California Chick-fil-A reveals closing date, staff job cuts
They’re chicken-ing out.A Southern California Chick-fil-A location is shutting up shop by the end of the year — an untasty move that will affect nearly 100 employees.Chick-fil-A at at 2040 N.Rose Ave.
in Oxnard will close by Dec.31, according to a WARN notice filed by Worthy Integrated Holdings LLC, the restaurant’s operator.
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Following the closure, just one other Chick-fil-A location, 851 Town Center Dr.near the RiverPark development, will remain open in Oxnard, a city of 200,000 residents.Under California’s Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) act, employers of establishments with 75 or more employees must give workers a 60-day written notice before the establishment closes.
The California Post has requested further details about the reason for the closure.Just off the 101 highway, the Chick-fil-A location is across the street from chicken competitor Raising Cane’s, which opened in 2019.Under Chick-fil-A’s unique owner-operator franchise model, the company buys the real estate, builds the restaurant, and owns the equipment, but the restaurants are independently managed by franchisees.Chick-fil-A describes their franchisee selection process as “highly competitive.” Chick-fil-A franchisee Julian Good revealed in a recent interview that around 100,000 people apply each year to become a Chick-fil-A owner-operator, but only round 200 are chosen.Applying to be an owner-operator costs a pretty penny.
“It’s a $10,000 franchise fee.It’s been the same for the last 50 years,” Good said.
“When a Chick-fil-A operator retires, you can’t pass it down to your kids.You don’t sell the business or anything.
It just goes back into the h...