{"id":137552,"date":"2024-12-16T04:33:46","date_gmt":"2024-12-15T21:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=137552"},"modified":"2024-12-16T04:33:46","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T21:33:46","slug":"pizza-chains-are-that-are-closing-multiple-locations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=137552","title":{"rendered":"Pizza Chains Are That Are Closing Multiple Locations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content\">\n<article class=\"news-post\">&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"news-article\">\n<div class=\"slide-key image-holder gallery-image-holder credit-image-wrap  lead-image-holder\" data-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.thetakeout.com\/1728135\/pizza-chains-might-not-be-around-much-longer\/\" data-post-title=\"Pizza Chains That Might Not Be Around Much Longer\" data-slide-num=\"0\" data-post-id=\"1728135\">\n                                             <picture id=\"pbe505c27013973c4e062b605af20005f\">&#13;<source media=\"(min-width: 429px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetakeout.com\/img\/gallery\/pizza-chains-that-might-not-be-around-much-longer\/intro-1733250613.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\">&#13;<source media=\"(max-width: 428px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetakeout.com\/img\/gallery\/pizza-chains-that-might-not-be-around-much-longer\/intro-1733250613.sm.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\">&#13;<br \/>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery-image \" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetakeout.com\/1728135\/pizza-chains-might-not-be-around-much-longer\/\" data-post-id=\"1728135\" data-slide-num=\"0\" data-slide-title=\"Pizza Chains That Might Not Be Around Much Longer: \" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" alt=\"Hands grabbing slices of pizza\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n                    <\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n                    <span class=\"gallery-image-credit\">Studio Romantic\/Shutterstock<\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"columns-holder \">\n<p>Of all the restaurant categories, it was pizza that experienced the slowest growth in 2023, with sales only increasing by 3%, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrn.com\/top-500-restaurants\/pizza-players-battle-share-stagnant-segment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nation&#8217;s Restaurant News<\/a>. Despite being a certified nation of pizza lovers, it seems like living in the golden age of food delivery has lured our stomachs (and our wallets) elsewhere when it comes to eating out or ordering food \u2014 and our go-to pizza chains are suffering as a result.<\/p>\n<p>The past few years have seen multiple companies shutter locations en masse, with some even forced to file for bankruptcy as the cost of food and labor soars and revenue drops. From takeout giants like Papa Johns to casual dining spots like\u00a0Anthony&#8217;s Coal Fired Pizza &amp; Wings, the pizza industry is struggling across the board. While it&#8217;s unlikely that we&#8217;ll ever see a mass exodus of all of our favorite chains, there have been red flags for several companies lately. Not to jinx anything, but we have a bad feeling that these pizza chains are on thin ice.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"news-article\">\n<h2 class=\"\">Pizza Hut<\/h2>\n<div class=\"slide-key image-holder gallery-image-holder credit-image-wrap \" data-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.thetakeout.com\/1728135\/pizza-chains-might-not-be-around-much-longer\/\" data-post-title=\"Pizza Chains That Might Not Be Around Much Longer\" data-slide-num=\"1\" data-post-id=\"1728135\">\n                                             <picture id=\"pb1dfc6b10d7e2b424c0829415e6b9bc4\">&#13;<source media=\"(min-width: 429px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetakeout.com\/img\/gallery\/pizza-chains-that-might-not-be-around-much-longer\/pizza-hut-1733250615.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\">&#13;<source media=\"(max-width: 428px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetakeout.com\/img\/gallery\/pizza-chains-that-might-not-be-around-much-longer\/pizza-hut-1733250615.sm.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\">&#13;<br \/>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery-image \" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetakeout.com\/1728135\/pizza-chains-might-not-be-around-much-longer\/\" data-post-id=\"1728135\" data-slide-num=\"1\" data-slide-title=\"Pizza Chains That Might Not Be Around Much Longer: Pizza Hut\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" alt=\"Exterior of Pizza Hut restaurant\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n                    <\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n                    <span class=\"gallery-image-credit\">Helen89\/Getty Images<\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"columns-holder \">\n<p>Sad though it may be to accept, the Pizza Hut of our youth is long gone. The chain started culling its dine-in locations in 2019, with about\u00a0500 restaurants sacrificed by Pizza Hut&#8217;s parent company, Yum Brands!, so it could double down on delivery. While you can still find a handful of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetakeout.com\/1674638\/nostalgic-pizza-hut-classics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pizza Hut &#8220;Classics&#8221;<\/a> \u2014 AKA the restaurants that still retain those nostalgic red booths, wonderfully tacky chandeliers, and wood-paneled walls \u2014 the magic of the old-school Pizza Hut experience is pretty much extinct, which may be why it&#8217;s taken such a heavy hit in recent years.