Burger King to close nine restaurants in Minnesota

By Zeke Fuhrman Apr 16, 2023 | 7:39 PM

The Burger King location at 209 Nokomis Ave in Alexandria (Photo: Google Street View)

(KDLM) – Weeks after declaring bankruptcy, Utah-based Meridian Restaurants Unlimited has announced that be closing a number of Burger King restaurants across the country, including nine locations in Minnesota.

MRU owns a total of 119 Burger King and Black Bear Diner restaurants in the western U.S., filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last month.

According to a Tuesday court filing, the company will close 27 Burger King locations in seven states. The nine Minnesota closures are below:

Alexandria (209 Nokomis St.)
East Grand Forks (926 Central Ave NE.)
Fergus Falls (528 Western Avenue.)
Litchfield (21 Depot St.)
Willmar (1611 E. Hwy 12)
Long Prairie (205 Lake St.)
Montevideo (586 SW 1st St.)
Redwood Falls (516 E Bridge St.)
Moorhead (100 21st. St. N.)

Meridian has said more closures are “possible, if not likely,” according to Restaurant Business, which noted that the company has “struggled with weak sales and weak profitability at a time when costs have soared.”

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