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Multiple Rockford-area Beef-a-Roo restaurants close as employees plan to strike
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Key Points:
- Several Beef-a-Roo locations in the Rockford region closed Thursday, with employees citing lack of food and the company’s app and website being down, preventing orders.
- The closures follow a Texas-based company announcement of restructuring plans, including temporary shutdowns of six additional locations amid employee complaints about unpaid wages.
- Beef-a-Roo, originally founded in Rockford in 1967 and now owned by a Dallas private equity firm, has faced similar closures and payment issues earlier this year, sparking local campaigns and protests.
- Rockford-area employees have organized a demonstration scheduled for July 3 at the N. 2nd Street restaurant to protest unpaid wages and call for community support.
- Beef-a-Roo, Inc. has not provided any official comment regarding the recent closures despite media inquiries.
