JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville’s oldest Popeyes restaurant and two others have closed as the fried chicken chain’s franchisee battles bankruptcy, marking the latest closures in a wave of fast-food shutdowns that have swept the region.
The fried chicken chain’s Find a Location tracker online listed the following locations as closed as of Friday:
- 1509 University Blvd. N., which opened in 1977
- 7507 Atlantic Blvd.
- 524 Atlantic Blvd., Neptune Beach
The closures follow the shuttering of locations on Kings Road and McDuff Avenue in February.
Sailormen Inc., a Miami-based Popeyes franchise, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in January to ease financial strain due to “rising inflation, declining customer traffic and mounting debt,” according to a March report from Yahoo Finance. The company operated about 130 locations when it first filed…