Burger chain Shake Shack has announced that it will be closing five locations, including the one in Downtown Culver City which has only been open since last year.
The company is closing five L.A. locations (Culver City, Downtown, Silver Lake, Koreatown, Canoga Park), and nine nationwide (Oakland, one in Ohio, two in Texas).
“These closings are expected to optimize the company’s footprint in these states and maximize profitable growth moving forward and are not anticipated to impact the company’s plans to open additional Shacks in these states. The company currently does not anticipate closing any additional Shacks based on this evaluation for the foreseeable future,” reads an SEC filing by Shake Shack.
“This Shack closure plan was communicated to impacted employees on Aug 27, 2024, and is expected to be completed by Sept. 25, 2024, subject to finalizing third-party agreements and other contingencies.”
The one at Westfield remains open.
We reviewed the Downtown location last year, when we wrote about the fact that Shake Shack began as a hotdog cart in New York, as a means to raise funds for a public art project.
“As we grew into a global business, our mission to Stand For Something Good expanded to include taking care of our team, sourcing premium ingredients from partners with the same dedication to quality, designing our Shacks responsibly, supporting our communities through donations, events, and volunteering—and much more,” they say online. “Doing good is in our roots, a part of our DNA since day one. 20 years later, we’re still continuing to expand and evolve our mission to Stand For Something Good in everything we do.”
“Everything we tried was great,” we wrote in conclusion. “Little wonder Shake Shack is so popular in these parts.” Unfortunately, that location will now be closed in September.
