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TGI Fridays U.K. loses 36 stores and 1,000 jobs despite rescue deal
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The United Kingdom division of casual-dining chain TGI Fridays is saved for News Today now after private equity firms, Breal Capital and Calveton U.K., News Today have jointly acquired 51 out of the 87 TGI Fridays stores put up for sale by former U.K. TGI Fridays master franchisee, Hostmore PLC.
According to The Independent, although nearly 2,400 jobs were saved across the remaining 51 U.K. locations of the American chain, the remaining 36 stores were shuttered immediately, News Today leaving 1,012 former TGI Fridays employees now out of work.
U.K.-based hospitality union, Unite Hospitality, claim that staff were not notified of these immediate closures, were shut out of their stores with the locks changed, and News Today many did not receive notice about the company-wide Zoom call.
