TGI Fridays sparks major fears from fans as restaurant closures quietly continue

TGI Fridays has closed much than a twelve locations successful nan past month, including six conscionable this week. 

The celebrated casual eating concatenation is nan latest to struggle arsenic Americans, disappointment pinch higher paper costs, opt to eat astatine location more. Other chains, including Red Lobster, Applebee’s and Hooters, have besides closed locations.

Signs posted astatine TGI's shuttered locations  - focused successful nan East Coast, Southeast, and Midwest - described nan determination arsenic 'difficult' and directed customers to adjacent restaurants. 

The latest closures follow the 36 'underperforming' TGI locations shuttered successful January, and respective much successful nan summer. It now hardly has much than 200 near successful nan US.

The six astir caller closures were successful Leesburg, Virginia; Allentown, Pennsylvania; Middletown, Poughkeepsie, and Clifton Park, New York; and Enfield, Connecticut.

Other closures complete nan past period see restaurants successful Charlotte, North Carolina; Charleston, South Carolina; Grand Chute, Wisconsin; Saginaw Township, Michigan; Schererville, Indiana; and 2 locations successful Minnesota - St. Louis Park and Edina.

The concatenation also shut 2 restaurants successful May, including 1 successful New Jersey and different successful downtown Buffalo successful New York State. 

TGI Friday's has not commented connected nan latest closures.

But successful May, US president Ray Risley said: 'We've identified opportunities to optimize and streamline our operations to guarantee we are champion positioned to meet – and transcend – connected that marque promise.' 

TGI Fridays - which first opened successful New York City in 1965 - was down to astir 215 US restaurants earlier these latest closures. Globally, it operates much than 650 restaurants successful 51 countries. 

At nan announcement successful January, TGI Fridays said nan 36 would unopen down correct away.  At nan clip it did not sanction these, but seven of those were besides successful New Jersey - nan authorities astir affected by nan closures. 

The US limb - known arsenic TGI Fridays Inc - is was owed this year to merge pinch Hostmore, which runs 89 TGI sites successful nan UK.  

But the woody fell apart, arsenic did nan scheme to create a larger patient listed successful London.

Casual eating restaurants for illustration TGI's and accelerated nutrient giants for illustration McDonald's person seen income autumn as a consequence of Americans voting pinch their wallets successful response to 2 years of paper value hikes. 

Worst deed person been nan older, much accepted chains that person not modernized.  

Red Lobster unopen almost 100 in May and revenge for bankruptcy, while Applebee's is closing 35. 

BurgerFi was nan latest for record for bankruptcy in September - sparking sparks fears of wide closures of its 162 locations. 

Meanwhile, it emerged successful September that Hooters - known for its scantily-clad waitresses - is nan latest to look financial problems as it deals with $300 cardinal of debts. It also closed astir 40 'underperforming' restaurants earlier this year. 

Chains person been worst deed successful California wherever nan minimum costs for accelerated nutrient restaurants jumped to $20-an-hour from April 1. 

 In early June, Mexican concatenation Rubio's unopen 48 locations in nan authorities and besides revenge for bankruptcy. 

TGI did not respond to DailyMail.com's petition for comment.