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Informal eating chain TGI Fridays Inc. filed for Chapter 11 chapter in Texas on Saturday with the corporate’s government chairman saying it nonetheless has not totally recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The bar and grill chain, recognized for serving up hamburgers, loaded potato skins and $5 blissful hour drinks, mentioned the transfer was completed to “tackle legacy liabilities and place eating places for long-term success,” the corporate mentioned in a press launch.
The Dallas-based firm says 39 of its corporate-operated home eating places would stay open. TGI Fridays is brief for “Thank God it is Friday.”
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TGI Fridays has closed its longtime restaurant on Route 38 in Cherry Hill. (Jim Walsh/Courier-Publish / USA TODAY NETWORK through Imagn Photos / IMAGN)
Moreover, the corporate has franchised the model to 56 franchisees in 41 nations. All of those franchise places, each home and worldwide, are independently owned and subsequently not included in TGI Fridays Chapter 11 course of, the corporate mentioned.
The corporate says it expects to make use of the time and authorized protections made out there via the Chapter 11 restructuring course of to discover strategic options so as to make sure the long-term viability of the model.
“The subsequent steps introduced right now are troublesome however obligatory actions to guard the most effective pursuits of our stakeholders, together with our home and worldwide franchisees and our valued group members around the globe,” TGI Fridays Inc government chairman Rohit Manocha mentioned in a press release.
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A shuttered TGI Fridays retailer in Princeton, New Jersey (Getty Photos/Photograph illustration / Getty Photos)
“The first driver of our monetary challenges resulted from COVID-19 and our capital construction. This restructuring will enable our go-forward eating places to proceed with an optimized company infrastructure that permits them to achieve their full potential.”
The Firm says it has secured a dedication for debtor-in-possession financing to assist operations whereas continuing via the Chapter 11 course of.
The TGI Fridays model and associated mental property will not be included within the Chapter 11 submitting attributable to a securitization settlement with a separate investor group, the corporate says.
The corporate closed 12 U.S. places and shuttered 35 eating places overseas in current weeks.
In January, the model closed 36 of its eating places throughout the U.S. which have been “underperforming,” claiming it was a part of a long-term development technique to make sure viability.
A picture of the signal for T.G.I Fridays in New York (Bruce Bennett/Getty Photos / Getty Photos)
It additionally offered eight of its corporate-owned eating places to its former CEO Ray Blanchette that month, with the corporate including that this “period of transformation” will assist drive continued income for the chain.
TGI Fridays has been serving its prospects for greater than 50 years.
The corporate says it at present operates greater than 461 eating places in 41 nations serving “high-quality, basic American meals and iconic drinks backed by genuine and real service.’
Fox Information’ Kristen Altus and Daniella Genovese contributed to this report.
