Coverage dated March 31, 2025

Hooters files for bankruptcy protection

Headline from KYMA Yuma

The company filed for bankruptcy in Texas Monday, seeking to address its $376 million debt by selling all of its company-owned restaurants to a franchise group backed by the company's founders.

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  1. Breitbart News

    Troubled Hooters Restaurant Chain Files for Bankruptcy Protection (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    Hooters of America, known for chicken wings and “Hooters Girls” waitress outfits, on Monday filed for bankruptcy protection.

  2. Fox32 Chicago

    Hooters files for bankruptcy, plans sale of all company-owned restaurants (opens Fox32 Chicago)

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    Fox32 Chicago's feed description

    Hooters of America has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Texas to address $376 million in debt, planning to sell all 151 corporate-owned restaurants to a buyer group backed by its original founders.

  3. KTVZ Bend

    Hooters files for bankruptcy (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    KTVZ Bend's feed description

    By Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — Hooters — the restaurant chain first known for its orange-clad, all-female wait staff and then its chicken wings — filed for bankruptcy, the company announced Monday. But the decades-old brand said it isn’t going anywhere.

  4. Newsweek

    Hooters bankruptcy: Are restaurants closing? (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    The company expects to emerge from bankruptcy within a few months, after which all restaurants will be owned by franchisees.

  5. KYMA Yuma

    Hooters files for bankruptcy protection (opens KYMA Yuma)

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    KYMA Yuma's feed description

    The company filed for bankruptcy in Texas Monday, seeking to address its $376 million debt by selling all of its company-owned restaurants to a franchise group backed by the company's founders.

  6. New York Post

    Hooters files for bankruptcy amid $376M debt as chain’s founders seek to take control, bring restaurant ‘back to its roots’ (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Restaurant chain Hooters of America filed for bankruptcy in Texas on Monday, seeking to address its $376 million debt by selling all of its company-owned restaurants to a franchise group backed by the company’s founders.

  7. WISH-TV Indianapolis

    Hooters files for bankruptcy, but brand is here to stay (opens WISH-TV Indianapolis)

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    WISH-TV Indianapolis's feed description

    Hooters, the restaurant chain known for its wait staff, files for bankruptcy but plans to continue operations and sell its company-owned restaurants.

  8. ABC 12 Flint

    Hooters files for bankruptcy, but not planning mass closures (opens ABC 12 Flint)

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    ABC 12 Flint's feed description

    Hooters — the restaurant chain first known for its orange-clad, all-female wait staff and then its chicken wings — filed for bankruptcy, the company announced Monday. But the decades-old brand

  9. NBC Los Angeles

    Hooters restaurant chain files for bankruptcy protection but intends to stay open (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    NBC Los Angeles's feed description

    Hooters will file the motion for bankruptcy protection, but it says it intends to stay open and resolve its troubles within months.

  10. WSVN Miami

    Restaurant chain Hooters goes bust and files for bankruptcy protection - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports (opens WSVN Miami)

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    WSVN Miami's feed description

    Hooters is going bust.The U.S. restaurant chain, known for chicken wings and its skimpy “Hooters Girls” wait-staff outfits, has filed for bankruptcy protection. HOA Restaurant

  11. The Boston Globe

    Hooters restaurant chain, known for skimpy wait-staff outfits, files for bankruptcy protection (opens The Boston Globe)

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    The Boston Globe's feed description

    The company ran into financial woes as its debts mounted, but it says it intends to stay open and resolve its troubles within months.

  12. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Restaurant chain Hooters files for bankruptcy protection (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    Minneapolis Star Tribune's feed description

    Hooters is going bust.

  13. Tampa Bay Times

    Hooters restaurant chain files for bankruptcy protection (opens Tampa Bay Times)

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    Tampa Bay Times's feed description

    A group of the company’s original founders plans to buy and operate more of the outlets.

  14. Honolulu Star-Advertiser

    Restaurant chain Hooters files for bankruptcy | Honolulu Star-Advertiser (opens Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

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    Honolulu Star-Advertiser's feed description

    NEW YORK >> Restaurant chain Hooters of America filed for bankruptcy in Texas on Monday, seeking to address its $376 million debt by selling all of its company-owned restaurants to a franchise group backed by the company’s founders.

  15. FOX Business

    Hooters files for bankruptcy as restaurants continue operating business as usual: 'Here to stay' (opens FOX Business)

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    FOX Business's feed description

    Hooters announced on Monday that it has filed for bankruptcy, but emphasized in a press release that this doesn't mean it's going out of business.

  16. Newsweek

    Hooters files for bankruptcy with plan to bring back original founders (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    Hooters files for bankruptcy, shifting to franchise-only model as original co-founders join buyer group to revitalize the 40-year-old chain.

  17. CBS News

    Hooters files for bankruptcy but says it (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Hooters, the U.S.-based restaurant chain known for chicken wings and "Hooters Girls" skimpy wait-staff outfits, has filed for bankruptcy protection.

  18. NBC News

    Restaurant chain Hooters files for bankruptcy protection to enable founder-led buyout (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    Restaurant chain Hooters of America filed for bankruptcy protection in Texas on Monday, seeking to address its $376 million debt by selling all of its company-owned restaurants to a franchise group backed by the company’s founders.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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