This year will mark the 40th anniversary of the restaurant known for copious amounts ofchicken wingsandbeer.

Why is this famous “breastaurant” seeing so many locationsshutting down for good?

There have been four CEOs since 2003, for example.

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And according to TheAtlanta Journal-Constitution, the chain was bought by a group of private investors in 2011.

Hooters was finally sold off again in 2019.

A previous version of this article was originally published in Nov. 2022.

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It has been updated with additional information.

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