10 beloved catering chains that have closed hundreds of locations in 2020

Here are some of the shops we said goodbye for this year.


Food and hospitality can be a ruthless industry at best times. But add a global pandemic in the mixture and what you get is a beloved restoration chain after the other forced to reduce their losses and upset.

Although many national favorites have altered the difficulty of covidation time sufficiently by hand andeven prostitute in them-This for many has been one of the sales declining sales, society or parent company of the Company charged on permanent closures, andChapter 11 Bankruptcy. (In touch:More Saddes restaurant closures in your state.)

The consequences of the restaurant pandemic have been widely ranging. Many channels, such as Ruby Tuesdays and steak, have been taken by the sudden need for driving capabilities or online order. Establishments sitting like these have been forced to adopt more contactless formats in the matter of a few weeks to stay afloat. Even the industry giants like Dunkin 'and Starbucks have been thrown for a loop, as omnipresent-home working mandates have changed consumer spending habits. Starbucks Drive-Thru operations, in particular, saw its breakfast sales drop considerably because people stayed at home for work.

Although there is a sense of standardization of normality, with the recent arrival of theModern andPfizer vaccinesThe exact long-term consequences of the pandemic - and the disturbance it brought early to the restaurant industry - are not yet clear. While some catering chains have already appeared from the pandemic stronger than before, some seem to be suspended by a wire.

Here are 10 United States catering channels that we love to close hundreds of locations since the beginning of the pandemic.

1

Pizza hut

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While his parent company Yum Brands was clogged during the pandemic by cultivating Taco Bell Drive Thru Sales,Pizza hut Struggled to stay afloat. In the third quarter, the pizza chain has announcedClosures of 672 stores. About half of these belonged to the NPC International, a major franchisee of Pizza Hut pizza, which filed for bankruptcy in October.

2

Starbucks

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Same Starbucks! Although the future seems relatively brilliant for the coffee giant (94% of all closed stores from the pandemic have reopened, from October and 480 additional were opened in the fourth quarter), the pandemic has always taken its toll. Starbucks announced100 new closures in October, not including the 400 locations that the company said the company was scheduled at the end of 2021. In the meantime, the company begins to openNew Express Stores Designed only for drive-thru controls and take away.

3

Belly

potbelly sandwich shop
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With the release of its second quarter profits in August, Potbelly announced the permanent closure of 16 places. Thanks to renegotiated rental agreements, the sandwich chain avoided the levers of mass, but still expected about 25 T0 30Possible permanent closures. At the end of the second quarter,The losses of society had increased from $ 1.9 million from the same period the year before more than $ 22 million.

4

Denny's

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The pandemic has wreaked considerable havoc at breakfast restaurants, including Denny's. The net profit of companies in the first quarter was almost halved from the performance of the same quarter of the same year ($ 15.5 million at only $ 9 million), and some of its franchisees were forced to butcherFestival American dinners got fifteen from its New York locations in May.

5

Steak 'n shakes

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According to its first quarters, the favorite of Biglari Holdings Inc., closed 57 of its locations, according to its first quarters, with the Commission of Securities and Trade US. In November,Business online restaurant Projected that 82 restaurants of Steak 'N Shake have been closed during the year.

6

Brutality

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Although it has been able to reopen its dining rooms in May, with the relaxation of public health precautions, Fuddruckers Mother-Luby's Inc. has announced in July its intention to sell most of its operations. Sales at Fuddruckers have returned to about 70% of their normal levels by the end of the third quarter but from Luby'sThe net loss has increased Starting at $ 5.3 million during the same quarter of last year at $ 25 million.

7

Dunkin '

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The coffee and donut chain saw sales growth - strangely-among some of its southern franchisees, including those of Texas and California. The CEO of Dunkin Dave Hoffman assigns this to the highest availability of the drive command at these locations; In general, Dunkin was also forced to reduce backing operations. He announced plans in July to close up1,150 underperforming restaurants in 2020.

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8

I JUMP

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The biggest name of pancakes has also been touched by the pandemic. Citing challenges presented by "Safe at the House of Orders", an IHOP franchisee in the southeast viewfiled for the bankruptcy of Chapter 11 in MayAnd closed 49 from his restaurants through North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. Immediately after the start of the pandemic, and on all IHOP locations, sales fell at only 25% of normal levels, as a parent company DINE Brandsreported in April.

9

Daily pain

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Refuge

PQ NY Inc., the franchisee of the United States of the famous Cafe Belgium chain, filed for the bankruptcy of Chapter 11 andclosed all 98 of his locations in May. Aurify Brands has begun to acquire assets of PQ NY the same month with reopening intentions of 35 of these locations.

10

Tuesday Ruby

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Refuge

While the beloved chain of Tennessee has already had trouble maintaining growth - and making a critical transition from a relaxed tooccasional Restaurant - The obstacles presented by the pandemic have aggravated things. Ruby Tuesday deposited for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in October, andClosed 185 stores.

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