26 Burger King closures in Metro Detroit to cause hundreds of layoffs
Over 400 employees to be laid off by April
Cassidy Johncox, Senior News Editor
A "Home of the Whopper" sign welcomes customers outside the Burger King fast food restaurant, Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, in Epping, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) (Charles Krupa, Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)
Dozens of Burger King locations are quickly closing across Metro Detroit, triggering hundreds of layoffs in the area.
EYM King of Michigan will close 26 of its Burger King locations in Metro Detroit by April 15. Closures have been underway for weeks after starting on March 17.
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A total of 424 employees will be laid off due to the closures, the company said.
In a letter to the state’s Labor and Economic Opportunity department, EYM King of Michigan said it failed to reach an operating agreements with Burger King Corporation. Specific details were not listed.
EYM King of Michigan is ceasing all of its Burger King operations in Michigan due to the “unforeseen business circumstance.”
The following Metro Detroit Burger King locations will be closed by mid-April:
Dearborn Heights: 20401 West Warren Avenue
Detroit: 20200 Grand River Avenue
Detroit: 2155 Gratiot Avenue
Detroit: 9239 Gratiot Avenue
Detroit: 18021 Kelly Road
Detroit: 9871 Livernois
Detroit: 16245 Livernois
Detroit: 20240 Plymouth Road
Detroit: 12661 Mack Avenue
Detroit: 13600 West McNichols Road
Detroit: 17440 East Warren Avenue
Detroit: 8201 Woodward Avenue
Detroit: 15500 West 7 Mile Road
Ecorse: 3863 West Jefferson Avenue
Ferndale: 10336 West 8 Mile Road
Flint: 3801 Clio Road
Flint: 3625 South Dort Highway
Highland Park: 13324 Woodward Avenue
Livonia: 28203 Plymouth Road
Livonia: 34835 Plymouth Avenue
Royal Oak: 31456 Woodward Avenue
Southfield: 30711 Southfield Road
Southfield: 23660 Telegraph Road
Walled Lake: 1113 East West Maple Road
Warren: 2411 East 8 Mile Road
Whitmore Lake: 9774 East M-36
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