The owner of the UK arm of the restaurant chain TGI Fridays (TGIF) has gone into administration, putting 4,500 jobs and 87 outlets at risk.
Hostmore, which runs the UK franchise for TGIF, has appointed administrators and delisted its ordinary shares after struggling to find a “lasting solution” to save the business amid heavy losses and mounting debts, it said on Wednesday.
The hospitality company has already tried to balance its books by deep cost-cutting, pausing its expansion programme, management changes, and selling outlets.
It has put 87 of the chain’s restaurants on the market and hopes to complete a sale by the end of September, which would keep the brand name alive on British high streets and help to secure jobs.
In the meantime, the American-inspired chain “continues to operate normally and all existing stores remain open”, Hostmore said.
The firm’s shares crashed more than 90% last week after it said it expected to be “wound up” and de-listed once the sale of its retail outlets was complete.
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