53-unit Applebee's franchisee files for bankruptcy.

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    "title": "53-unit Applebee's franchisee files for bankruptcy.",
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    "excerpt": "53-unit Applebee's franchisee files for bankruptcy.\n\nNeighborhood Restaurant Partners Florida has faced financial pressures since sales began to soften in 2015 and will now sell its restaurants to Applebee's.\n\nPublished March 26, 2026\n\nDive brief:\n\n* Applebee's franchisee Neighborhood Restaurant Partners Florida filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protections on Tuesday in United States Bankruptcy Court in the Northern District of Georgia, according to records.\n* The operator closed nine restaurants in 2025 and five during the first quarter of 2026, leaving it with 53 units across Florida, Georgia and Alabama, according to Katie Goodman, chief restructuring officer for the operator and managing partner of GGG Partners, a financial advisory firm.\n* NRPF attempted to find a buyer for its locations last year, but was unable to secure one over several months on the market, despite garnering interest from 17 groups.\n\nDive insight:\n\nFranchisor Applebee's plans to acquire the remaining restaurants, leases and agreements, per the filing. The two companies attempted to negotiate an arrangement to facilitate an out-of-court transaction, but parties had not completed the deal by the Tuesday petition date. Continued financial pressures and cash flow restraints forced NRPF to file for bankruptcy, Goodman wrote.\n\nNRPF was originally formed to acquire 50 Applebee's restaurants in Tampa and...",
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