More Burger King restaurants are closing, according to various news outlets. The latest restaurant closures will be in Florida, New York, and Nebraska.<\/p>\n
Franchisees announced 26 store closures in Michigan in March and 27 closures across seven states, including in Nabraska, Utah, and Minnesota in April.<\/p>\n
The recently closed locations in Nebraska have been open for at least 40 years and were run by the same franchisee who closed 27 stores in the spring, according to the Lincoln Journal Star.<\/p>\n
In Long Island, New York, the closed Burger King restaurant is expected to be replaced by a McDonald\u2019s, according to GreaterLongIsland.com.
\nBurger King could not be reached for comment.<\/p>\n
In May, Joshua Kobza, CEO of Burger King\u2019s parent company, Restaurant Brands International, said the chain would close up to 300 to 400 restaurants during the fiscal year. That would be equal to the number of closures the struggling chain closed during the pandemic, he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would emphasize that there is a fair degree of uncertainty regarding exact numbers, and this will depend, to some extent, on the pace of recovery in the business, which we\u2019ve already begun to see,\u201d Kobza said in May. He became CEO in March, replacing longtime CEO Jos\u00e9 Cil.<\/p>\n
In September 2022, Burger King announced a $400 million turnaround plan that called for the chain to upgrade 800 of the company\u2019s top-performing restaurants.
\nDuring its latest earnings call last week, the chain said restaurant traffic at Burger King was flat as the company continued to close underperforming and aging restaurants.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe closed older and lower performing restaurants to support a more modern system increasingly run by better operators,\u201d Kobuza said.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s a list of the closed stores:
\nFlorida:
\n210 E. State Street, Jacksonville<\/p>\n
1981 Kings Road, Jacksonville
\nNew York:
\n32 Montauk Highway, Long Island<\/p>\n
Nebraska:
\n1448 N. 48th Street, Lincoln<\/p>\n
5940 Havelock Avenue, Lincoln<\/p>\n
2805 South 48th Street, Lincoln<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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