59-year-old sandwich chain shuts down, lays off workers

Restaurant regulars usually announcement the signs of occupation good earlier a location, oregon adjacent a chain, shuts down.

Before the archetypal On the Border bankruptcy, for example, I noticed half-empty restaurants portion customers waited due to the fact that the determination we often visited lacked capable staff. The nutrient quality, portions, and hold times were besides inconsistent.

You could spot that thing was wrong, and erstwhile that happens implicit aggregate visits, it's casual to spot it's a declining situation, not a impermanent 1 similar a supplier contented oregon workers calling successful sick.

Beef-a-Roo customers apt saw galore of these signs implicit the past fewer weeks, and the sound went from subtle to intolerable to disregard erstwhile the concatenation abruptly closed its company-owned restaurants connected July 2.

That shutdown, which was called impermanent by Elysian Capital, the Texas-based existent property concern institution that owns Beef-A-Roo, occurred erstwhile workers had walked retired astatine respective locations aft not being paid.

Now, the institution has sent layoff notices to its workers and confirmed that the shutdowns are permanent, not temporary.

Beef-A-Roo's genitor sent a layoff announcement

Beef-a-Roo officially laid disconnected hundreds of workers crossed the state connected the nighttime of July 7 aft closing restaurants successful Illinois, Indiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee, Kansas, and Texas, according to the Beloit Daily News.

The shutdown follows ineligible enactment taken against Elysian Capital by 1 of its landlords.

"The suit filed successful Greene County Circuit Court lists Beef-A-Roo Inc., Rocinate Equity Inc. (doing concern arsenic Elysian Capital Inc.), and Elysian Capital CEO Jeffrey Love arsenic defendants. Beef-A-Roo owes the landlord $63,845.33 successful rent and different sums, according to the suit, SGF Citizen reported.

Beef-a-Roo's closures interaction each company-owned stores, but not immoderate franchised locations.

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Beef-a-Roo's website has besides been taken down, TheStreet verified.

A sojourn to that website, done the net Wayback Machine, showed what the concatenation considered its mission.

"Looking for a repast that tastes similar home? At Beef-A-Roo, each sandwich, salad, and fry is made caller to bid with premium ingredients and a broadside of hometown pride. From our signature roast beef sandwiches to our celebrated loaded fries and hand-crafted burgers and shakes, we're present to service up top-quality nutrient that fits your engaged day," the institution posted connected its erstwhile website.