15 Restaurant Chains Closing Multiple Stores Right Now

Over the past four years, many of us have had the unpleasant surprise of learning that our go-to restaurant, coffee shop, or fast food joint was closing doors for good. Thousands of well-established companies have gone out of business since the pandemic accelerated the descent of the U.S. economy, and conditions have been particularly tough in the restaurant industry. Even during the best of times, managing a restaurant comes with plenty of uncertainty. Though a brand can be incredibly popular amongst consumers, there’s a variety of factors that can result in mass closings, and in some cases, bankruptcy.
We tend to think that the biggest restaurant chains in America are better prepared to handle these challenges, but the truth is that many of them are, in fact, more exposed to financial problems due to their enormous expenses and extensive brick-and-mortar footprint.
Both inflation and deflation can cause drastic changes in consumer behavior, leading to lost sales and rendering some locations regrettably unprofitable. On top of that, something most people do not know is that, despite being backed by huge corporate entities, lots of restaurants have been struggling to stay afloat for quite a long time, and recent developments have just been the last straw for them.
That's why a considerable number of chains is closing multiple locations right now. While for some this is goodbye forever, for others, the closings are necessary to restore the health of their business. Executives are citing issues like underperformance and slowing foot traffic, as well as broader concerns about the strength of the American buying power over the long run, as some of the reasons behind the latest closures. Meanwhile, other companies are simply shuttering locations suddenly and without warning, leaving customers and even employees wondering what went wrong.

[@jennyohara4011]

People cant' afford such expensive meals, even McDonalds too expensive

[@kohl1999]

I remember $0.49 hamburgers in college; that time is far behind in the rearview mirror :(

[@Liz-wz8dh]

@@kohl1999 And ironically even if they fully automate these restaurants, you just KNOW they'll never bring the costs back down to those kinds of numbers.

[@CCJ1998]

Agreed there I was in town after school, usually cars are wrapped around the building at the local McDonalds. Not anymore. Of course when I was growing up eating out was a luxury and that was when everything was cheaper.

[@ThunderStruck94660]

Have you seen how tiny burgers are? I laughed so hard the other day when I got one.

[@American-Motors-Corporation]

