The highest-grossing independent seafood concepts across the country spent the last year slinging crab and other big-ticket shellfish to more than 100,000 guests each.
Operators have closed or rebranded nearly half of the chain’s locations over the past year and a half. And then as the chain was sold last week, franchisees were told the company lost its distribution contract.
The president declined to sign off on a bill that would have scuttled an effort to make franchisors jointly liable for their franchisees’ workers, sending the issue back to Congress.