Why is TGI Fridays struggling while other casual restaurant chains are thriving?

Styles change. TGI Friday's was founded in 1965 in NYC. The founder claims he opened the joint so he could meet all of the single stewardesses and models that lived in his neighborhood. TGI Fri…

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