Wow the idea that they would still going to be a lot of things that they cannot find in these restaurants I mean our computers are unreliable now how in the hell is AI going to do half of what they're talking about it doing? I mean here on KZbin the idea of automating a fast food restaurant or any restaurant for that matter it's not in a concept you can find footage of experiments with this that was done in the 50s and for the most part it worked although it was not electronically driven it was largely mechanical but that form of automation actually proves to be affect so the concept of automating a restaurant at least to a certain degree can and technically has been done the problem is you're still going to require human hands to refill the machines with what they need to serve the customer you're not really going to wipe out the human hands to perform a human given track task hands of the humans will be needed somewhere along the line and it's most likely going to be more than what we're being told. There's a reason they didn't go forth with the automation in the 50s and even into even the car made it most of their work in terms of industry like the car company I would suggest if anything they had a gentleman's agreement with the politicians of the day because simply they didn't know what they were going to do with all of us. But when it comes to the restaurant well you know grown men did those jobs and they raised kids they owned houses and cars those jobs were literally normal jobs for everyday people even those middle-aged and older in fact Burger flipping at one point really was so the high horse dick heads that run around today try to say that it's not a career okay they're saying that because they don't know any better because they can brainwashed by corporations that have done nothing but devalue those jobs they've been devaluing those jobs since the late '60s and definitely through the decade of the 80s plus beyond that's where this nonsensical mentality that it's not a real man's job comes from. Of course I believe that there's a lot of jealousy that hides out in that mentality and that jealousy is simply oh it's possible somewhere between the 20s and the late 1960s they looked at one of their neighbors that was one of those Burger flippers but he too owned house and a car and raise a family and there were those that figured they did much more in a day's work and I think they were jealous so when the devaluation of those jobs come around in the corporations spoon-fed everybody bullshit that said that those jobs are teeny bopper jobs and or their supplemental jobs for the better half these people were all too quick to eat interestingly enough that mentality continues to this day particularly amongst those who think it's a flex to have a job or to work a bunch now in reality I would say in the dark deep of the night because they're pissed off and jealous it's constant that someone is able to do what they themselves deem to be less it's not that it really is less it's that they personally think it's less of a job and yet make just as much if not more money but they're hiding behind the popularity that it's not a real man's job they're hiding behind other nonsensical bullshit to cover up for the fact that most of their belief isn't really their own belief but what really is their own is nothing more jealousy. Of course a proverbial $20 an hour being paid in California but then of course the proverbial $15 an hour that is still being argued over everywhere else is largely garbage simply because everywhere else in the nation they say up to $15 an hour on the sign and they will use every excuse possible not to give you the $15 an hour secondly even if you do get the proverbial $15 an hour or in California's case the $20 an hour you still don't get an hours I mean even back when these joints were paying six seven dollars an hour so 16 to 18 years ago it was common practice and still is today that the majority of the peons do not get any more than 13 to 16 hours a week and everyone is basically capped in the pee on crowd the 20 hours a week meaning the only way you're going to get more than 60 hours is if somebody called off for 4 hour shift. So the $20 an hour Burger flipper today makes nowhere near what a burger flipper out of their grandparents is or great grandparents this time would have got simply because you are not buying a house on that shitty $20 an hour had hardly 20 hours a week so I think everybody needs to shut the fuck up and realize that it's a ripoff is what it is it's more so being done as nice to sucker people into those jobs because they want the people of the public to look at the proverbial $20 an hour via California's minimum wage or everywhere else the proverbial 15 or up to 50 get them excited get them in there and then of course well then they announce you can work up to that outside of course California that is given to you immediately the problem is it goes nowhere fast but then again $20 in California hasn't really went anywhere since what 1976? Across the map we all talk about the inflation but what is rarely ever discussed is a state by state calculation of inflation from the past I don't know 45 50 years I would suggest that California has led the way amongst many other West Coast states. in other words the inflation to California had for example 10 years ago we're getting that here in the Midwest now or you could argue that it's been here for the past 5 years but it's getting worse that's the problem is it's really been here for quite some time it's just it gets worse and worse over the years so at first nobody really notices and everybody kind of goes to sleep at the wheel for 10 years then one day they wake up and go holy fuck what happened they don't realize we've been on this trajectory for some time but they also don't seem to realize that California was in the position that most of us are in today only they were in it 30 to 45 years ago.

[@alaskanintn9323]

1.)Cracker Barrel 2.)Applebee's 3.)T.G.I.Friday's 4.)Denny's 5.)Boston Market 6.)MOD Pizza 7.)Hooters 8.)Carraba's Italian Grill 9.)Hardee's 10.)Tijuana Flat's 11.)Noodles and Company 12.)Krystal 13.)White Castle 14.)Bagger Dave's 15.)Chili's

[@JoRonnamo]

It's like a list of restaurants that I didn't even know were open anymore

[@random2829]

Thank you very much for providing the list!

[@Liz-wz8dh]

@@JoRonnamo LOL

[@artawhirler]

Thanks!

[@vg7985]

I am not surprised at all. Who wants to eat there?

[@305Nick]

Quality has gone down significantly, And prices have skyrocketed. I went to a chain restaurant and they charged me $7.50 for a fucking domestic beer. Food is full of salt, service is shit and staff expect to be tipped high. I cook at home now and feel better

[@Liz-wz8dh]

We all should be cooking at home. Restaurants are a luxury.

[@johngarbarini1048]

@@Liz-wz8dh - you`re both right; spend $20-40 per person on a meal where the profits don`t even stay in your hometown, but, rather, goes to some int`l corporation? To hell with all of them.

[@Liz-wz8dh]

@@johngarbarini1048 Exactly. I will stil spend money at LOCAL restaurants but I eat at the shitty chain restaurants less and less every year. Most of them absolutely suck at customer service and their prices keep going up. I'm not paying more money for that shit.

[@joquin4618]

The tipping has been getting out of control. Ppl expect you to tip for freaking everything.

