Your ability to enjoy a plate of stuffed potato skins and $5 happy hour drink is slowly dwindling, as TGI Fridays has shuttered 12 US locations in the past month and shuttered 35 restaurants across the pond.
According to the company’s location section on its website, multiple TGI Fridays locations in the Northeast closed last week, including in Clifton Park, Middletown and Poughkeepsie, New York; Allentown, Pennsylvania; Enfield, Connecticut; and Leesburg, Virginia.
Additional shutdowns from earlier this month took place in the Southeast and Midwest regions, in states such as North Carolina, South Carolina, Wisconsin, Michigan and Indiana, as well as two locations in Minnesota.
UK-based Sky News also reported last week that the restaurant chain secured a buyout deal to save 51 locations and their workers’ jobs, but in the end, 35 stores closed their doors immediately and more than 1,000 employees were released.
TGI Fridays did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment or clarification on the recent closings.
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However, in January this year, the brand closed a further 36 “underperforming” restaurants, claiming it was part of a long-term growth strategy to ensure sustainability.
It also sold eight of its corporate-owned restaurants to its former CEO Ray Blanchette in January, with the company adding that this “transformational era” will help drive ongoing revenue for the chain.
“We’ve identified opportunities to optimize and improve our operations to ensure we’re in the best position to deliver on — and exceed — that brand promise,” the company’s chief operating officer said earlier in a press release. TGI Fridays, Ray Risley.
“By strengthening our franchise model and closing underperforming stores,” he continued, “we are creating an unprecedented opportunity for Fridays to advance its vision for the future.”
TGI Fridays has been serving its customers for more than 50 years and has 215 locations open and operating in the U.S., according to its website.
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