Shannon Pettypiece

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192 appearances 3 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 4d ago

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Here's the Scoop · Remembering Lindsey Graham and Replacing Graham Platner · 13 Jul 2026 podcast

You know, I'm not saying that's necessarily what's happening here, but that is what this lawsuit is alleging.

And I talked to a former FTC official who is in charge of reviewing all these deals, and he said that, you know, over the past few years, there has been this trend of private equity-backed companies coming in and buying up small businesses, whether it's bowling alleys, RV parks, the list goes on and on.

And those deals kind of fly under the radar of federal regulators because they are focused on the big mega deals, the $100 million plus, the billion dollar acquisitions.

That's where their focus is.

And, you know, there is, you know, experts say this whole area of our economy that's sort of getting consolidated and gobbled up by larger and

aren't paying attention to.

And I will say, you know, Lucky Strike also said in a statement that they do offer specials during certain hours to try and offer bowling at a lower rate and more affordable rate.

So Sunday, you know, from 11 to 1, you can come in and get a pretty good deal.

Or late nights during the week, you can get a good deal.

So they do offer specials like that.

The company does do a lot of marketing.

So there's the potential that they can bring people into the sport online.

But I talked to some independent bowling alley owners as well, and they said that the business of running a bowling alley is not easy these days.

They have been faced with rising costs like everyone else, property taxes, utilities, insurance, food costs for the snack bar at the bowling alley.

All of those things are putting pressure on them while their customer base isn't necessarily flush with cash to start paying higher prices.

And so the bowling alley owners are being squeezed too.

It does raise a question of, you know, what is the future of this sport look like and how much longer is it going to be that iconic middle class activity?

Shannon Pettyfuse, thank you.

Here's the Scoop · President Trump’s Personal Billion-Dollar Boom; “One Big Beautiful Bill” One Year On · 1 Jul 2026 podcast

It absolutely depends on where you fit in this country and in this economy.

And, you know, I would say one thing, too, that regardless, though, of where you are

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