Major US Chains Including Starbucks and Wawa Close Stores in 2026
Several major chains including Chip City, Wendy's, Papa John's, Pizza Hut, Starbucks, and Wawa are closing hundreds of locations across the US and Canada this year.
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The story so far
2 publishers have covered this in 5 articles since 29 Sept 2026. Inc. published first, on 29 September at 12:00 UTC; All Content from Business Insider followed 21h 48m later. The most recent article, from Inc., appeared on 2 October at 16:58 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: Inc., All Content from Business Insider.
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How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published.
- Inc.Starbucks Is Closing Stores to Grow. That Sounds Backward Until You See Why
- All Content from Business InsiderStarbucks closed 250 stores across the US and Canada. Search our database to see if yours is one of them.
- Inc.Wawa Is Closing Stores: See Complete List of Shuttered Locations for 2026
- All Content from Business InsiderChain restaurants are closing hundreds of locations across the US in 2026. See the list.
- Inc.Chip City Grew to More Than 50 Stores. Now It Could Be Left With Just 4
Sources
Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.
- Chip City Grew to More Than 50 Stores. Now It Could Be Left With Just 4 Inc.
- Chain restaurants are closing hundreds of locations across the US in 2026. See the list. All Content from Business Insider
- Wawa Is Closing Stores: See Complete List of Shuttered Locations for 2026 Inc.
- Starbucks closed 250 stores across the US and Canada. Search our database to see if yours is one of them. All Content from Business Insider
- Starbucks Is Closing Stores to Grow. That Sounds Backward Until You See Why Inc.
In this story
- Chip City
- Wendy's
- Papa John's
- Pizza Hut
- Starbucks
- Wawa