Fridays and Go has permanently closed its Dundee restaurant.
The Reform Street food outlet is one of several closures of TGI Fridays restaurants across the UK.
A rescue deal was secured today after the chain went into administration last month.
However, only 51 out of the chain’s 87 UK restaurants were saved, after being bought by restaurant group D&D London.
Meanwhile, trade union Unite Hospitality claims staff have been shut out of sites and padlocks have changed without any warning.
A statement read: “The way in which workers have been treated across TGI Fridays today is a national disgrace.
“To close venues and lock people out their workforce with absolutely no notice is a moral outrage and almost certainly illegal.
TGI Fridays staff ‘shut out’ of sites
“This is the same company that informed the press before they told workers that they had gone into administration.
“Now our members are being told that they may not even be paid wages for work done.
Unite says they are supporting members affected through the “incredibly anxious situation” encouraging affected workers to get in touch.
Dundee’s Reform Street store was the “world first” Fridays and Go quick service restaurant when it opened in 2022.
It comes months after American-Italian chain Frankie & Benny’s closed its restaurant in the Overgate Shopping Centre.
You can keep track of the occupied and empty units at some of the city’s main shopping streets with The Courier’s Dundee city centre retail tracker.
Fridays have been contacted for comment.
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