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TGI Fridays was doomed from the beginning

20 September 2024

3:00 PM

20 September 2024

3:00 PM

Few will mourn the demise of TGI Fridays, which collapsed into administration this week. The restaurant chain’s 87 branches in the UK have been put up for sale. Only a fool would think they could turn around TGIs’ fortunes. The truth is that the British obsession with American food, and specifically American diners, was never going to end well.

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