[@ListeningEar-st6ry]

Absolutely. The food sucks these days

[@silvaloenanda]

The incompetence and corruption that runs through this administration are getting more ridiculous. I feel for people with disabilities not getting the help they deserve. Thank you Laura Ferguson, imagine investing $1.5k and receiving $10k in 4 days.

[@MelissaBulawin]

Considering the current economic situation, my main concern is how can we generate more revenue? We cannot afford to see our people's savings crumble into dust

[@Merit467]

The key to financial stability is having the right investment suggestions for a diverse portfolio. Many investment failures and losses happen when you invest without proper guidance.

[@Wendy10926]

*Everyone needs more than their salary to be financially stable. Investing it with a reliable source is the best.*

[@Amelia10249]

No doubt!! I never knew Laura Ferguson had gone viral. I decided to back up my assets and property with her when we met at a conference in New Jersey for the first time.

[@SmithNorman]

Wow. You know Laura too? I thought I'm the only one she has helped work through the fears and falls of the forest. Her training last week was amazing and the strategy she applied were mind blown

[@valkry007]

Fast food used to be cheap and fast, it is NO longer fast and definitely not cheap !

[@azjersee]

And food is NASTY

[@American-Motors-Corporation]

Well we can probably argue that it was at one time definitely cheaper than it is today however no fast food is not really cheap it's never really been cheap it's price to look cheap kind of like the misconception about the dollar store everybody hears the term dollar store so then they go in there and find that they spend far much more there than they do anywhere else it's how they sucker you in it's the same thing with fast food prices and especially their combo deals of course they fuck you in the ass anymore on the combo because the drink cost more than the rest of it. But I myself generally go into these joints and I order everything independently and that most of the time I do not get a drink you should see the funny looks I get but you know that if everybody else learned to eat you too can save the fucking $2.50 some to three dollars and some odd sense you don't need a water down fucking coke. Of course when you really want to know why the food's nasty if most of these places same worse because of God damn sauce bullshit you know you got ranch flying around everywhere that doesn't belong on shit you had a sauce for this and a sauce for that whatever there's always some dorky motherfucker stand up they're holding up the line cuz they want 75 packets of certain sauce. I Think high Time motherfuckers learn to eat at the way it comes.

[@12HpyPws]

The abysmal service is #1. I'll take a short wait for good food. The rude employees are a big factor in many fast food establishments.

[@American-Motors-Corporation]

@@12HpyPws mostly because of rude customers.

[@SomethingSomethingg]

Seeing Alfred E. Newman reminds me that mad Magazine is another thing that no longer exists 😭😭😭😭

[@FallacyAsPraxis]

All of them should close. The stuff they're selling is way too expensive and much of it isn't real food anyway.

[@poopjeans1135]

Why do you think Taco Bell calls it Taco Filling instead of meat? They legally can't cause its only 25-30% meat. The rest is chemicals, bulking agents and fillers that give you cancer for big pharma to treat. Wake up people, YOU are the commodity being exploited.

[@TheFRESHSINCE81]

Definitely garbage food

[@artawhirler]

This is all my fault. I have never spent a dime in most of these places. 😅

[@kohl1999]

Our Govt is running massive deficits, and the plan has always been to inflate the debt away. That means an erosion in the purchasing power of the dollar. Minimum wage, salaries, etc are always slow to catch up to inflation. Some companies are barely giving cost of living raises year to year, so you essentially make less and less money every year. Luxuries such as vacations, dining out, streaming services, etc will be some of the first expenses to be cut.

[@random2829]

"Our Govt is running massive deficits, and the plan has always been to inflate the debt away". This comment from a fellow Critical Thinker just made my week! Thank you! 😀❤ "Some companies are barely giving cost of living raises year to year" - which is one of the hidden pitfalls of servicing corporate debt due to increased interest rates. Corporations will - almost - always reduce OPEX and CAPEX when interest rates rise. The "masses" see this with statements like "Do more with less!".

