The restaurant business is a notoriously hard business in which to thrive long-term.
Given how tough the industry is, it’s always a disappointment but hardly a surprise when arestaurant fails.
And that’s just what happened a shocking number of times in 2022.
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Here are8 restaurant chains that declared bankruptcy this year.
The pizzeria brand has pointed to both the pandemic and recent inflation as the primary drivers of thebankruptcy filing.
Happy Joe’s Pizza
2022 was not such a happy year for Happy Joe’s Pizza.
Bertucci’s Italian Restaurant
After all, the arcade/billiards/bowling/dining destination had filed for bankruptcy protection twice in as many decades.
Cosi
It has been an odd on-again, off-again bankruptcy story for Cosi, according toBloomberg Law.
Then, in the summer of 2022, the chain again sought to open a Chapter 11 bankruptcy case.
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