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Date: March 25th, 2024 5:05 PM Author: gay nofapping round eye point RIP in peace:
Fast-food chain nears end after failed Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings
When retailers begin the march to bankruptcy, regular customers may notice.
The signs can be hidden, but if you look closely enough, you see things like merchandise not being available in every size or certain shelves being barer than usual.
That happens when a company lacks the cash to pay its vendors or it attempts to space out orders longer in order to push off when the bills come due. Once a lack of money starts affecting whether a retailer can fill its shelves, the end becomes more or less inevitable.
Less merchandise means fewer sales, which simply builds upon the cycle, That's what happened with bankrupt, and now defunct, retailers Tuesday Morning, Christmas Tree Shops, and Bed Bath & Beyond.
You can't make money when you have nothing to sell, but customers are more forgiving with retailers than restaurants. It's not uncommon to go to a thriving store and not find exactly what you want. If that happens, you won't cross the store off your list and will almost certainly give it at least a few chances to meet your needs.
That's not true when it comes to struggling restaurants. If you visit a fast-food burger chain and it's out of burgers or offers meat different from what you expect, that's not a good sign, and it may be the beginning of the end.
Boston Market nearing the end
Boston Market has dwindled from a rising national chain with over 300 locations to one that's out of money with less than 30 stores left. The struggling chain, owned by Jay Pandya, faces hundreds of lawsuits and lost a judgment against its key supplier, US Foods, for $15 million.
The company is appealing that verdict, but a victory there seems unlikely given the original ruling in the case. U.S. District Judge Manish Shah said Boston Market had a "willful disregard" for the lawsuit.
"Shah issued the default judgment and also dismissed Boston Market’s response to the lawsuit and its counterclaim that US Foods charged too much for food," Restaurant Business Online reported.
Pandya has twice attempted to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In both cases his filing has been dismissed. After his latest filing was denied, a bankruptcy court judge banned the Boston Market owner, who listed the US Foods judgment among his debts, from filing again for six months.
Without Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Boston Market has no way to forestall the evictions that have forced most of its stores to close. Boston Market has a proud history
Founded as Boston Chicken in 1985, the chain began in a Boston suburb and grew quickly. Marketed as a meal replacement that was better for you than traditional fast food, the chain helped make rotisserie chicken popular, and it arguably paved the way for higher-end fast food chains like Chipotle and Cava.
The chain, at least what's left of it, still tries to abide by the principles that first made the company successful.
"Our mission is to create awesome rotisserie meals," the company says on its website. "We started our restaurant revolution with just three ingredients: fire, a spit, and chicken. No one does chicken like we do. But chicken isn’t the only thing that hits our rotisserie oven — we utilize the same tried-and-true techniques on our prime rib. Get hungry for rotisserie perfection."
Boston Market, which once counted McDonald's among its owners, has tried to move beyond chicken in recent years, Menu expansion, however, could not fix its financial problems and over the past 12 months locations have been rapidly closing as the brand moves toward what seems like its inevitable demise.
https://www.thestreet.com/restaurants/fast-food-chain-nears-end-after-failed-chapter-11-bankruptcy-filings |
Date: March 25th, 2024 5:13 PM Author: excitant resort macaca a few weeks ago I noticed that the one sort of near me is completely closed.
TBH it was going downhill fast - food was crappy, dining area filthy, etc |
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Date: March 25th, 2024 5:15 PM Author: gay nofapping round eye point it's kind of weird to visit a ghost business. one which is still open, but with no future. this was happening to a bunch of mid-market retail chains from 2019 through the flu era. the employees don't care anymore; depleted inventory is not replaced; entropy increases on the shelves until labels no longer correspond to the actual placement of items, etc. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5508909&forum_id=2#47525454) |
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Date: March 25th, 2024 5:28 PM Author: sick garrison boiling water fry's electronics was like this for 2+ years. very weird experience going in a computer megastore that no longer had any computers (and this was for at least a year prior to bankruptcy). very depressing (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5508909&forum_id=2#47525483) |
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Date: March 25th, 2024 5:14 PM Author: arousing senate juggernaut i'm surprised they lasted so long after every grocery store started doing loss leader chicken rotisserie (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5508909&forum_id=2#47525450) |
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Date: March 25th, 2024 8:59 PM Author: Aphrodisiac painfully honest rehab (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5508909&forum_id=2#47526207) |
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Date: March 25th, 2024 9:05 PM Author: Racy Olive Market (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5508909&forum_id=2#47526231) |
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Date: March 26th, 2024 6:20 AM Author: Soul-stirring useless national security agency principal's office ran here (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5508909&forum_id=2#47527312) |
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Date: March 25th, 2024 5:14 PM Author: Irradiated house Guess that turdesh dropped the ball (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5508909&forum_id=2#47525452) |
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Date: March 25th, 2024 5:18 PM Author: carnelian menage pozpig Hasn't this company been jumping from one bankruptcy to another for the past 20 years? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5508909&forum_id=2#47525463) |
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Date: March 25th, 2024 5:26 PM Author: sick garrison boiling water the weird thing is that they were doing alright until Jay Pandya took over and stopped paying suppliers and employees. not great, but they didn't need to crash and burn in a few years. not sure what the endgame imagined here was. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5508909&forum_id=2#47525482) |
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Date: March 25th, 2024 9:04 PM Author: arrogant fluffy genital piercing kitchen Supplier and employee costs come straight out of profits. The real question is why anyone pays them (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5508909&forum_id=2#47526224) |
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Date: March 25th, 2024 9:06 PM Author: Racy Olive Market maybe he just ran it into the ground while stuffing his own pockets (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5508909&forum_id=2#47526234) |
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Date: March 25th, 2024 5:33 PM Author: Poppy volcanic crater In April 2020, Sun Capital Partners sold Boston Market to Engage Brands, LLC, a company of Rohan Group, owned by Jignesh "Jay" Pandya.[10]
In September 2023, investigative journalists of Restaurant Business Magazine revealed Pandya has over 200 lawsuits against him related to unpaid wages of employees, unpaid suppliers, and other violations related to his restaurants. The report described Pandya's ownership of Boston Market as "chaotic".[18]
On January 11, 2024, Boston Market's bankruptcy case was dismissed after being unresponsive to court requests.[24] On February 1, 2024, US Foods won its lawsuit against Boston Market, with federal judge Manish Shah claiming that Boston Market's defenses in the lawsuit were “gossamer”.[25] On February 12, 2024, shortly after getting their second bankruptcy dismissed, Boston Market filed for bankruptcy for the 3rd time after losing their lawsuit against US Foods.[3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Market
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Date: March 25th, 2024 9:22 PM Author: Poppy volcanic crater (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5508909&forum_id=2#47526317) |
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Date: March 25th, 2024 9:24 PM Author: beta scarlet public bath mood his most brilliant executive decision was literally removing Boston Market's signature side, their STUFFING, from the menu.