[@maryclebeau]

I too have cut out my cable. I eat out a burger very rarely! Yes, the food is no longer real food! I eat better at home and have leftovers of GOOD FOOD!😊

[@DelbertStinkfester]

The reasons these restaurants are giving for the closures is absolutely hilarious...The real reasons are that they over saturated the market with to many stores using cheap credit to make it appear as if the company is growing so as to artificially raise their stock values. The food they offer has gone down in quality. The service they provide has gone down in quality. The quantity of food sold in the meals has gone down...Yet the prices have gone up. It just isn't worth it any more.

[@vg7985]

Those restaurants are already “harvested” by stockholders. There is nothing to see there anymore.

[@dealerslicenseops]

The problem is the work staff SUCKS. These young kids are worthless, entitled, and want $20/hour. Hope you guys learn how to cook! Congrats! You won the "fight for $15" now you have no where to dine out! Idiots!

[@sethalexander3164]

“If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their money, first by inflation and then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them (around the banks), will deprive the people of their property until their children will wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.”-Thomas Jefferson

[@renegademind1833]

I miss 'none' of the restaurants.

[@annsmith3537]

This I S just the Beginning All by Design Absolutely Dire 👍👍🌹

[@garymensurati1631]

All by design, yep, agree 💯💯

[@jameswells9749]

Pricing themselves out of business.

[@tinafatbottom8069]

yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss greed

[@jameswells9749]

@@tinafatbottom8069 greedflation

[@tamjeanell]

*themself *themselves

[@jameswells9749]

@@tamjeanell right

[@jimb3093]

I will say Crack Barrel makes a good breakfast.

[@Liz-wz8dh]

I would love to see more of these places close. Americans should be eating at home more often anyway. It's way cheaper. Most restaurants are terribly run businesses anyway.

[@willjoful]

That is what I'm saying and you are right.

[@vg7985]

But they provide jobs when you’re in really dire situation.

[@American-Motors-Corporation]

​@@vg7985nah, it's not a job it's a joke and a trap.

[@matthewsmith2362]

I understand they provide jobs. But long term thinking needs to set in at some point. Most restaurant food is not good for you. The health care in this country is going to get more expensive and less available if the trends continue. So we may loose a few restaurant jobs but in the end it’s a net positive.

[@American-Motors-Corporation]

@@matthewsmith2362 well really they provide the illusion of jobs! Of course the mass majority of jobs these days are fucking jokes. It's basically the countdown to when you get fired, and boy don't they have the rigorous bullshit set up just to get rid of you. Shit like metrics. Coaching just nitpicking bullshit and framework to fire you. Employers are the reason they have revolving doors and they're the ones who won't let people work for them. To most people I say hey, the 1950's called they'd like their "job security" back. I mean someone put in an order to revoke our job security. I love the idea of kicking ones micromanaging manager in the teeth even if they are female. Meh, fuck work, screw the neverending pursuit of never enough money! They're all shit jobs. I'm about to head back to the woods and live and say fuck it! That's not for everyone but I'm also not everyone I'm me and declare it's all pointless horseshit!

[@luciferlight5082]

These days,the go to restaurant for many people is the food bank 😐💁🏻‍♂️

[@rezinrussell1689]

If you post something negative about this site, it will be deleted.

[@dorkyrouge3372]

Exactly....im one of them....this site hates the TRUTH / FREE SPEECH.

[@INGSOCinfo]

Just the AI voice over is annoying enough to get through the doom and gloom report.

[@chrisniner8772]

I'm living 6 pack to 6 pack.

[@eleazarbenisrael6392]

Welcome to the club brother 😂👏🏿🥳🍻

[@HarleyDavidson_360]

Why are McDonald's Large fries $5.19?

[@12HpyPws]

A 10 pound bag of potatoes is $5. There is not that much production and transportation costs to warrant the $5.19.

[@brianmatthews4149]

Potatoes are the cheapest food around.

[@Orcalein7367]

I heard Hooters couldn't hire any qualified hostesses that could fit into the uniforms.

[@vg7985]

What do you expect for that wage? Instagram models? It’s inflation everywhere. Why Hooters should expect to hire hotties for bottom price?

[@e2tru2003]

Hilarious!

[@maxt707]

Super size.

[@brianmatthews4149]

Saw one that just closed in Moreno valley.

