Is one IHOP location and a few Pancake Houses crushing Perkins? Is it Skip the Dishes? By the way, Perkins works with Skip but are people just ordering everywhere and not going out?
The parent company Perkins and Marie Callender is in bankruptcy again. They are closing stores. However, keep in mind the last time they had problems, the last Winnipeg owner of Perkins kept things going. She seemed to have the pulse of the city despite whatever woes happened in the U.S.
The new owner is Calgary-based and used to be president of Smitty's. I'm assuming the former Winnipeg owner of all the Perkins in the city much be gobsmacked that the locations here are in such trouble considering that Smitty's continues to be doing okay.
The restaurant business is as tough as they come. For every place that goes on for decades, there are a many who don't make the year. My defunct restaurants of Winnipeg post is the top post this blog has seen with hundreds a week looking it up.
Guess everyone will be keeping an eye out on the remaining locations. Never want to write a place off because we have seen some comebacks in both retail and restaurants. However, losing a prominent location like Polo Park is huge.
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