41 locations of Outback Steakhouse, Carrabba's Italian Grill, Bonefish Grill and Fleming's to close

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41 locations of Outback Steakhouse, Carrabba’s Italian Grill, Bonefish Grill and Fleming’s to close

By Jordan Valinsky, CNN
2 minute read
Updated 4:59 PM EST, Mon February 26, 2024

New York (CNN) — Fans of Outback Steakhouse may be surprised to see their local restaurant permanently closed after the chain’s parent company abruptly shut down dozens of locations around the US.

Bloomin’ Brands revealed in an earnings call Friday that it closed 41 “underperforming locations” across the brands it owns, including Carrabba’s Italian Grill, Bonefish Grill and Fleming’s.

The closures hit Outback Steakhouses the hardest, the company said in the call. Bloomin’ said it closed the locations because of a “variety of factors,” including sales, shrinking customer traffic and financial investments that were too costly to improve the locations. Plus, a “majority of these restaurants were older assets with leases from the ’90s and early 2000s,” according to Bloomin’ CEO David Deno.

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[bucolic_frolic]

1. Struggling restaurants will serve crap to try to reduce costs.

I was poisoned by a famous fish once. I swear it had been treated by bleach, but I thought that was the way it was supposed to taste so I ate it.

[jimfields33]

2. Honestly Texas Roadhouse is much better then The Outback

I’m not surprised by this.

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3. Not a big number when there are over 1,500 restaurants

Sounds like normal churning.