<\/p>\n<p data-renderer-start-pos=\"12\">It may rank second in the U.S. for pizza sales, but income still\u00a0slumped at Pizza Hut in 2024. A major franchisee, EYM Pizza LP, filed for bankruptcy in July 2024\u00a0after it was sued by Pizza Hut for not paying its royalties. This affected 127 stores, with 15 restaurants also shuttered by EYM Pizza LP\u00a0earlier in the summer. A few years earlier, around\u00a0300 more underperforming restaurants closed after an even bigger franchisee,\u00a0NPC International, also went bankrupt. Pizza Hut&#8217;s luck hasn&#8217;t been much better across the pond. At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, 10% of its restaurants in the U.K. were permanently closed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"news-article\">\n<h2 class=\"\">Anthony&#8217;s Coal Fired Pizza &amp; Wings<\/h2>\n<div class=\"slide-key image-holder gallery-image-holder credit-image-wrap \" data-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.thetakeout.com\/1728135\/pizza-chains-might-not-be-around-much-longer\/\" data-post-title=\"Pizza Chains That Might Not Be Around Much Longer\" data-slide-num=\"2\" data-post-id=\"1728135\">\n                                             <picture id=\"p9c9c9f410da66f64c920a13af132499c\">&#13;<source media=\"(min-width: 429px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetakeout.com\/img\/gallery\/pizza-chains-that-might-not-be-around-much-longer\/anthonys-coal-fired-pizza-wings-1733250617.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\">&#13;<source media=\"(max-width: 428px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetakeout.com\/img\/gallery\/pizza-chains-that-might-not-be-around-much-longer\/anthonys-coal-fired-pizza-wings-1733250617.sm.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\">&#13;<br \/>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery-image \" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetakeout.com\/1728135\/pizza-chains-might-not-be-around-much-longer\/\" data-post-id=\"1728135\" data-slide-num=\"2\" data-slide-title=\"Pizza Chains That Might Not Be Around Much Longer: Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza &amp; Wings\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" alt=\"Exterior of Anthony's Coal-Fired Pizza\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n                    <\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n                    <span class=\"gallery-image-credit\">Helen89\/Shutterstock<\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"columns-holder \">\n<p>Anthony&#8217;s Coal Fired Pizza &amp; Wings was built off the back of one man&#8217;s impossible mission: finding decent pizza in\u00a0Florida. The man in question was\u00a0Anthony Bruno, a New York native who struggled with the\u00a0lack of decent pies after relocating from Long Island to the Sunshine\u00a0State and took it upon himself to provide the solution.\u00a0What started with a singular restaurant in Fort Lauderdale has expanded to\u00a0Anthony&#8217;s Coal Fired Pizza &amp; Wings locations up the East Coast. However, this slow-growing empire \u2014 known for its charred pizza crusts \u2014 has faced its fair share of roadblocks, with the latest (and biggest) hitting in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>In September, its parent company, BurgerFi, joined <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetakeout.com\/1624763\/fast-food-chains-could-go-bankrupt-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the list of restaurants filing for bankruptcy in 2024<\/a>. While BurgerFi vowed that this was part of a necessary process to conduct a turnaround plans for both its burger joints and\u00a0Anthony&#8217;s Coal Fired Pizza &amp; Wings, the company doesn&#8217;t have the best track record as the latter&#8217;s owner. Shares plummeted by over 10% after taking over the pizza business, with an investor filing a class action complaint claiming that it had\u00a0&#8220;misrepresented to investors the purported benefits of Anthony&#8217;s acquisition,&#8221;\u00a0(via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wptv.com\/news\/local-news\/investigations\/burgerfi-misled-investors-in-anthonys-coal-fired-pizza-purchase-lawsuit-alleges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WPTV<\/a>). And\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetakeout.com\/1722315\/restaurant-chains-closed-most-locations-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">multiple underperforming restaurants have closed<\/a> in the run up and aftermath to BurgerFi&#8217;s bankruptcy declaration, including the only\u00a0Anthony&#8217;s\u00a0locations in Rhode Island\u00a0and\u00a0Maryland. We&#8217;re hoping for the best, but should this pattern continue, the end may be nigh for\u00a0Anthony&#8217;s Coal Fired Pizza &amp; Wings.