More bad news on the restaurant front. (As if the loss of 18 Burger Kings wasn't already bad enough.) This time it's Subway - a franchisee based in California named CGA Corporation filed for bankruptcy earlier this Summer. Subway closed hundreds of locations last year as the chain struggles with all the same problems that every restaurant is dealing with: Inflation and higher food costs, supply chain uncertainty due [...]
Dairy Queen abruptly closes 37 locations across Texas – and more could follow
Bad news for ice cream lovers - Dairy Queen has shuttered 37 locations across Texas. (As if the recently-discovered critical vulnerability in America’s dairy supply chains wasn’t bad enough.) These all center around one franchisee, Lone Star DQ, which closed the locations in two waves - first 25 in February, and then 12 more at the end of March. KETK did some smart investigative reporting and discovered that DQ had [...]
Major McDonald’s competitor abruptly gives up, announces 80+ restaurant closures in nationwide retreat
The economic downturn is seemingly coming for everyone. Even beloved household names like Chick-fil-A are starting to pull back. But few restaurants are suffering as much as Jack in the Box, the McDonald’s competitor with over 2,000 stores nationwide. Management has made the tough decision to close at least 80 stores by the end of 2025, expanding to as many as 200, or about 9% of their overall store count. We [...]
Forget Pumpkin Spice Lattes, Here are 7 Better Starbucks Drinks
[...]
Yes! 6 new Chick-fil-A’s in 6 different states are grand opening Thursday
Thursday September 4th is going to be a wonderful day for Chick-fil-A fans across the United States! Six different Chick-fil-A's will be opening their doors for the first time. Something that makes Chick-fil-A feel so mom-and-pop wonderful is that unlike, say, McDonald's, which uses large franchisee systems, Chick-fil-A's generally limits their owner-operator to one store to start and only a few locations for proven [...]
California braces for yet another factory shutdown as economic downturn spirals
California just can’t seem to catch a break. Fresh off the collapse of its sugar beet industry… And after a string of heartbreaking factory closures… Now the state is poised to suffer yet another disappointment as the Bay State Milling plant in Woodland will close its doors at the end of October. This is a fairly small facility (35 employees affected) that processes mostly niche ingredients like cinnamon, [...]
