The legal feud between Wendy’s and one of its largest franchisees got particularly frosty this week after the fast food giant tried to intervene in a round of store closures that are planned for this weekend.
Meritage Hospitality Group, a franchisee that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last month, is in the process of closing at least 30 locations, roughly 10% of its sprawling fleet of 314 Wendy’s restaurants.
After shutting down 10 restaurants over the last two weekends, the franchisee has slated another 10 stores to be closed today, court documents reveal.
But The Wendy’s Company is not happy with the stores that are being marked for closure, lawyers for the burger giant told the court this week.
Wendy’s had intervened to save the following seven stores:
- Michigan: Store name: Grosse Pointe Farms
- Michigan: Store name: Hudsonville
- Georgia: Store name: Windy Hill
- Florida: Store name: Commonwealth
- Florida: Store name: Heckscher
- Oklahoma: Store name: Moore
- Oklahoma: Store name: Choctaw
In addition to those seven stores, three additional Oklahoma restaurants are also slated for closure, but Wendy’s did not dispute the closure of those locations.
- Oklahoma: Store name: I40 & MacArthur
- Oklahoma: Store name: 178th and Western
- Oklahoma: Store name: Rockwell and Memorial
The stores appeared to still be open as of early Friday, though employees reached by phone declined to comment.
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