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"news-article\">\n<h2 class=\"\">Papa Johns<\/h2>\n<div class=\"slide-key image-holder gallery-image-holder credit-image-wrap \" data-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.thetakeout.com\/1728135\/pizza-chains-might-not-be-around-much-longer\/\" data-post-title=\"Pizza Chains That Might Not Be Around Much Longer\" data-slide-num=\"3\" data-post-id=\"1728135\">\n                                             <picture id=\"p24be0d070c9d2bdafe85d1cf3c684711\">&#13;<source media=\"(min-width: 429px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetakeout.com\/img\/gallery\/pizza-chains-that-might-not-be-around-much-longer\/papa-johns-1733250619.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\">&#13;<source media=\"(max-width: 428px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetakeout.com\/img\/gallery\/pizza-chains-that-might-not-be-around-much-longer\/papa-johns-1733250619.sm.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\">&#13;<br \/>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery-image \" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetakeout.com\/1728135\/pizza-chains-might-not-be-around-much-longer\/\" data-post-id=\"1728135\" data-slide-num=\"3\" data-slide-title=\"Pizza Chains That Might Not Be Around Much Longer: Papa Johns\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" alt=\"Papa Johns restaurant exterior at night\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n                    <\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n                    <span class=\"gallery-image-credit\">Eric Broder Van Dyke\/Shutterstock<\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"columns-holder \">\n<p>Papa Johns has worked hard to repair its reputation in recent years, having struggled with a stream of controversies involving its founder \u2014 and long since ousted CEO \u2014 John Schnatter. From being caught uttering a racial slur in a conference call to accusations of sexually inappropriate conduct, the many negative headlines that emerged about Schnatter in the late 2010s took their toll on the company. Not only did shares plummet, but Schnatter later put Papa Johns on blast to\u00a0claim that its pizza has dropped in quality (eating 40 pizzas in 30 days to test his hypothesis) and that his exit was set up by someone on the inside.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, with Schnatter out of the picture, the company has managed to patch up its image in the years since through stunts such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetakeout.com\/kazaam-shaq-joins-papa-johns-board-1833497820\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recruiting NBA legend Shaquille O&#8217;Neal as a brand ambassador<\/a>, it&#8217;s still not in the strongest position. Not only did O&#8217;Neal duck out of his board position in February, but Papa Johns has experienced a slide in sales in 2024, sparking urgent measures \u2014 such as switching up its management team \u2014 to try and regain momentum. The general consensus is that customers think its pizza is just too expensive, with Papa Johns embracing more promotions and deals to try to appeal to the budget-conscious. As sales drop, Papa Johns has shuttered several under-performing stores in the U.S. in 2024. It has also downsized\u00a0its second biggest market, the U.K., where it has closed 50 locations.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"news-article\">\n<h2 class=\"\">Papa Murphy&#8217;s<\/h2>\n<div class=\"slide-key image-holder gallery-image-holder credit-image-wrap \" data-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.thetakeout.com\/1728135\/pizza-chains-might-not-be-around-much-longer\/\" data-post-title=\"Pizza Chains That Might Not Be Around Much Longer\" data-slide-num=\"4\" data-post-id=\"1728135\">\n                                             <picture id=\"pdde48d669131249d768d4901f86d263a\">&#13;<source media=\"(min-width: 429px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetakeout.com\/img\/gallery\/pizza-chains-that-might-not-be-around-much-longer\/papa-murphys-1733250620.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\">&#13;<source media=\"(max-width: 428px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetakeout.com\/img\/gallery\/pizza-chains-that-might-not-be-around-much-longer\/papa-murphys-1733250620.sm.