Swiss Chalet on Kenaston closes
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Winnipeg is once again without Swiss Chalet.
The chain restaurant’s 1663 Kenaston Blvd. location has closed, marking the end of the rotisserie chicken eatery’s stay in the city — for now, at least.
The closure comes after the Swiss Chalet at 946 Corydon Ave., along with Harvey’s, permanently shut its doors.
Swiss Chalet’s parent company, Recipe Unlimited, is staying mum on the reasons.
“We don’t have any comments at this time on the store closure,” Nicolette Garito, the chain’s public relations specialist, wrote in an email.
Recipe Unlimited had closed 25 locations this year by the end of its second quarter. Twenty were franchise owned, four corporate, and one a joint venture.
The corporation had 25 brands as of June, including Swiss Chalet, Harvey’s, Montana’s BBQ and Bar, The Keg Steakhouse and Bar, New York Fries and Original Joe’s, among others.
“The Company continues to execute the planned closures of restaurants that no longer fit its long-term strategic plan,” it wrote in its second quarter report.
In October 2020, it closed the Swiss Chalet at 362 Yonge St. in downtown Toronto. The location was one of the chain’s first restaurants, according to the Toronto Sun.
A Swiss Chalet in Port Coquitlam, B.C. shuttered a month later.
Recipe Unlimited posted a bump in revenue in its second quarter compared to the same time last year. In June 2020, it reported a net loss of $40.6 million. This June, it saw earnings of $19.4 million. It has also opened 42 restaurants, but did not specify the timeline in its report.
Recipe Unlimited would not comment on whether it planned to open another Swiss Chalet in Winnipeg in the future.
There’s a Swiss Chalet on 18th Street in Brandon.
gabrielle.piche@freepress.mb.ca
Gabrielle Piché reports on business for the Free Press. She interned at the Free Press and worked for its sister outlet, Canstar Community News, before entering the business beat in 2021. Read more about Gabrielle.
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