Parker said after careful evaluation, Flying J recently made the decision to close the following restaurant locations: Commerce, Ga; Bessemer, Ala., Lubbock, Texas; Cokeville, Wyo., Evanston, Wyo.; Payson, Utah, and Casper, Wyo.
She said the Flying J stores at those locations would continue to provide hot and cold deli items.
Flying J recently trimmed hours on foodservice in some of its locations because of the poor economy. For example, foodservice hours at the Flying J Travel Plaza in Emporia, Kansas, previously ran 24 hours a day. Now the restaurant will close from midnight to 5:00 a.m. Sunday through Thursday. The restaurant will stay open all night on Fridays and Saturdays.
"It's a corporate decision," restaurant manager Todd Wilson told the newspaper. "With the economy on the downturn, corporate is pulling third shift from a lot of stores."
Click here for details on Flying J's restaurants, which include Country Market Restaurant & Buffet, Cookery Restaurant & Buffet, Thad's Restaurant, Magic Dragon Chinese Eatery, Pepperoni's Super Slice Pizza and The CrossRoad Deli.
The companyalong with Longhorn Partners Pipeline LP, Big West Oil LLC, Big West of California LLC, Longhorn Pipeline Inc., Big West Transportation Inc. and Longhorn Pipeline Holdings LLCfiled for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in late December 2008.
Ogden, Utah-based Flying J operates more than 240 retail locations, including travel plazas, convenience stores, restaurants, motels and truck service centers in 41 states and six Canadian provinces. In addition to the usual truckstop services such as food, diesel and gasoline and showers, the company offers banking, bulk fuel programs, communications (WiFi) fuel cost analysis insurance and truck fleet sales. It also explores for, refines and transports petroleum products.
Click herefor previous CSP Daily News coverage of Flying J.
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