Fast food chain with 1,023 stores shuts location as customers are met with chain link fence & ‘sorry we’ve closed’ sign
A POPULAR fast food chain with over 1,000 US locations has shut down one of its locations in Alabama.
Customers were met with a chain link fence and sign alerting them of the closure.
A Whataburger in Trussville, Alabama - 15 miles northeast of Birmingham - officially shut its doors on May 6, per the Trussville Tribune.
The closed fast food chain's windows were boarded and the restaurant was surrounded by a chain link fence.
A sign on the fence read, "Sorry, we've closed," and directed customers to a nearby Whataburger in Leeds, around 16 miles away.
Customers speculated on X that the closure had to do with the restaurant's location.
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"It's in a terrible spot," reads one comment.
"It's going to be like that restaurant on the other hill that can never get anyone to buy it even though it's such a nice building."
"Terrible location," wrote another user.
Whataburger was started in Corpus Christi, Texas, in 1950, and its locations are concentrated mainly in the southern US.
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The fast food chain has 1,023 US locations across 372 cities.
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Another restaurant similarly shut its doors, leaving foodies in Austin, Texas, with one less dining option.
Trudy's, a Tex-Mex chain based in Austin, also closed on May 6.
The chain of nearly 50 years shuttered its South Star location in South Austin, leaving only one remaining restaurant in North Star.
Trudy’s had struggled financially and filed for bankruptcy a few years back, according to the Austin American-Statesman.
The chain's bankruptcy issues were resolved when it was purchased by a venture capital firm in 2020 for $6.5 million.
However, the restaurant could not escape its financial troubles and was forced to close its location in South Austin.
“We have looked at multiple options to keep this location open, but the economics and changes in the immediate shopping area unfortunately do not work,” said Trudy's CEO Scott Taylor, per local ABC affiliate KVUE.
Restaurant closures in 2024
BOSSES at major dining chains have announced a series of restaurant closures. The U.S. Sun has compiled a list of the chain's affected.
- Cracker Barrel: Stores in Medford, Oregon, Columbia, South Carolina, and Sacramento, California, have closed.
- Mod Pizza: Bosses dramatically shuttered 27 shops, including in the state of California.
- Frisch's Big Boy: Restaurant chiefs confirmed the closure of a restaurant in Covington, Kentucky.
- Two Bucks: Four restaurants in Ohio are set to close.
- Chili's: A restaurant in Port Arthur, Texas, has shut permanently.
- Friendly's: Bosses confirmed an establishment in Ronkonkoma, Long Island will close.
- Pizza Hut: A restaurant in Glen Falls, New York, closed at the end of March.
- Denny's: Two restaurants in Boise and Nampa, Idaho, have closed.
- Carl's Jr.: The first Boise, Idaho location has closed.
“We want to thank all our loyal fans in South Austin for making Trudy’s a part of their lives over the years, and we invite them to visit our North Star restaurant whenever they can.
"We are looking to re-engage with the local artists and re-energize some of the cool elements in the iconic North Star location while we look to bring new locations to the Austin market."
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