[@cjhoward409]

Most of my meals is $8-$10 and feeds 5 adults ! Can’t beat that

[@kohl1999]

We've had to have a family meeting and greatly limit our occasions of eating out. We have a couple kids and a busy schedule so we would sometimes pick up fast food when time was tight. It is too expensive now. It used to be that McDonald's or Burger King was cheap food but that isn't even the case anymore. This won't happen overnight, but as the weeks and months grind on, more and more families are going to be looking at their checking accounts and realizing they simply can't afford the luxury of prepared food.

[@Liz-wz8dh]

It's probably only going to get more expensive too since the corporations love to use us as piggy banks while lying about it all being because of their costs going up.

[@ashleybosvik3031]

Quesadillas are easy to make when you're tired

[@markcab2055]

Oh it not going to take months, its right now Im done with fast food, you can get super burrito for 9 bucks with all the fixings and that sucker is so big it makes for 2 meals, half now half later, forget fast food, hell you can go to an all you eat chinese buffet for 14 bucks, screw paying mickey dee's $23 for a dam big mac.

[@p.t.j.5338]

​@@ashleybosvik3031 always a good and quick bite in a pinch 👍

[@pepperpower1652]

J 0.E/ B.i.d.e.n// is Loved by the people/ around him/ getting RICH!😮

[@MinervaDoll]

I am eating a grilled cheese sandwich and vegetable soup that I canned several jars. I cannot afford to eat out with my family. My husband laid off a couple months ago. I work three jobs. My son trying to find employment to help. Not sure what is going to happen.

[@ashleybosvik3031]

Life is not easy that's for sure

[@MinervaDoll]

@@ashleybosvik3031 very true. For now, we have a place to live. We are selling one of our cars tomorrow in order to have a pad of funds. Not much, but Lord provides.

[@nightowl6811]

But the problem there is eat unhealthy then become ill

[@nightowl6811]

Forget Joba and degrees 😂! I just a global water ionizer biz in 2009 and growing fast! U all need $ then join me! Must be 18 and up! Google enagic water ionizer industry

[@nightowl6811]

Lots of money in the water ionizer industry life is super easy becoming a global distributor

[@annettes5000]

This is what greedy corporations are causing

[@jackcolwell7656]

I'm from the uk. Don't worry guys it's just as bad over here when it comes to inflation.. Your not alone. A big mac meal here is like £8-9 which is like 10-11 dollars. Everything is getting sooo expensive.

[@brianmatthews4149]

Mac is 8.00 by its self here in CA. The best deal get the 2 double burgers for 4.00. It fills you up.

[@ScoutMotto2011]

I used to go to the Boston Market location in Westminster CO often. Always loved their chicken and pecan pie. Sad to see them go.

[@johngarbarini1048]

We`ve tried all of these establishments. Our favorites are the Soylent Green salad, the badger gumbo, and the fillet of muscular dystrophy.

[@Liz-wz8dh]

Mmmm badger gumbo.

[@johngarbarini1048]

@@Liz-wz8dh - yes, with real badger, not that artifical badger meat.

[@brianmatthews4149]

Raccoon stew.squirell tacos.

[@ginatrue5716]

Goodbye menial jobs.

[@Liz-wz8dh]

This too. They don't even provide good jobs. Most restaurants are toxic work environments for their staff. I've had friends that worked in restaurants that basically developed PTSD from the psychological torture from shitty managers constantly riding their asses over stuff that doesn't even matter at the end of the day. I swear they hire ANYBODY to work in those places.

[@TheDAT9]

The times they are a changing.

[@thisisfun887]

What about Red Lobster. They just filed for bankruptcy.

[@brianmatthews4149]

I herd they were considering it.

[@jeffreyjones8531]

Is this build back better joe voters?

[@davidknight6210]

Thanks Joey !

[@eddyeroyal6024]

The reason, they are not corporate stores or location.

