sandwich I ever tasted., a roast
> beef sandwich which melted in your mouth and was so tasty, you could
> not stop with one one sandwich. I think there was a little melted
> butter on it. It was served on a sesame roll and the beef was freshly
> made and cut on the spot. It needed no sauces to add to the flavor. The
> restaurant was only around for a short time in the sixties. Does anyone
> remember ???..www.nebaroastbeef.com
>
> They probably could not compete in price and volume with the fast food
> franchises that evolved soon afterward. Probably they also needed an
> extended menu, as they could not survive with one item today.
>
> I always preferred a roast beef sandwich made by Neba, to what is out
> there today, as I am not into hamburgers.
>
> Arby has a pale imitation of a roast beef sandwich which is tasteless
> and needs sauces to make it edible..
>
> A joke going around says that "Neba" meant "never buy at Arby's."
>
> The Neba restaurants were not on the scale of today's fast food places.
> They were small and I doubt they could have quick production for large
> crowds and maintain the quality. There were a few imitators after, but
> the flavor was not the same. They all eventually died out, except for
> Arby's, which sends out coupons to encourage people to frequent their
> restaurants as their food is so low in quality. They practically have
> to give it away to encourage people to go to their restaurants. Their
> french fried was always cold.
>
> I have no "beef" with Arby's. I wonder if they still put beef in their
> sandwiches,.
> but in my opinion, their roast beef sandwich is inedible, unless you
> add the sauces. My wife also ordered a BLT from Arby's and it was also
> not as good as other restaurants. She would not order it again there.
>
> I still go there the odd time when they send out those "free" coupons,
> as it is close by my residence..
>
> If Arby's want to lure people away from hamburgers, they should make a
> effort improve the quality and flavor of their roast beef sandwich and
> other items on their menu.
>
> For anyone who cares, please refer Arbys Roast Beef under google group
> ..
> rec.food.restaurants. there is a excellent article written by one Holly
> Moore.
>