Struggling TGI Fridays Closes Dozens More Restaurants

Customers sit at outside tables at a TGI Fridays restaurant in Glasgow. (Credit: ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP via Getty Images)

About 1,000 employees are losing their jobs as TGI Fridays has suddenly shuttered dozens of locations across the U.K.

UK Limited, operating under the brand TGI Fridays UK entered administration on Monday and 51 of the 86 locations were sold and will remain open. 2,389 employees will keep their jobs.