Business talk: Weber CEO announces departure

[FireMan]

I agree with a couple of ya who said the one or two grill thing. Who needs multiple grills except nuts like us. 🕶
Oh, and coupled with "trouble comin every day".

[ofelles]

hey, I resemble that remark!!

[Bogy]

You mean I'm not normal? I only have 5 cookers...at this house.

[FireMan]

Hey, I west my case.

[rlozinak]

If the grill companies are laying off, why does it take 5 months to get a Lone Star Grillz pellet pooper?

[glitchy]

Some smaller companies played smart and knew the boost in sales was likely temporary, so didn’t drastically expand their work force to make more product and instead went on back order. I wouldn’t be surprised if LSG and Shirley delays shrink a bit over next few months. However, both those companies are also generally built to order.

[rickgregory]

Because Weber doesn't make LSG

As glitchy notes, LSG is built to order.

[Draznnl]

Because part of the kitsch of brands like Lone Star Grillz is the wait. Machines are built to order and there are always a few ahead of you in the pipe line because they are just so darn popular.

[Bbqmikeg]

Smokefire 1, the Red Chinese kettle, Weber briquettes, and now the CEO stumbling out the door.
I have 11 kettles so it ain’t my fault!

[Bogy]

The economy is in terrible shape. Examples I saw just today. Gas costs far more than the $2 a gallon from two years ago (although it's back down to under $3.50 where I live) and Netflix lost a couple of million subscribers from two years ago. Down to only 120 million. Gee, what happened two years ago that makes comparing things today to two years ago ridiculous? Try going back three years of you want to compare trends.

[WillTravelForFood]

Netflix is a different animal - part of their issue is they don't drop new programming weekly to help extend subscriptions, so there are tons of people who sign up, binge-watch whatever they want, then cancel.

And that's not taking into account the number of people who "freeload" off other folk's accounts instead of paying for their own.

Sure, we'll bring a rack of ribs over to the neighbor when they tell us they're going to do some smoking, but we're not going to use their smoker on our own

[rickgregory]

".. (although it's back down to under $3.50 where I live"

Sigh. We always get screwed for gas prices on the coast. I was happy when they finally dipped under $5.50 here.

[Bogy]

rickgregory I didn't want to really rub it in by saying that I filled up for $2.70 a gallon last week. Loyalty perks from one of the local supermarket chains. Put in over 17 gallons and it was the first time I filled up for less than $50 for quite a while.

[zinfella]

Don't look here, I got noth'in..............

[UFLawdog]

1. Things are more expensive
2. People are afraid to spend as much cause of the "looming" recession
3. Peeples got all the grills they really need

Add it all up....

No one has all the grills they really need ;-)

[CandySueQ]

Yes, I do!