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\">&#13;<br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery-image \" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetakeout.com\/1728135\/pizza-chains-might-not-be-around-much-longer\/\" data-post-id=\"1728135\" data-slide-num=\"4\" data-slide-title=\"Pizza Chains That Might Not Be Around Much Longer: Papa Murphy's\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" alt=\"Papa Murphy's restaurant exterior\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n                    <\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n                    <span class=\"gallery-image-credit\">digitalreflections\/Shutterstock<\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"columns-holder \">\n<p>Papa Murphy&#8217;s has always stood out from the pizza pack thanks to its take-and-bake concept. Customers pick up ready-made pizzas, only to cook them at home. This drastically slashes Papa Murphy&#8217;s operating costs compared to its competitors (pizza ovens don&#8217;t come cheap, nor does the kitchen space). However, that hasn&#8217;t been enough to protect Papa Murphy&#8217;s from the sector&#8217;s decline in recent years, with the company reporting that growth was at a standstill in October 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Based out of Washington,\u00a0Papa Murphy&#8217;s slashed its store numbers in 2024. In the third quarter alone, it lost\u00a0about 100 stores.\u00a0The majority of these stores were franchised, with the owners making the decision to close up shop rather than MTY Food Group itself.\u00a0As CEO Eric Lefebvre said in an investors call, (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investing.com\/news\/stock-market-news\/earnings-call-mty-food-group-reports-q3-2024-results-ebitda-slightly-down-93CH-3660775\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Investing.com<\/a>), &#8220;We try to save the stores as much as possible, but there are instances where we can&#8217;t necessarily save the store because we don&#8217;t have the proper infrastructure to run those stores in those markets where we can&#8217;t find a new franchisee for them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>These closures are nothing new. In 2023, it was reported that Papa Murphy&#8217;s had closed over 100 locations in the past two years. While it still retains hundreds of restaurants across the U.S., plus an international presence in Canada and the United Arab Emirates, it seems like Papa Murphy&#8217;s is on shaky ground.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"news-article\">\n<h2 class=\"\">Oath Pizza<\/h2>\n<div class=\"slide-key image-holder gallery-image-holder credit-image-wrap \" data-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.thetakeout.com\/1728135\/pizza-chains-might-not-be-around-much-longer\/\" data-post-title=\"Pizza Chains That Might Not Be Around Much Longer\" data-slide-num=\"5\" data-post-id=\"1728135\">\n                                             <picture id=\"p55f2b545a23e0442d0ebb2f4fa64eb98\">&#13;<source media=\"(min-width: 429px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetakeout.com\/img\/gallery\/pizza-chains-that-might-not-be-around-much-longer\/oath-pizza-1733250622.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\">&#13;<source media=\"(max-width: 428px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetakeout.com\/img\/gallery\/pizza-chains-that-might-not-be-around-much-longer\/oath-pizza-1733250622.sm.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\">&#13;<br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery-image \" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetakeout.com\/1728135\/pizza-chains-might-not-be-around-much-longer\/\" data-post-id=\"1728135\" data-slide-num=\"5\" data-slide-title=\"Pizza Chains That Might Not Be Around Much Longer: Oath Pizza\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" alt=\"Workers making pizza at Oath Pizza\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n                    <\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n                    <span class=\"gallery-image-credit\">rblfmr\/Shutterstock<\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"columns-holder \">\n<p>Oath Pizza prides itself on selling &#8220;100% feel-good pizza.&#8221;\u00a0Personally, we &#8220;feel good&#8221; every time we eat pizza, but we get where its coming from. All of the chain&#8217;s pizzas are made with an avocado oil crust and fresh,\u00a0wholesome ingredients on thin crusts.\u00a0Having started out of a seaside shop on Nantucket Island, this ethos made Oath Pizza popular enough to expand through New York, Pennsylvania, California, and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>At its peak, Oath Pizza boasted 17 locations. As per its website, this number has shrunk to just three (one apiece in Massachusetts, California, and Washington), as of December 2024, all of which are franchised. This follows an aggressive closure strategy in the past two years, with Oath Pizza closing its first location in November 2023 and continuing the trend ever since. In November 2024, Oath Pizza filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy,\u00a0declaring that it held less than $500,000 in assets and had racked up as much as $50 million in debt. With zero corporate locations remaining, Oath Pizza&#8217;s future looks far more uncertain than a lot of the other chains on this list.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"news-article\">\n<h2 class=\"\">Chuck E. Cheese<\/h2>\n<div class=\"slide-key image-holder gallery-image-holder credit-image-wrap \" data-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.thetakeout.com\/1728135\/pizza-chains-might-not-be-around-much-longer\/\" data-post-title=\"Pizza Chains That Might Not Be Around Much Longer\" data-slide-num=\"6\" data-post-id=\"1728135\">\n                                             <picture id=\"p54d51fd42ecef54d483e977c89fb3e16\">&#13;<source media=\"(min-width: 429px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetakeout.com\/img\/gallery\/pizza-chains-that-might-not-be-around-much-longer\/chuck-e-cheese-1733250623.