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After a dismal first quarter, <a href="https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/financing/steak-n-shake-same-store-sales-plunge-more-restaurants-close?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=steak-n-shake-struggles-to-maintain-business-after-46-corporate-stores-closed-2709869" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">Steak &lsquo;n Shake continued to close more corporate locations</a>. The burger chain has seen a decrease in same-store sales and traffic fall throughout the beginning of 2019. This has led to the closing of 46 company-owned stores, 44 of which are &#39;temporarily&#39; closed.

According to Restaurant Business, the stores have been closed in order to sell them to franchisees in a risky <a href="https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/financing/steak-n-shake-wants-sell-all-its-company-stores?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=steak-n-shake-struggles-to-maintain-business-after-46-corporate-stores-closed-2709869" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">company-wide refranchising initiative</a>. However, many see this as an unsuccessful business move since it is often more difficult to reopen closed locations.

&ldquo;The closures represent more than 10% of Steak &lsquo;n Shake&rsquo;s 413 company-operated locations as of Dec. 31, and more than 7% of the chain&rsquo;s 626 locations the chain operated at the end of the year, including 213 franchised units,&rdquo; stated Restaurant Business.

Nevertheless, Biglari Holdings Chairman, Sardar Biglari said, &ldquo;We expect the combination [of standardization and entrepreneurial spirit] to reinvent Steak &lsquo;n Shake as the best quick-service restaurant company in the burger segment of the industry.&rdquo;

While some remain hopeful, the numbers continue to speak for themselves. Sales have <a href="https://www.qsrmagazine.com/fast-food/where-steak-n-shake-lost-its-way?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=steak-n-shake-struggles-to-maintain-business-after-46-corporate-stores-closed-2709869" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">continued to fall over the past two years</a> and operating costs have risen. It&rsquo;s unclear how and when the refranchising efforts will begin and if they will benefit the company. 

Read the full article <a href="https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/financing/steak-n-shake-same-store-sales-plunge-more-restaurants-close?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=steak-n-shake-struggles-to-maintain-business-after-46-corporate-stores-closed-2709869" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank">here</a>.

Steak 'n Shake Struggles to Maintain Business After 46 Corporate Stores Closed

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