[@American-Motors-Corporation]

Either way they generally have the same problems and that is simply that no matter if it's the corporation or the individual franchise holder they took on way too much debt of course they will walk her out of blame minimum wage but if anyone was capable of doing math especially analytical math then they would realize that is a lie simply because those employees either being paid the proverbial 15 dollars an hour or now the new California pervertible $20 an hour it doesn't really matter simply because there's people do not get anywhere near 40 hours a week in fact most peons in a restaurant environment are capped at 13-16 hours a week and they will see no more than 20 hours a week. So they're still making the equivalent of dog shit and no it's not really costly employers half as much as they get on TV and whine about you see they need to be held accountable with by that I mean they need to prove their case if it really is hurting them then how come none of them not a fucking one up have opened their books and showed the public that it really truly actually is hurting and I'll tell you why because if they did we'd know the truth which is their full of shit and vinegar.

[@hello-vs4me]

Have not seen any fast food places closing

[@gregnixon1296]

Hardees.

[@blueyoda2897]

Stake n shake 😂

[@warrenbuffet8630]

Yea.. come to New Jersey.. 2/3 the buildings are empty. It’s a joke

[@markcab2055]

I only guess is you dont live in a democrat hell hole, out here in the country next to nevada, we dont have smash and grabs and car jacking and looting, they put up signs you loot we shoot, oh btw this Trump land go figure. We do not have places closing either.

[@Username18981]

Noodles downgraded ingredients to the point of box meals. They deserve it.

[@think4yourself916]

CA.. $20 per hour is killing more restaurants.

[@poopjeans1135]

Simple, they should all start baking fresh bread. So they can be exempt like Panera.

[@rachelsurofchek6251]

Yes but how hours do they get, not many. Sounds like alot money for maybe 4 hours a day and no benefits!!!

[@vg7985]

Restaurants closing in mine $7.25/hour red state as well.

[@kinky_Z]

That's not true. They did that in Seattle 10 years ago and the industry surged. It's just corporatist propaganda. Don't believe it!

[@kinky_Z]

That's not true. They did that in Seattle 10 years ago and the industry surged. It's just corporatist propaganda. Don't believe it!

[@marcoprolo1488]

Going to a restaurant in North America is not a pleasant experience. If you are a single man, the waitress is shoving you behind a wall, so they don't see you. If you are in couple, they stick you next to the toilets, close to the kitchen, so they don't have to walk too far. They will crank the AC up because they walk around and sweat. They don't care if you are freezing. Etc... Going out is not a pleasant experience and the mandatory tipping makes it worthlessly costly. As a result I do not go out any longer. I had too many bad experiences from misandrist or lazy waitresses. I'd rather stay home and cook for ourselves something nice.

[@12HpyPws]

Portland is not a surprise.

[@user-xo6ly2yh6t]

To eat at restaurants its a waste of money 10 minutes and the money is gone

[@wynea7911]

Happening here in Canada

[@jjmcg9184]

PLEASE not white castle! Thats really the only burger chain that i eat at for the most part.

[@gregnixon1296]

Have you seen Chick-fil-a prices lately? 😂😂😂

[@vg7985]

Same as everywhere- bought market salad for $10 last week. I like it better than other chains.

[@Firevine]

Their prices are rising, and their service is slipping. One of the ones near me is abysmal. I rarely go anymore, and never to that once closest to me.

[@matthewsmith2362]

We rarely eat out, we live in a touristy area and the restaurants have always had poor quality because they’ll be busy no matter what they do. But the last few years it’s gotten worse. Even eating at home is getting silly. We just made a family pact to cut out the flavored waters and no more OJ.

[@orangecat5036]

Boston market had a good thing going but stopped caring about the food. The one in my area sold day old food so people stopped going in, they closed it.

[@realtruther2631]

I Dont eat the crap @ McDonalds!!!...NOR WALMART CRAP MEAT!!..ITS 4 ZE SHEEP!!..BUT...HOWEVER..I USE COMMON SENSE AND REALUZE WTF IS REALLY GOING ON!!😂😂

[@brianmatthews4149]

Iam thinking about starting a line of hip soup kitchens.

[@catalinafirefly4685]

We have tons of restaurants in Peru where I can get a great fresh cooked meal for under 10$.

