Some Of Your Favorite Restaurants That Had To Downsize Or Shut In 2020

Published on 07/15/2020
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KFC

Colonel Sanders founded Kentucky Fried Chicken in 1930 after he started out selling his famous chicken recipe on a roadside stand in Kentucky – during the time of the Great Depression. After a while, he realized the company would do great as a franchise, so this process started in 1952. It took the world with a bang and became major competition for popular restaurants like McDonald’s, who only served burgers and fries. However, by the end of 2020, a lot of the branches were set to be closed in a bid to increase their profits as well as manage well against the many chicken-based restaurants on the market like Popeye’s and Chick-fil-A. These two companies could be considered KFC’s main rivals.

KFC

KFC

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Ruby Tuesday

Ruby Tuesday is almost like Applebee’s and TGI Fridays and was established in 1972 in Knoxville, Tennessee. In recent times, its overall sales have been on a downward trend, and as such, the decision to close a lot of its stores is more than imminent. There are approximately 491 branches worldwide with a lot located on the east coast and some on the Pacific Coast. A few years back, the company also owned Marlin and Ray’s, but unfortunately, all those branches were closed out.

Ruby Tuesday

Ruby Tuesday

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