{"id":139898,"date":"2023-10-26T11:36:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T11:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magdelaine.net\/?p=139898"},"modified":"2023-10-26T11:36:04","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T11:36:04","slug":"family-favourite-restaurant-chain-abruptly-shuts-branch-as-stunned-customers-are-met-with-a-sign-on-the-door-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magdelaine.net\/lifestyle\/family-favourite-restaurant-chain-abruptly-shuts-branch-as-stunned-customers-are-met-with-a-sign-on-the-door-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Family favourite restaurant chain abruptly shuts branch as stunned customers are met with a sign on the door | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

A BRANCH of a popular family restaurant has abruptly closed as customers were met with locked doors this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Swindon <\/em>location of Frankie and Benny's in Greenbridge Retail and Leisure Park shut its doors on Sunday. <\/p>\n

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Menu signs were seen being taken off the outside of the building on Monday.<\/p>\n

It seems even staff were shocked at the news with one commenting they were only told a month before the restaurant was due to close.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A spokesperson from Frankie and Benny\u2019s has said: \u201cWe announced a review of our Leisure estate in March and made the difficult decision to exit some of our sites.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are working closely with our impacted teams and will look to redeploy colleagues to neighbouring sites across our wider estate wherever possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Fans of the restaurant chain were shocked upon hearing the news and took to Facebook to share their frustration.<\/p>\n

One user said: \u201cRight I\u2019m moving out of Swindon.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI loved their pancakes!\u201d said another<\/p>\n

A third user said: \u201cToo expensive people don\u2019t have the money these days, that's why things are closing. Blame the government.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Local media reports that managers at the Swindon site were concerned they would see fewer customers after the next-door cinema Empire closed down in July.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cinema chain Vue is set to take over the location but it looks like the move is too little too late to save the Frankie and Benny\u2019s Swindon restaurant.<\/p>\n

Forty other branches of\u00a0Frankie and Benny's have closed\u00a0over the past year.<\/p>\n

Last month The Restaurant Group, which owns other big names like Las Iguanas and Bella Italia, completed a deal to sell both Frankie and Benny\u2019s and Chiquito's to Cafe Rouge owner The Big Table Group.<\/p>\n

The \u00a37.5million deal will allow the group to focus on its other brands, including Wagamama.<\/p>\n

The move included 75 restaurants an associated restaurant and management team employees.<\/p>\n

The hospitality industry as a whole has been struggling to pick up after the pandemic.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The cost of living has caused families to spend much less on eating out, and many chains are also struggling to cope with soaring energy bills and inflation.<\/p>\n

Several chains have been affected, resulting in brands like\u00a0Wetherspoons\u00a0closing branches.<\/p>\n

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