Bojangles closing nearly 300 restaurants for 2 days to give workers a break. Here’s why
Citing workers who are “physically and emotionally drained,” Bojangles is giving employees a break this Monday and another Monday in September, the chicken and biscuit fast food chain announced Friday.
Bojangles said it is closing all company owned stores Monday Aug. 30 and Sept. 13.
Bojangles CEO Jose Armario praised the company’s workers, in a statement. “But this hasn’t been easy, and we know many people are physically and emotionally drained, so we hope these extra two days off will provide rest and refreshment.”
The closures will cover 72 restaurants in the Charlotte region, from Rock Hill to Statesville, including 22 in Charlotte, Bojangles said. All told, 277 Bojangles restaurants in eight Southern states will be shut down for those two days.
The announcement did not say whether this would be paid time off, and a Bojangles spokesperson was not immediately available. The Associated Press reported that Bojangles employees will not be paid for the days off.
And Charlotte-based Bojangles is not the first area restaurant to close down to help worker burnout during the coronavirus pandemic.
All Mac’s Speed Shop locations and SouthBound closed for the day on Aug. 9
“People are just tired, they’re burned out, they just don’t show up, they’ll work lunch and leave and not come back,” Mac’s President Shang Skipper told the Observer at the time. “So it’s been a struggle.”
These Charlotte-area Bojangles restaurants will close temporarily
The Charlotte stores included in the closures are:
▪ 1401 W. Trade St.
▪ 1101 W. Sugar Creek
▪ 8720 Pineville-Matthews Road
▪ 300 West Blvd.
▪ 6915 Albemarle Road
▪ 7735 S. Tryon St.
▪ 4435 Randolph Road
▪ 4435 The Plaza
▪ 4322 Sunset Road
▪ 8521 N. Tryon St.
▪ 5321 Old Dowd Road
▪ 3510 Mt. Holly-Huntersville Road
▪ 3129 Monroe Road
▪ 5825 Highland Shoppes Drive
▪ 9501 Stafford Road
▪ 10329 Mallard Creek Road
▪ 1407 East 3rd St.
▪ 6120 E Independence Blvd
▪ 9417 Steele Creek Road
▪ 1604 Galleria Blvd
▪ 11420 Beaver Farms Road
▪ 6308 Providence Farm Lane
This story was originally published August 27, 2021 at 3:20 PM with the headline "Bojangles closing nearly 300 restaurants for 2 days to give workers a break. Here’s why."
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