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\">&#13;<source media=\"(max-width: 428px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetakeout.com\/img\/gallery\/pizza-chains-that-might-not-be-around-much-longer\/chuck-e-cheese-1733250623.sm.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\">&#13;<br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery-image \" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetakeout.com\/1728135\/pizza-chains-might-not-be-around-much-longer\/\" data-post-id=\"1728135\" data-slide-num=\"6\" data-slide-title=\"Pizza Chains That Might Not Be Around Much Longer: Chuck E. Cheese\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" alt=\"Chuck E. Cheese exterior\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n                    <\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n                    <span class=\"gallery-image-credit\">Chase D&#8217;animulls\/Shutterstock<\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"columns-holder \">\n<p>To answer your most burning questions: Yes,\u00a0Chuck E. Cheese somehow still exists, and, yes, it already filed for bankruptcy. Twice, in fact. Half pizza restaurant and half arcade, Chuck E. Cheese (whose &#8220;E&#8221; stands for entertainment, because, of course) first filed in\u00a01984\u00a0after expanding too quickly and defaulting on a $50 million bond. It later filed for a second time at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020,\u00a0but managed to emerge from bankruptcy that same year after\u00a0creditors took over the company and cleared a whopping $705 million of its debt.<\/p>\n<p>As of 2024, Chuck E. Cheese still isn&#8217;t in the strongest position. In December 2023, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/markets\/deals\/restaurant-chain-chuck-e-cheese-explores-sale-sources-2023-12-15\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a> claimed that the chain was looking for a potential buyer. Throughout 2024, there have been multiple reports of store closures, including locations in\u00a0Pennsylvania, Missouri, and North Dakota. While Chuck E. Cheese is doing everything it can to cling on to relevance \u2014 including launching a new subscription service\u00a0in August 2024 \u2014 the reality is that its identity as a pizza restaurant has always been a footnote to the fact that it&#8217;s primarily a place to celebrate your birthday, play skee ball, and (if you&#8217;re a parent)\u00a0zone out while scrolling through Instagram. If chains with decent pizza are struggling to get by, we&#8217;re not sure how long Chuck E. Cheese \u2014 which we once <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetakeout.com\/1657052\/chain-pizza-restaurants-ranked-best-worst\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">placed last in our ranking of pizza restaurants<\/a> \u2014 can stay in the game.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"news-article\">\n<h2 class=\"\">Fired Pie<\/h2>\n<div class=\"columns-holder \">\n<p>Fast-casual pizza restaurants were hit hard by COVID-19. The business model counts on customers personalizing their pies as they&#8217;re made fresh in-store, which was obviously pretty challenging when the entire world was told to stay at home. Even since restrictions were lifted, recovery has been slow, with Fired Pie one of the many companies forced to downsize\u00a0since the peak pandemic days of 2020. The Phoenix-based pizza chain operated 21 restaurants in May of that year, but this number has since dropped to just 13 as of 2024.<\/p>\n<p>In November 2024,\u00a0Fired Pie \u2014 which also offers fresh, customizable salads in addition to pizza \u2014 was forced to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. With approximately $440,000 in debt,\u00a0the company&#8217;s owner, Douglas Doyle, claimed that Fired Pie&#8217;s misfortunes came down to both the lingering impact of the pandemic and the soaring costs of both food and labor. In other words, it buckled under the same conditions weighing down the rest of the restaurant industry as of late. The company plans to undergo restructuring to boost its chances of survival, with this plan said to include the closure of as-yet-undisclosed underperforming restaurants.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"news-article\">\n<h2 class=\"\">MOD Pizza<\/h2>\n<div class=\"slide-key image-holder gallery-image-holder credit-image-wrap \" data-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.thetakeout.com\/1728135\/pizza-chains-might-not-be-around-much-longer\/\" data-post-title=\"Pizza Chains That Might Not Be Around Much Longer\" data-slide-num=\"8\" data-post-id=\"1728135\">\n                                             <picture id=\"p7966041cba9755a4644816ea7f2c39e7\">&#13;<source media=\"(min-width: 429px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetakeout.com\/img\/gallery\/pizza-chains-that-might-not-be-around-much-longer\/mod-pizza-1733249882.