List of TGI Fridays restaurants at risk as chain's owner collapses into administration

A TGI Fridays sign saying 'In here, it's always Friday'
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The hospitality group behind the restaurant chain TGI Fridays, Hostmore, has fallen into administration. The company, which operates TGI Fridays in the UK, had been attempting to sell its 87 restaurants but confirmed today that it has now collapsed.

Administrators from Teneo have been appointed to oversee the process.

Hostmore is aiming to complete a sale of its UK restaurants by the end of September, a move that would keep the TGI Fridays brand alive on British high streets. However, it remains uncertain whether a new buyer will be found for some or all of the restaurants.

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TGI Fridays, an American-inspired restaurant chain, first opened in the UK in the 1980s. Its name stands for "Thank God its Friday", and it offers a menu influenced by New York cuisine and cocktails.

TGI Fridays' UK restaurants will continue to operate as usual while the administration process begins. This development follows Hostmore's decision to abandon plans to purchase all the TGI restaurants in the US - its largest market where it has 128 restaurants - for £177 million, reports the Mirror.

The plan was to merge with US-based TGI Fridays Inc, forming a larger company that would remain listed in London. However, the announcement of the deal falling through led to a more than 90% drop in shares.

The shares are now valued at less than 0.2 pence each and have been suspended from the London Stock Exchange. TGI Fridays operates over 270 restaurants in countries around the globe.

Hostmore released a statement on the London Stock Exchange today, stating: "The Board inherited a very challenging set of circumstances, but a focus on reducing costs, revising the Group's capital allocation policy and implementing both Board and senior management changes, meant that the Group was able to reduce annualised expenditures by £12million, significantly reduce losses from unprofitable stores, and operate the Group's stores at a best in class efficiency level for the sector, all while improving guest scores to our highest levels on record."

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"Unfortunately, all of the Board's efforts to implement a lasting solution to support the long-term financial future of the business came against a highly challenging trading and macroeconomic backdrop, and efforts to create value for shareholders through the proposed acquisition of TGI Fridays, while well-advanced, encountered adverse events outside of the Board's control."

Full list of 87 TGI Fridays UK restaurants

  1. Fridays Aberdeen beach

  2. Fridays and Go Dundee

  3. Fridays Barnsley

  4. Fridays Basildon

  5. Fridays Birmingham

  6. Fridays Bluewater

  7. Fridays Bolton

  8. Fridays Bournemouth

  9. Fridays Bracknell

  10. Fridays Braintree

  11. Fridays Brighton Marina

  12. Fridays Cardiff St David's

  13. Fridays Castleford

  14. Fridays Cheadle

  15. Fridays Chelmsford

  16. Fridays Cheltenham

  17. Fridays Cheshire Oaks

  18. Fridays Coventry

  19. Fridays Crawley

  20. Fridays Croydon

  21. Fridays Derby

  22. Fridays Doncaster

  23. Fridays Durham

  24. Fridays Edinburgh

  25. Fridays Enfield

  26. Fridays Fareham

  27. Fridays Glasgow

  28. Fridays Glasgow Fort

  29. Fridays Gloucester Quays

  30. Fridays Halifax

  31. Fridays High Wycombe

  32. Fridays Jersey

  33. Fridays Lakeside quay

  34. Fridays Leeds

  35. Fridays Leeds trinity

  36. Fridays Leicester

  37. Fridays Lincoln

  38. Fridays Milton Keynes stadium

  39. Fridays Newport

  40. Fridays Northampton

  41. Fridays Norwich

  42. Fridays Nottingham

  43. Fridays Prestwich

  44. Fridays Reading

  45. Fridays Reading Oracle

  46. Fridays Romford

  47. Fridays Rushden Lakes

  48. Fridays Sale

  49. Fridays Sheffield

  50. Fridays Solihull

  51. Fridays Staines

  52. Fridays Stevenage

  53. Fridays Sutton Coldfield

  54. Fridays Swansea

  55. Fridays Telford

  56. Fridays Walsall

  57. Fridays Watford Central

  58. Fridays Cardiff Newport Road

  59. Fridays Edinburgh Fort Kinnaird

  60. Fridays Sheffield Meadowhall

  61. Fridays Speke

  62. Fridays Teesside

  63. Fridays Watford North

  64. Fridays Leeds White Rose

  65. Fridays Ashton

  66. Fridays Bristol Cabot Circus

  67. Fridays Bristol Cribbs Causeway

  68. Fridays Southampton West Quay south

  69. Fridays Southampton Harbour Parade

  70. Fridays Glasgow Braehead

  71. Fridays Manchester Trafford Centre

  72. Fridays Newcastle Eldon Square

  73. Fridays Gateshead Metrocentre

  74. Fridays London Leicester Square

  75. Fridays London Stratford

  76. Fridays Manchester Royal Exchange

  77. Fridays Birmingham Resort nec

  78. Fridays Gateshead

  79. Fridays Lakeside

  80. Fridays Glasgow Silverburn

  81. Fridays Hanley/Stoke on trent

  82. Fridays Leeds Birstall jct27

  83. Fridays Liverpool One

  84. Fridays London o2

  85. Fridays London Wembley

  86. Fridays Milton Keynes (theatre district)

  87. Fridays Aberdeen Union Square