[@mohammedjeffali1076]

Well, yes Peru is the global south, and its not focused on eternal, growth, development, control and domination. Here, they continually tax and steal from the people. Example : They steal farmers land that grow chickens for the world, through one sided contracts. The farmers are forced to sell to the bank to pay their debt to the chicken company. Then, Bill gates buys their land from the bank.

[@dawnelder9046]

There was a family get together in a central town last winter. MacDonalds was chosen for the playroom. I am in Canada, so you can not just order patties. So I ordered a double burger with pickles only. No bun, ketchup, etc. Gluten issues and low carb. The two patties were maybe 2 inches wide. Maybe. And about an 8th of an inch thick. The 2 pickles were paper thin as well. I had no idea how small everything was now. Normally only get coffee there.

[@purejoy1985]

Used Waze for the 1st time and took me down a path I had not driven before. Led me to a Chillie's restaurant I remembered seeing lively not long ago. But there it was permanently closed and just a shell. Really sad to see to whats happening.

[@brianmatthews4149]

The voice of Thurston Howell.

[@annsmith3537]

Unemployment on Steroids Power and Control 👍👍🌹

[@JJacobs803]

The Crackle Barrel in my hometown of Columbia closed after 20years randomly. Shocked the community

[@StockDude]

Not sure how many states 54th Street is in. But I have noticed that not as many people are going in while I'm there.

[@carlosaferransr1392]

As long in-n-out and Bucees won't close, for me all is ok

[@EllieMaes-Grandad]

It’s "build back better" time, to block a fast-deteriorating situation where everything is being deliberately broken. Unless it becomes better, November ‘24, it’ll be 'game over' for USA . . .

[@elfeintwentyfives]

boston market is gone in nj maybe one or two left but they will be gone soon. main reason is 600k in back salaries and fines they got hit with by dept of labor in nj and failure to pay for supplies. one by me had big signs and posts by town state and even federal notices of it being closed in mid february and had been taken down i think sometimes in last week of march...and funny thing is boston market had not ipdated its store locator

[@21stcenturyexaminedlife45]

Surprised Jack N'Box was not on this list; I kicked my addiction 3 months ago--their food is overpriced garbage. I go out to eat once a week at a family owned Greek place, and aside from that, every meal I make is at home. Greek place has family deals I can eat for 3 lunches at work. No streaming subscriptions, which motivates me to read the books on my shelves. Car insurance increased by 50%, so I'm going to be switching from a small tier cell provider to an even smaller provider with a more modest 'data' plan to offset my increasing home internet costs too

[@mohammedjeffali1076]

You assume these restaurants are there to serve the customer. That's not who they serve. They serve the shareholder. There in, lies the problem.

[@DB5driver]

The strongest economy ever, yeah right

[@emmettmitcham1958]

Not in Redding Ca it’s real busy

[@christianque4933]

Thank you biden..

[@alfiyaa8214]

Soon will be No Food, No Clothing n No Complain… End of sad story😨

[@danielthoman7324]

I went to a Steak&Shake one time. The burger was very dry and bun stale. Worst fries ever. They must have been soaking in grease. I wonder if they are still in business 🤔 I don't see any more of their restaurants.

[@ginatrue5716]

Where's my comment?

[@kwf484]

Heavy c-ship lately

[@renegademind1833]

menial jobs.

[@EllieMaes-Grandad]

Too close to the truth, perhaps? It would be zapped . . .

[@ginatrue5716]

​@@EllieMaes-GrandadTRUE

[@danerichards7280]

My god ❤❤

[@BrettShuffler]

Good lord not the hooters and cracker barrel. Let me go there before they close.

[@tamjeanell]

Everyone is cooking more at home

[@robertnunn3015]

Before I moved from the US go retire in Asia I stopped eating out at all !

[@stonesfan285]

It's because nobody has any disposable income to spend at these places anymore. That and you can get the same food at a bar for cheaper. The truth is that the economy is in a depression. The job market is the worst it's been in decades (worse than 2008), pay is stagnant, there will be even more layoffs because of interest rates remaining high and there will be another credit collapse and watch as people lose their homes left and right.

