Boston Market is down to 27 restaurants
The owner of the rotisserie chicken chain also had his second bankruptcy filing terminated over technical issues and is banned from filing another one.
Boston Market’s downfall may be coming to its final weeks as the once-national chain of rotisserie chicken restaurants is down to just about 27 locations, several sources told Restaurant Business.
Meanwhile, a federal court judge on Friday terminated Boston Market owner Jay Pandya’s second personal bankruptcy filing over technical issues.
In the process, the judge banned Pandya from declaring bankruptcy for another six months.
The news highlights the continued downward spiral of the fast-casual chain, which has been in severe decline over the past two years amid lawsuits, unpaid bills and large numbers of closed restaurants.
The company began 2023 with about 300 locations and has been closing numerous restaurants since then.
The closures come either because landlords are evicting Boston Market over unpaid bills, or because state officials are shutting down restaurants over unpaid sales taxes or other issues.
Estimates on how many locations have closed have varied greatly. Restaurant Business sister company Technomic said the brand operated as few as 79 locations as of early January.
But the brand has continued to close locations. “Restaurants are closing every day,” one former employee said. A list of open restaurants provided to Restaurant Business includes just 27 locations, and several employees confirmed the number.
Pandya himself disputed the number of locations, insisting that there are "more than double" Boston Market restaurants currently opened. We asked him to provide a list of locations, but he has thus far refused to do so.
The number of remaining locations highlights the kind of freefall Boston Market is in right now. More than nine out of 10 of the brand’s restaurants have shut down over the past 15 months, a collapse nearly unprecedented for a brand that size.
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