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Howard Johnson's – a restaurant chain that featured an iconic orange rooftop, reasonably priced, consistent-quality menu items; founded in 1929 by Howard Deering Johnson in Quincy, Massachusetts; at its cultural peak, it served more meals outside of the family home than any entity except for the US Army; in 1979 it had 1,040 locations, but ...
The chain saw its sales begin to decline in 2017, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2020, and has been closing restaurants ever since, Restaurant Business Magazine reported. Rubio's is now down ...
Howard Johnson's was the largest restaurant chain in the U.S. throughout the 1960s and 1970s, with more than 1,000 combined company-owned and franchised outlets. [2] Today, the chain is defunct—after dwindling down to one location, the last Howard Johnson's restaurant (in Lake George, New York) closed in 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [3]
The chain was bought out by ThreeSixty group and opened two new locations in Rockefeller Center, and LaGuardia airport, with plans to open up to 30 more in the future. KB Toys – liquidated February 9, 2009, which closed all of the remaining stores; [ 179 ] sold to Toys "R" Us and then to Strategic Marks, LLC; although it planned to reopen ...
Furniture store American Freight is set to close all of its 328 locations in dozens of states as a part of Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings by its parent company, Franchise Group Inc.. Franchise ...
Like its iconic retro sign, 7-Eleven is known for hot dogs on roller grills and Slurpees—especially when they're free on July 11 every year. But just last week, the parent company of the ...
The chain had 34 restaurants in 14 states when it was acquired in 2014 by Food Management Partners. [3] By October 2016, the chain was reduced to 12 restaurants in 9 states, [4] 6 restaurants in 4 states by July 2018, [5] 5 restaurants in 3 states by September 2018, [6] and later 3 restaurants in 3 states by November 2018. [7]
According to a Harvard Business School study, for every dollar the tipped wage increases, the likelihood of a restaurant closing increases by 14%. In D.C., the rate of restaurant closures last ...