• Massive 14-hour line forms as Colorado gets first In-N-Out Burger joints

    Massive 14-hour line forms as Colorado gets first In-N-Out Burger joints

    That menu must not be much of a secret after all. Colorado fans of the iconic California chain In-N-Out Burger waited on epic lines Friday as the state’s first two outlets opened. In Aurora,
  • McDonald’s franchisees face inspections over ‘COVID fatigue’

    McDonald’s franchisees face inspections over ‘COVID fatigue’

    McDonald’s is upping its inspections in hopes of warding off “Covid fatigue,” The Post has learned. The Golden Arches in a memo Friday told its franchisees that it will be conducting new safety
  • Friendly’s restaurant chain files for bankruptcy amid COVID-19 crunch

    Friendly’s restaurant chain files for bankruptcy amid COVID-19 crunch

    Friendly's, the iconic East Coast restaurant chain famous for its ice cream, has filed for bankruptcy after the coronavirus pandemic upended its turnaround plans.
  • Beleaguered Subway chain slashes another 150 jobs

    Beleaguered Subway chain slashes another 150 jobs

    Subway slashed 150 jobs this week — the latest in a series of cutbacks at the struggling sandwich chain that kicked off before the coronavirus crushed restaurant sales nationwide. The latest cutbacks add to the 300 people Subway laid off in February amid record store closures that have plagued the company for years. In total, …
  • Chuck E. Cheese changes name to ‘Pasqually’s Pizza & Wings’ on delivery app

    Chuck E. Cheese changes name to ‘Pasqually’s Pizza & Wings’ on delivery app

    Is Chuck E. Cheese saying goodbye to their mousey mascot forever? Last year, the pizza-playground chain scrapped the anthropomorphic, animatronic animal band featuring their spokes-rodent Chuck. Now, according to eagle-eyed diners who spotted the change on GrubHub, the restaurant is now doing business as Pasqually’s Pizza & Wings — with an entirely redesigned and distinctly …
  • Popeyes to open first China store as coronavirus hammers food industry

    Popeyes to open first China store as coronavirus hammers food industry

    Popeyes plans to open its first restaurant in China this week despite the coronavirus pandemic hammering the industry. The Cajun-inspired chain’s Shanghai chicken joint will open Friday as parent company Restaurant Brands International embarks on an expansion strategy that will see 1,500 Popeyes stores open in China over 10 years. The effort is in partnership …
  • Nathan’s Famous to return $1.2 million coronavirus small-business loan

    Nathan’s Famous to return $1.2 million coronavirus small-business loan

    Nathan’s Famous has joined the slew of companies returning small-business loans amid an outcry over big firms getting coronavirus aid. The storied Coney Island hot dog brand plans to return the $1.2 million loan it received through the Paycheck Protection Program meant to help Main Street merchants cover payroll and other expenses during the pandemic. …
  • Bankrupt restaurant owner CraftWorks fires nearly 18,000 workers

    Bankrupt restaurant owner CraftWorks fires nearly 18,000 workers

    The company behind the Logan’s Roadhouse and Old Chicago restaurant chains has reportedly fired thousands of workers as the coronavirus keeps its restaurants closed. CraftWorks Holdings — which filed for bankruptcy last month — axed almost all of its 18,000 employees this week after putting them on furlough in early March, the Wall Street Journal …
  • Cheesecake Factory furloughs thousands of workers as coronavirus shuts restaurants

    Cheesecake Factory furloughs thousands of workers as coronavirus shuts restaurants

    The Cheesecake Factory has sidelined nearly all of its restaurant workers, without pay, as the coronavirus crisis shutters some of its eateries, records show. The California-based chain has furloughed about 41,000 hourly restaurant staffers because of reductions in dine-in service and “landlord closures of certain properties,” it said in a Friday regulatory filing. That number …