Several restaurant chains, including Wendy's, Papa John's, and Pizza Hut, have announced plans to close locations this year.
Chain restaurants are closing hundreds of locations across the US in 2026. See the list.
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Amanda Geffner
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Here are some popular restaurant chains that plan on closing locations in 2026.
Chains like Starbucks, Wendy's and Denny's announced plans to close underperforming restaurants in 2025.
The latest round of closures comes on top of the 240 U.S. Wendy's locations that shuttered in 2024.
Papa Johns International, which offers pizza delivery and takeout, has closed locations across 17 US states to date this year and…
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Papa Johns announced in February that it would shutter about 300 underperforming stores by the end of 2027