was like McD's being bought out by turdskins and then eliminating french fries from the menu. |
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Date: March 25th, 2024 9:00 PM Author: beta scarlet public bath mood Boston Market has been running xo (retired) poster schtick since the late 90s.
they've been 'in bankruptcy' for 30 years while operating 4000 stores |
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Date: March 25th, 2024 9:10 PM Author: gay nofapping round eye point assassinated vs. assassinated to death. looks like the assassination might be fatal this time. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5508909&forum_id=2#47526263) |
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Date: March 25th, 2024 9:23 PM Author: Poppy volcanic crater they currently have 27 locations total (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5508909&forum_id=2#47526329) |
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Date: March 26th, 2024 12:08 AM Author: laughsome gunner so basically, they're like the Barbara Streisand of short order 'gourmet' strip mall shitchains (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5508909&forum_id=2#47526830) |
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Date: March 25th, 2024 9:07 PM Author: out-of-control bronze digit ratio dilemma (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5508909&forum_id=2#47526241) |
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Date: March 25th, 2024 9:07 PM Author: spectacular location It used to be called Boston Chicken. I remember when my town first got one. It later became a McDonald's. I never went there. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5508909&forum_id=2#47526245) |
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Date: March 25th, 2024 9:24 PM Author: onyx lascivious pisswyrm abode The late 90s/early 2000s these places were KING. It was all over by like 2006. They've been barely hanging on since then. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5508909&forum_id=2#47526335) |
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Date: March 25th, 2024 11:42 PM Author: concupiscible burgundy doctorate double fault (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5508909&forum_id=2#47526782) |
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Date: March 26th, 2024 12:07 AM Author: laughsome gunner Our mission is to create awesome rotisserie meals tp (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5508909&forum_id=2#47526828) |
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Date: March 26th, 2024 12:30 AM Author: Harsh confused striped hyena sneaky criminal Did it acquire a reputation as a soul food joint? My one visit to the one near my house 18 months back and it was all black customers (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5508909&forum_id=2#47526862) |
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Date: March 26th, 2024 12:33 AM Author: know-it-all temple Alright, alright, alright, let’s talk about something y'all - Boston Market! Yeah, man, Boston Market was the shit. It was like Thanksgiving that never ended. But now? It’s like Thanksgiving that nobody celebrates because it's offensive.
Now, back in the day, Boston Market was the shit. Rotisserie chicken, meatloaf... they even got prime rib. Prime rib! At Boston Market! That’s like finding out your quiet cousin is secretly a DJ at the strip club. It's unexpected
What the fuck happened? Boston Market didn’t just fall off a cliff; it jumped off. It’s like they saw the cliff and were like, "Hey, let’s see what’s down there!"
You go in there now, it’s like a ghost town. You walk in and employees look surprised to see you, like it's your grandma when you go visit her at the nursing home. I’m half expecting a tumbleweed to roll past me while I wait for some chicken. Twenty minutes! In that time, I could have grandma raise the chicken herself!
But let's talk about the sides. The sides are so heavy, they need a spotter to carry them to your table. They call that cornbread? It’s like they confused the recipe with a brick. You could build a house with that cornbread. A small, very dense house. Man, some of those sides are like the background dancers - you’re not sure why they’re there, and sometimes, they just don’t move right.
I mean, I love you, Boston Market, but you’re like that family member who just can’t get it together. We'll keep rooting for you, but from a distance. |
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Date: March 26th, 2024 4:49 AM Author: Vibrant Filthy Potus (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5508909&forum_id=2#47527247) |
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Date: March 26th, 2024 4:28 AM Author: Maniacal High-end Hospital ljl at Iconic American food chain Boston Market being raped and gutted by a bunch of filthy Pajeets:
The struggling chain, owned by Jay Pandya, faces hundreds of lawsuits and lost a judgment against its key supplier, US Foods, for $15 million.
The company is appealing that verdict, but a victory there seems unlikely given the original ruling in the case. U.S. District Judge Manish Shah said Boston Market had a "willful disregard" for the lawsuit. |