Why aren't there more Combinations Stores?
- CoachDay

- May 16
- 2 min read
As I aimlessly scrolled through Twitter at work this morning...I am a teacher btw.
For those who don't know much about the education world, the last week or so of school is a HUGE nothing burger if you're on top of your shit throughout the semester. So I’m not a horrible employee or anything before you begin to roast me. And also, it’s not like y’all ain’t doing it too.
Anyways, scrolling away I am, and for some reason a combination KFC & Taco Bell shirt flies by my radar, and now I'm sitting here thinking: why the heck aren’t there more combination stores? Like, there's also HomeGoods & TJ Maxx, A&W & KFC, Pizza Hut & Taco Bell, CVS inside Target...like they’re out there, people. You get the point.

Also, if you haven’t heard the Combination Pizza Hut & Taco Bell song by Wallpaper., you are missing out on a certified gem. Seriously the kids today don't know music. A whole blog breaking down this song may never even do justice to it's marvelous and inpsirational work.
Let’s just sit back and big-brain this though for a minute: if we could start combining more places, it opens up a new world of possibilities. Could solve so many family, friendship, and relationship problems when deciding about food, shopping, or even leisure events! This is a gold mine in the making.
While the fast food market has found a way to corner this combination niche, the rest of service, or just retail places just ain’t getting this going. Yes, TJ Maxx & HomeGoods got it a little bit, but what about say just out of nowhere ummm a Trading Card Shop & Bath & Body Works? You can see it? Now we’re hitting those elite situations. I'm for sure getting more card shop runs. Also, not gonna lie...two birds, one stone spot here too. Who doesn’t love a little candle action at home, am I right?
The possibilities are endless here. This could be the spark our economy has been searching for. How many times has a "let’s get food" turned into "ahh just make something at home ‘cause you can’t decide"? Or only a trip to Wetzel’s Pretzels and not Buffalo Wild Wings? Man, I’m telling ya...these places don’t know what they’re missing.
Pizza Hut & Taco Bell have always shown their innovation, of course with Pretzel Pizzas, Baja Blasts, and a freakin’ Doritos Taco. How are we even surprised they’d be the leaders of the combination movement, as they always have been the true Trailblazers? Their ability to think outside the box for the past few decades has been revolutionary.
We know though, that pushing the limits is something we’ve seen in other companies as well. So it’s in the cards for our futures still. Now, this could just be bored-at-work-on-a-Friday brain…Or I could be onto the next big thing to hit capitalism.



Ohhh or a Trader Joe’s and smoothie or coffee shop!
For me specifically….Trader joes and planet fitness. I would be SET