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title: "Fast Casual Chain O'Charley's Closes 8 Stores in One Weekend"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/947a74cc-1aa8-4ae9-a266-3b5e4d82f602
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/fast-casual-chain-ocharleys-closes-8-stores-in-one-weekend-2710394
category: "Casual dining"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Casual dining"
published: 2019-07-02T15:10:01.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:32:57.283Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/b5654e30b92e50141e81149a1886105c2972.jpg
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# Fast Casual Chain O'Charley's Closes 8 Stores in One Weekend

**TL;DR:** O'Charley's closed eight stores in one weekend due to a decline in system-wide sales from 2017 to 2018. The brand's overall system-wide sales in 2018 were down to $469.2 million from $498.1 in 2017.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2019-07-02. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/fast-casual-chain-ocharleys-closes-8-stores-in-one-weekend-2710394).*

## Story

According to Nation’s Restaurant News, O’Charley's has seen its numbers drop significantly from 213 units in 2016. Among the units shuttered were stores in Indianapolis, IN and Tucker, GA.

A company spokesperson confirmed the weekend closures but did not give a reason. American Blue Ribbon Holdings LLC, O’Charley’s parent company, is also affiliated with Ninety Nine Restaurant and Pub, Village Inn and Bakers Square brands.

The brand’s overall system wide sales in 2018 were down to $469.2 million in fiscal 2018 from $498.1 in 2017. It is not yet known if the brand is planning any more mass closures. Read the full story here.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- Nation's Restaurant News (publication)
- systemwide sales (topic)
- O'Charley's (company)
- store closures (topic)
- Ninety Nine Restaurants (company)
- Indianapolis, IN (location)
- Tucker, GA (location)
- decline in sales (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/fast-casual-chain-ocharleys-closes-8-stores-in-one-weekend-2710394). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/947a74cc-1aa8-4ae9-a266-3b5e4d82f602).