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TGI Fridays abruptly shutters more restaurants - bringing total this year to almost 40
TGI Fridays has abruptly shuttered another restaurant in New Jersey - bringing the total this year in the state to eight.
The most recent was its location in Brick on Route 70, which closed suddenly on Sunday.
Another is due to close in downtown Buffalo in New York State in the coming weeks too.
The move follows an announcement in January that it was shuttering 36 'underperforming' restaurants across 12 states in the US. Most closed that month.
The total for 2024 is now at least 38. Scroll down to see the list of all of them.
TGI Fridays continues to shutter restaurants - with another in Brick, New Jersey serving customers for the final time on Sunday. This is the Manhattan TGI Fridays
'We've identified opportunities to optimize and streamline our operations to ensure we are best positioned to meet – and exceed – on that brand promise,' TGI Fridays US president Ray Risley said.
The latest to shut was the TGI Fridays at 709 on Route 70 through Brick.
Meanwhile, the TGI Fridays at 601 Main Street in Buffalo - under a Holiday Inn Express - is slated to close for good in June.
TGI Fridays - which first opened in New York City in 1965 - has around 210 US restaurants. Globally, it operates more than 650 restaurants in 51 countries.
Other big name restaurant chains have been shuttering outlets too. Red Lobster has shut almost 100 and filed for bankruptcy while Applebee's is closing 35.
At the annoucement in January, TGI Fridays said the 36 would shut down right away. At the time it did not name these, but seven of those were also in New Jersey - the state most affected by the closures.
They were also in Massachusetts, New York, California, Colorado, Florida, Texas and Pennsylvania.
The popular chain said eight previously corporate-owned restaurants in the Northeast were being sold to former CEO Ray Blanchette.
The sold locations include eateries in Methuen, Manchester, Boston, Millbury, Everett, Braintree, Concord and Stoughton.
The US arm - known as TGI Fridays Inc - is later this year to merge with Hostmore, which runs 89 TGI sites in the UK.
It will create a larger firm which will remain listed in London.
TGI Fridays closures in 2024
California
Fresno: 1077 E. Herndon Ave. 93720
Colorado
Denver: 8104 Northfield Blvd., 80238
Longmont: 125 Ken Pratt Blvd., 80501
Connecticut
Newington: 3025 Berlin Turnpike, 06111
Florida
Ormond Beach: 24 Ocean Shore Blvd., 32176
Royal Palm: 580 N. State Road 7, 33411
Massachusetts
Berlin/Marlborough: 601 Donald Lynch Blvd., 01752
Danvers: 49 Newbury St., 01923
Dedham: 750 Providence Hwy, 02026
Mansfield: 280 School St. Suite A100, 02048
North Attleboro: 1385 S. Washington St., 02760
Seekonk: 1105 Fall River Ave., 02771
Maryland
Bowie: 15207 Major Lansdale Blvd., 20716
Columbia: 8330 Benson Dr., 21045
New Hampshire
Amherst: 124 NH-101A Ste. 28, 03031
New Jersey
*Brick: 709 Route 70, Brick, 08723
Eatontown: 180 NJ-35 Ste. 6000, 07724
Hackensack: 411 Hackensack Ave., 07601
Iselin/Woodbridge: 401 Gill Ln., 08830
Marlton: 970 Rte. 73 N., 08053
Princeton: 3535 US-1 #275, 08540
Springfield: 40 US-22, 07081
Wayne Town Center: 71 Route 23 South, 07470
New York
Albany: 1475 Western Ave, 12203
Bay Shore: 1725 Sunrise Hwy., 11706
**Buffalo: 601 Main Street, 14203
Hauppauge: 3045 Expy Drive N., 11749
Massapequa: 5204 Sunrise Hwy., 11762
Woodbury Township: 5 Centre Dr., 10917
Pennsylvania
Willow Grove: 2500 W. Moreland Rd., 19090
Texas
Corpus Christi: 5217 S. Padre Island Dr., 78411
Houston Almeda: 12895 Gulf Fwy., 77034
North Arlington: 1524 N. Collins Street, 76011
The Woodlands: 1105 Lake Woodlands Dr., 77380
Virginia
Fredericksburg: 1160 Carl D Silver Pkwy, 22401
Manassas: 7401 Sudley Rd., 20109
Springfield: 6751-B Frontier Dr., 22150
Woodbridge/Potomac Mills: 13237 Worth Ave., 22192
*Shut on May 19
**Due to shut in June
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