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[โ€“] Twipped@l.twipped.social 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There are 85 locations remaining in the united states. Thats down from 270 in the 90s. There are only four in California where I live.

They got bought up by private equity and gutted, just like red lobster.

[โ€“] TachyonTele@piefed.social 5 points 1 week ago

Kmart and sears too.

Sears had it bad. It got stripped out and then bought by Kmart, and then it got stripped agian.