This popular meal preparation chain shutter most of its locations
The restaurant-restaurant Hybrid closes at least 20 of its places in Texas and Pennsylvania.
Healthy prepared meal chainSnap Cuisine close at least 20 of its 33 locations across Texas and Philadelphia. The hybrid restaurant restaurant, which also offers a meal delivery service, mainly consumers as a result of specialized diets likevegan,Tout 30, andKeto.
The company cited the Coronavirus Pandemic as the largest contributor to its decision to reduce its footprint.
"Unfortunately, the instant cooking was not immune to the effects of the pandemic and to survive as a company, we had to make the incredibly difficult decision to clog the majority of our stores and to say goodbye to many dedicated employees, "the CEO Anthony Smith said in aPress release. (In touch:9 restaurant chains that have closed hundreds of locations this summer.)
This marks the start of the instant cooking of the Pennsylvania market, where he got all six of his stores, in force today, according toThe Philadelphia Investigator. The remaining 14 stores educated for closure are located in the areas of Houston, Dallas and Austin of Texas. However, the company will continue to exploit six stores in its original state, as well as meal pickup locations in several whole food grocery stores.
Snap Cuisine also offers a meal subscription service, providing up to 44 states, including parts of Texas, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, New York and Massachusetts. A representative of the company confirmedEat this, not that! that this part of the company will not be affected by the closures. In fact, the company hopes to develop its direct sales to consumer.
"Snap Kitchen has made significant progress in the construction of the digital side and the company's subscription, and the retractive benefits because of the pandemic pushed this pivot to an accelerated rate", "Emily Dunn, Director of the Marketing and brand Snap Kitchen, mentioned.
The chain, which sells fruit juices, meals and healthy snacks, open in 2010. Its menu includes a low-calorie breakfast, lunch and dinners, such as banana pancakes, a salmon crusting Almond and chicken piccata. The companyClosed several stores in the Chicago and Philadelphia region in 2018 Before rebounding quickly with an investment of $ 16 million a few weeks later. While the benefits from one year to another have declined since the decrease, the pandemic has accelerated its misfortunes.
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