Bad news, Waffle House fans

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008 | Food & Drink |

Robb reports the awful news -”Franchisee Of 146 Waffle Houses Files For Bankruptcy”:

TAMPA - The days may be numbered for “scattered, covered and smothered” hash browns at Waffle House. The iconic roadside grill’s biggest franchisee has filed for bankruptcy protection.

Northlake Foods Inc. of Brandon, which operates 146 Waffle Houses in Florida, Georgia and Virginia, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in mid-September. Chapter 11 allows a company to reorganize its finances while protected from its creditors.

According to the bankruptcy filing, 90 of Northlake Foods’ Waffle House locations are in Florida, but it wasn’t immediately clear whether it operates any local restaurants.

The company filed for bankruptcy because Waffle House Inc. of Norcross, Ga., was threatening to terminate the franchise agreement that gives it the right to operate the restaurants, the bankruptcy filing says.

P.S. When we were in St. Petersburg last month I thought it was totally weird that the Waffle Houses had palm trees. One day I hope to go to Europe and see how they landscape their Waffle Houses. With windmills, maybe, or guard towers. I’ll bet the ones in Scotland have moats. Knoxville Waffle Houses have next to no landscaping, but at least there are lots of them.

Hat tip to an email from Uncle.

4 Comments to Bad news, Waffle House fans

Robb Allen
November 26, 2008

I weep for the future.

Les Jones
November 27, 2008

Isn’t this one of the signs mentioned in Revelations?

Eric
November 28, 2008

….. I have some bad news for you, sir….. there are ZERO Waffle Houses in Scotland….. trust me, I looked….. for seven bloody years, I looked…..

Les Jones
November 28, 2008

“there are ZERO Waffle Houses in Scotland”

No way. I don’t believe it. Go back to Scotland and look again. They may call it something else, so look for the yellow and black lettering, sassy waitresses, and hashbrowns that are delightfully crispy on the outside and cooked just right in the center.