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\">&#13;<source media=\"(max-width: 428px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetakeout.com\/img\/gallery\/pizza-chains-that-might-not-be-around-much-longer\/mod-pizza-1733249882.sm.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\">&#13;<br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery-image \" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetakeout.com\/1728135\/pizza-chains-might-not-be-around-much-longer\/\" data-post-id=\"1728135\" data-slide-num=\"8\" data-slide-title=\"Pizza Chains That Might Not Be Around Much Longer: MOD Pizza\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" alt=\"Pizza from MOD Pizza on wrapping\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n                    <\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n                    <span class=\"gallery-image-credit\">EQRoy\/Shutterstock<\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"columns-holder \">\n<p>Like the rest of the fast-casual pizza space, MOD Pizza has struggled to bounce back from the pandemic. Before COVID-19 hit the scene, MOD Pizza\u00a0was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetakeout.com\/the-two-fastest-growing-restaurant-chains-in-the-u-s-a-1826983429\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one of the fastest-growing restaurant chains in the U.S.<\/a>, having also\u00a0kickstarted its international expansion with nine restaurants in the U.K. Unfortunately, things aren&#8217;t quite as hot for the chain today, with 2024 heralding in an era of mass downsizing for MOD Pizza.<\/p>\n<p>After starting the year by replacing its CEO\u00a0and experiencing a\u00a010.7% increase in sales in 2023,\u00a0MOD Pizza axed 26 stores in the first quarter of 2024. While California saw the most closures, MOD Pizza insisted that the move had nothing to do with a recent minimum wage hike for fast food workers in the Golden State. A few months later, it was rumored that the chain was on the edge of bankruptcy after closing\u00a044 restaurants, only for\u00a0Elite Restaurant Group to step in and take over as owner at the last minute. A thorough new turnaround plan is now underway, with recent changes including the abandonment of its former &#8220;one price fits all&#8221; model and the introduction of a new tiered pricing system, (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.restaurantdive.com\/news\/mod-pizza-will-charge-different-prices-for-different-pizzas\/727354\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Restaurant Dive<\/a>). Here&#8217;s\u00a0hoping that it is enough to pull MOD Pizza back from the brink.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"news-article\">\n<h2 class=\"\">Uno&#8217;s Pizzeria and Grill<\/h2>\n<div class=\"columns-holder \">\n<p data-renderer-start-pos=\"1651\">Ike Sewell opened the first Uno&#8217;s Pizzeria in Chicago in 1943, making it one of the oldest names on this list. Considering its origins, it should come as no surprise that it specializes in Chicago-style pizza \u2014 in fact, Sewell is often credited as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetakeout.com\/who-really-invented-deep-dish-pizza-1847244194\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one of the innovators behind these delicious deep-dish pies<\/a>. New franchised stores popped up over the decades, giving those hoping for a taste of authentic Chicago pizza a chance to sample a slice everywhere from Wisconsin to Florida. It also launched\u00a0a spinoff concept called\u00a0Uno Du\u00e9 Go, which offered a blend of pizza, sandwiches, salads, bakery items, and even alcohol.<\/p>\n<p data-renderer-start-pos=\"1651\">These numbers have dwindled as of late, leaving just 56 restaurants as of\u00a0December 2024, down from approximately 80 in 2023. This follows a string of random closures throughout 2024, as well as the near-total farewell to\u00a0Uno Du\u00e9 Go in 2020, with the last remaining outlet\u00a0located at\u00a0Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. Uno&#8217;s Pizzeria has remained relatively quiet about the reasons behind the mass closures, but we can only assume that poor sales play a role.\u00a0Whatever the reason, we would not be entirely shocked if Uno&#8217;s serves its last deep-dish slice at some point in the near future.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"news-article\">\n<h2 class=\"\">Domino&#8217;s<\/h2>\n<div class=\"slide-key image-holder gallery-image-holder credit-image-wrap \" data-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.thetakeout.com\/1728135\/pizza-chains-might-not-be-around-much-longer\/\" data-post-title=\"Pizza Chains That Might Not Be Around Much Longer\" data-slide-num=\"10\" data-post-id=\"1728135\">\n                                             <picture id=\"p979a91c39dd6c06972a3e6f99e7b6c31\">&#13;<source media=\"(min-width: 429px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetakeout.com\/img\/gallery\/pizza-chains-that-might-not-be-around-much-longer\/dominos-1733250626.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\">&#13;<source media=\"(max-width: 428px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetakeout.com\/img\/gallery\/pizza-chains-that-might-not-be-around-much-longer\/dominos-1733250626.sm.