Hooters has closed dozens of restaurants nationwide a few months after Bankruptcy While a collapse of consumers’ feeling continues to hit the casual restoration chains harshly.
According to local media, around 30 locations have been closed through Florida, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas.
“After a careful examination of what is necessary to best position our business for the future, Hooters made the decision difficult to close certain locations belonging to the company,” said a spokesperson for Hooters on Wednesday.
CNN previously pointed out the closures.
The catering chain, better known for its slightly dressed and entirely female staff, has filed for bankruptcy to meet $ 376 million in debt.
At the time, it boasted that its restaurants “were there to stay” and announced its intention to sell the 150 locations to a franchise group supported by the founders of the channel.
Earlier in the year, Hooters had has revealed an effort to “rehioterize” aimed at creating a more family -friendly image for the channel and improving service times and ingredients.
The closures are not a total surprise because the chain said that it assesses its retail footprint during the bankruptcy process.
Hooters is only one of the many catering chains in the event of fast fasting in recent years, because food prices have been stubbornly high and that consumers’ feeling is collapsing, pushing customers to tighten their stock market ropes and cook at home more.
Last week, Bahama Breeze suddenly closed more than a third of its locationsOr 15 stores, including its only restaurant in Long Island.
The Caribbean -inspired catering chain belongs to Darden Restaurants, which also manages Olive Garden and Longhorn Steakhouse.
TGI Fridays bankrupt in November And closed 100 locations last year.
Red lobster, who Fight to recover from his hand -like shrimp caseClosed at least 50 locations and files a last record in May. He hired a new managing director that summer.
The Italian restaurant chain BUCA Di BEPPO also closed about 20 locations and bankrupt in 2024.
It was a difficult year in the industry. Sales did not succeed at 3% in the 500 largest restaurant chains in the United States – the slowest rate in a decade apart from the pandemic, according to Top 500 Chain Restaurant de Technomic.
According to the report, more than half of these channels have seen their sales to keep the pace of the inflation rate of food services of 4%.
