Retail Watchers

Another Michigan closure to report: 26101 Eureka in Taylor closed within the past month, leaving the entire city with just two locations on opposite ends of town (one of which is a Target location). The previous Taylor CVS closure at Goddard/Pardee is becoming a Dollar Tree, and the former downtown ...

https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/financing/huge-hardees-franchisee-declares-bankruptcy-closes-39-restaurants The franchisee, Summit Restaurant Holdings, once owned 145 Hardee's and Carl's Jr. locations in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Kansas, Missouri and Wyoming. The franchise...

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400 locations will close by the end of this year. No list, but any unremodeled location will likely be possible candidates for closure.

Breaking away from the Chicago talk...yet another Neighborhood Market closure has been announced, this one in Overland Park, Kansas: https://shawneemissionpost.com/2023/05/ ... ng-200575/

More Burger King closures have been announced. The majority of these 27 closures are in Minnesota and Utah, with 3 locations each in Montana and Nebraska and a location each in Kansas, North Dakota and Wyoming getting the axe as well. All of these are owned by Meridian Restaurants Unlimited, which f...

Following the closure of the last of these locations yesterday, it has been revealed that the big reason for these closures was the complaint Burger King corporate filed with EYM King of Michigan in early March that after terminating the franchise agreement, EYM's restaurants continued to display BK...

Even more closures announced today - this time, four locations within the city of Chicago proper are closing.

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I would not be surprised if they exit the city completely by the end of this year.

The Starbucks at Woodward & Mack in midtown Detroit closed back on February 13 directly due to safety issues. This is in a semi-upscale area with a Whole Foods just behind the now-closed location and a development with a small-format Target about to break ground across the street, but employees ...

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2023/03/27/26-burger-king-closures-in-metro-detroit-to-cause-hundreds-of-layoffs/ In this shocking development, the franchise owning these 26 locations, EYM King of Michigan, has failed to reach an operating agreement with Burger King Corporation and is now...

The first Michigan Kum & Go is now open in Walker. Stores in Wyoming and Grandville are opening soon, and Detroit stores will follow next year. https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/kum-go-opens-first-michigan-location-with-plans-to-expand-to-detroit-area-next-year?taid=63c99dc0a197b70001905426&u...