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\">&#13;<br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery-image \" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetakeout.com\/1728135\/pizza-chains-might-not-be-around-much-longer\/\" data-post-id=\"1728135\" data-slide-num=\"10\" data-slide-title=\"Pizza Chains That Might Not Be Around Much Longer: Domino's\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" alt=\"Domino's restaurant exterior\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n                    <\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n                    <span class=\"gallery-image-credit\">Frame Craft 8\/Shutterstock<\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"columns-holder \">\n<p>We&#8217;ll preface this with the disclaimer that\u00a0Domino&#8217;s is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetakeout.com\/top-500-restaurant-fast-food-chain-in-us-2023-pizza-war-1850565711\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the biggest pizza chain in both the U.S. and the world<\/a>, and we definitely don&#8217;t think its empire will crumble overnight. At the same time, there have been a few warning signs in recent years that have us concerned about its long-term prospects \u2014 especially on the international front.<\/p>\n<p>Like a lot of its competitors, sales were slow (or rather, slow-er) than usual for Domino&#8217;s in 2024. While it managed to grow same-store sales in the U.S. by 3% in the third quarter of the year, it still failed to meet expectations, despite going all in on reward schemes and discount offerings to tempt bargain-hunters come dinner. Sales struggled even more outside the U.S., where same-store sales increased by just 0.8% \u2014 considerably less than the expected increase of 2.9%.<\/p>\n<p>Domino&#8217;s has taken a particularly big hit in Asia, where\u00a0same-store sales plummeted by 8.9% in the second half of 2023.\u00a0Domino&#8217;s Pizza Enterprises (which operates Domino&#8217;s restaurants in Australia,\u00a0New Zealand, Asia, and Europe, and saw its value drop by $1.5 billion in January 2024)\u00a0partially blamed this on boycotts\u00a0and anti-American sentiment relating to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. Domino&#8217;s failure to strike gold in both France and Japan was also cited as a contributing factor, with 110 stores ultimately axed across both countries in July 2024.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"news-article\">\n<h2 class=\"\">Mary&#8217;s Pizza Shack<\/h2>\n<div class=\"columns-holder \">\n<p>Mary&#8217;s Pizza Shack was started by an actual Mary (Mary\u00a0Fazio, to be exact) in 1959. Armed with $700 and her father&#8217;s old recipes, Fazio cooked in an open kitchen at the chain&#8217;s first location in Sonoma County in Northern California. By 2014, the company had worked its way up to 20 locations, all serving the same made-from-scratch Italian fare. As of 2024, this number has been halved as Mary&#8217;s Pizza Shack struggles in the face of\u00a0higher operational costs.<\/p>\n<p>While no additional restaurants were closed in 2024, three shuttered in 2023. This came as part of a\u00a0restructuring that started a year prior\u00a0and involved splitting into smaller, family-run factions instead of a singular company. In September 2024, this restructuring also saw Mary&#8217;s Pizza Shack file for bankruptcy.\u00a0&#8220;A thorough discovery process determined this is the best route to preserve Mary Fazio&#8217;s, our Noni, legacy,&#8221; the restaurant said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/maryspizzashack.com\/an-important-update-from-marys-family\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">public statement<\/a>.\u00a0&#8220;Mary&#8217;s granddaughters will acquire the brand in this process.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For now, Mary&#8217;s Pizza Shack is still operating as usual throughout Northern California, with the chain vowing that it &#8220;isn&#8217;t going anywhere.&#8221;\u00a0However, with operational costs still at a high \u2014 and California in particular dubbed the hardest state to open a restaurant \u2014 we wouldn&#8217;t say it&#8217;s out of the woods just yet.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n<\/article>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetakeout.com\/1728135\/pizza-chains-might-not-be-around-much-longer\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13;&#13;&#13; &#13; Studio Romantic\/Shutterstock Of all the restaurant categories, it was pizza that experienced the slowest growth in 2023, with sales only increasing by &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=137552\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8630],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=137552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137552\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=137552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=137552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=137552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}