TGI Fridays | |
Company type | Private |
Industry | Restaurants |
Genre | Casual dining |
Founded | March 15, 1965 New York City, U.S. |
Founder | Alan Stillman and Daniel R. Scoggin |
Headquarters | Dallas, Texas, U.S.[1] |
Number of locations | 600+ (as of June 2023)[2][3] 164 (U.S. as of 28 October 2024[update])[4] |
Area served | Worldwide (except for Sub-Saharan Africa) |
Key people | Weldon Spangler (CEO)[5] |
Products | Steaks, chicken, seafood, pasta, burgers, sandwiches, salads[6] |
Revenue | $728 million (2023)[7] |
Owner | TriArtisan Capital Advisors |
Number of employees | 11,000 (2021) |
Website | tgifridays |
TGI Fridays Franchisor, LLC, doing business as TGI Fridays,[a] is an American casual dining restaurant chain focusing primarily on American cuisine.[8] The restaurant's founder said the name stood for "Thank God It's Friday", although the chain's television commercials as of 2010[update] bowdlerized the phrase as "Thank Goodness It's Friday".[9] TGI Fridays operates over 600 locations in 55 countries,[2][3] including 164 in the United States as of October 2024[update].[10] The chain filed for bankruptcy in the United States on November 2, 2024. Only the 39 restaurants directly owned by TGI, not franchised locations, are affected by the bankruptcy filing.
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