[@rightsdontcomewithpermits7073]

Stuff is not getting more expensive. Our fiat currency is losing the last remaining purchasing power it had. 😂😂😂 Keep on blaming left or right. 😂😂😂 They are the same.

[@seandadon4884]

Ewwwww! At 17:01 that fly landing on the spoon is going to put that restaurant out of business!!!

[@warrenbuffet8630]

🤢🤮

[@keithwolstenholme4238]

Denny’s and Boston Market been gone. IHOP, Wendy’s soon to follow.

[@JS-jh4cy]

Most of these franchises sell an license way too damn high

[@johngalt5504]

I wonder if we will see a decrease in the obesity rate.

[@Karlsz]

Thurston Howell III sounds incensed.

[@REDDAWN2010]

$9 cabbage head in Canada.

[@dropleckk4404]

I cook my own food. I know where my hands have been.

[@kamilb1729]

Hard landing on me arse. Broken spines and hunger games here. We. Go.

[@SciaticaDrums]

As others have said, poorer quality food, high prices and smaller portions. As far as Applebee's it can't happen fast enough. We went there once, never been back. Cracker Barrel used to be good but they can't even make grits right. Portions are too small. I'd rather go to a diner.

[@fulamorales2943]

🙄 Hey! here in panama closed two stores in one months, burger king and mac donald, in calidonia town! the colapse has begun! 😲😬🥳😢🤫

[@OldFortBragg]

Local and state governments are getting into small business operations and regulate them out of business. Governments regulating wages, taxes, and DEI. Sanitation is getting worse. food coming from Mexico where they use human waste in the fields and use pesticides. I expect people who graduate colleges with degrees in business management are taught closing of businesses. Lawyers are involved when someone wants a lawsuit. Finally, inflation is under new management, big Joe.

[@JS-jh4cy]

Why no count? Simply have city hall employees do something like count number of business licenses for each year and subtract the difference and number of businesses not there, of which most bankrupt and a few just closed and went back overseas

[@e2tru2003]

Partisan politics has very little to do with this. If more people read versus being spoon fed political rhetoric we’d be a better society. It’s the partisan system that keeps working class behind the 8 ball.

[@JamesBrown-db9pk]

dems and biden fked it up get real guy

[@sethalexander3164]

GOOD FREE MARKET CAN THRIVE. INSTEAD OF CORPORATE PIRACY

[@majesticf0x130]

where's the collapse british voice man

[@jennyohara4011]

open your eyes!

[@majesticf0x130]

@@jennyohara4011 wide open friend just like the border

[@ginatrue5716]

goodbye menial jobs.

[@JamesBrown-db9pk]

i went 2 my breakfest plac this am 11.00bucks 2eggs and toast and coffey looks like ill go 2times a week 2 see the guys not 4 times

[@user-gm9he1os5o]

Tack-O-Bell...A.I. voice

[@williamwilson6499]

No, not AI voice. You’re just clueless.

[@renegademind1833]

We need watch more 'cooking shows' Learn to make better tasty meals, from grass, weeds, and meaty creatures.

[@sucksessless]

let's talk about the world... LmA0

[@vivi44]

America is finished, to quote Max Max:Beyond Thunderdome "Dying time is here"

[@jeffersonblackmon]

playback speed 1.25 - thank me later

[@marcijode]

Blah, Blah, Blah Thank you for my daily dose of Doom and Gloom ☹️

[@lorishoemaker3906]

People are getting tapped out. Not a lot left after all bills are payed.

[@pepperpower1652]

WE NEED GOD!! Eclipse: Warning us!!!!!!😮 REPENT

[@williamwilson6499]

Eclipses happen periodically. Have been for millions of years.

[@EllieMaes-Grandad]

God will not abandon anybody, ever, but what of those who abandon Him, deny Him? When nations not only fail to observe His laws but deny them, has all hope been lost?

[@user-gm9he1os5o]

Tay-coh Bell

[@bernardbuonocore6927]

Your not allowed to eat at restaurants anymore. Your not allowed to eat real food anymore. This all will end

[@tysonthompson1381]

❤

[@user-rv5kf6od4u]

Save the animals from being eaten. 😂❤