These Popular Fast-Food Chains May Be Closing Their Doors for Good

However, by the time the mid-2000s rolled around, 58 units were shuttered and the business filed for bankruptcy not once, but twice. These days, only 28 locations remain across the United States, and Perkins has been purchased by Huddle House.

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Perkins Family Restaurant has lost its perk. Founded in 1958 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the bakery and breakfast chain is located in both the U.S. and Canada. Perkins is owned by Marie Callender's, but unfortunately, both Perkins and its parent company have filed for bankruptcy.

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.