Popular Food Chain Shuts Down Nearly 50 Locations In One Month

TGI Fridays has closed over a dozen locations in the United States within the last month.

According to the TGI Fridays website, its locations have closed in Clifton Park, Middletown; Poughkeepsie, New York; Allentown, Pennsylvania; Enfield, Connecticut; and Leesburg, Virginia.

In the United Kingdom, the restaurant chain is also closing several locations.

Sky News reported that TGI Fridays will close 35 restaurants in England.

T.G.I. Fridays Closes 12 Stores In The U.S. In Just 1 Month https://t.co/O2rWKobDJs #OAN

— One America News (@OANN) October 16, 2024

Meanwhile, in Clifton Park… TGI Fridays has closed its doors after 25 years. The only location that remains in the Capital Region is in Saratoga 📍 pic.twitter.com/PxR7cOEL4L

— Two Buttons Deep (@TwoButtonsDeep) October 17, 2024

Here’s what The New York Post reported:

Your ability to enjoy a plate of loaded potato skins and $5 happy hour drinks is slowly dwindling, as TGI Fridays has closed 12 U.S. locations in the past month and shuttered 35 restaurants across the pond.

According to the company’s location section on its website, multiple TGI Fridays locations in the Northeast closed last week, including in Clifton Park, Middletown and Poughkeepsie, New York; Allentown, Pennsylvania; Enfield, Connecticut; and Leesburg, Virginia.

Additional closures from earlier this month took place in the Southeast and Midwest regions, in states like North Carolina, South Carolina, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Indiana, as well as two locations in Minnesota.

United Kingdom-based Sky News also reported last week that the restaurant chain secured an acquisition deal to save 51 locations and their workers’ jobs, but ultimately, 35 stores closed their doors immediately and more than 1,000 employees were let go.

Reports: TGI Friday's closed about a dozen restaurants in the last month, including in our area https://t.co/NLybSdgaxu

— WBAY-TV 2 (@WBAY) October 18, 2024

Per OAN:

T.G.I. Fridays, the restaurant chain known for its loaded potato skins and $5 happy hour cocktails, announced it closed 12 U.S. locations in September and shut down 35 restaurants in the U.K.

According to the restaurant chain’s website, multiple T.G.I. Fridays locations in the Northeast closed last week, including in Clifton Park, Middletown and Poughkeepsie, New York; Allentown, Pennsylvania; Enfield, Connecticut; and Leesburg, Virginia.

More closures took place earlier this month in the Southeast and Midwest areas, in states such as North Carolina, Michigan, Wisconsin, South Carolina, Indiana, as well as two locations in Minnesota.

The UK-based Sky News also reported last week that the restaurant chain closed an acquisition deal to save 51 locations and their employees jobs, but had to close 35 stores immediately resulting in over 1,000 workers being let go.