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F.A.O. Schwarz – sold to Toys 'R Us after bankruptcy in 2009; all stores closed except original NYC flagship store, which closed in 2015. [178] 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.
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]
Wimpy Grills – founded in Bloomington, Indiana, in 1934; eventually grew to 25 locations within the United States and 1,500 outside of the U.S.; its international locations were eventually sold to J. Lyons and Co. in the United Kingdom, which remains open while all of the American locations eventually closed by 1978 [14] [15] [16] [17]
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 ...
Wendy's has announced plans to close 140 underperforming restaurants by the end of 2024, on top of the 100 it said it would close in May. ... The chain reported a 2.8% increase in same-store sales ...
Big-Name Chains That Closed Stores and Restaurants in 2021. Bob Haegele. December 15, 2021 at 9:00 AM ... Now, the chain will see its last store close in Michigan, the state where it was founded ...
Bebe announced plans to close all stores and focus solely on online sales. At its peak, Bebe operated a total of 312 stores, but by March 2017, this was down to 172. [39] Bed Bath & Beyond announced in April 2019 that it would close 40 stores and also open 15 new stores that year. The company continued to struggle through the retail apocalypse ...
Fans of Outback Steakhouse may be surprised to see their local restaurant permanently closed after the chain’s parent company ... a list of closed restaurants. ... with same-store sales up 2.5%. ...