Dining News: RIP JR's Texas BBQ?
January 07, 2013
Just after celebrating its 25th anniversary, JR's Texas BBQ will likely close its doors this week due to the slow economy, reports KCRA's Mike Luery.
Owner J.R. Rothenberger gave KCRA 3 an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at his restaurant on Otto Circle in South Sacramento.
Rothenberger told KCRA 3 that business is slow and sales have declined from $1.1 million a year to $600,000.
He said he's had to lay off 13 of his 22 employees.
The biggest factor, Rothenberger said, was the announcement by Campbell's Soup last September that it would be closing its South Sacramento plant and laying off hundreds of employees.
Read the entire story on KCRA.com.
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