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Jenny Craig, With 25 FL Locations, Tells Workers It's Closing: Report
The Jenny Craig weight loss chain, with 25 locations across Florida, reportedly told employees it will close its doors.
FLORIDA — The weight loss and management company Jenny Craig, which has 25 locations across Florida, reportedly told employees it will close its doors, according to internal documents obtained by NBC News.
The company told workers in an email late Tuesday it would close "due to its inability to secure additional financing," according to the report. The last day for corporate and field employees who are salaried will be May 5, the news outlet reported. The last day for center workers who are hourly was Tuesday.
Here are the Jenny Craig locations in Florida:
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- Miami
- Plantation
- Weston
- Coral Springs
- Boca Raton
- Boynton Beach
- Wellington
- Palm Beach Gardens
- Naples
- Stuart
- Ft Myers
- West Melbourne
- Sarasota
- Lakeland
- Orlando
- St Petersburg
- Oviedo
- Tampa
- Clearwater
- Ocala
- Jacksonville
- Orange Park
- Tallahassee
- Pensacola
Based in Carlsbad, California, Jenny Craig has about 500 company-owned and franchised locations across the country. The Jenny Craig program helps give people structure and support as they try to lose weight, and helps them learn how to keep it off. The program provides nutritional meals such as entrées, desserts and snacks, as well as individual coaching.
Jenny Craig and her late husband, Sid, opened their first Jenny Craig Weight Loss Center in 1983.
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The chain had warned of mass layoffs and said it could close its corporate offices as early as Friday, WPVI reported Monday. The company told employees it was transitioning to an e-commerce model, according to the TV station.
Earlier this week, the home decor store Tuesday Morning said it will close its remaining stores this month, and in late April Bed Bath & Beyond filed for bankruptcy and closing sales began at the last of its stores.
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- Tuesday Morning Closing Last 16 Florida Stores
Even before boutiques and malls were shut down by the coronavirus outbreak, traditional brick-and-mortar establishments saw a nosedive in revenue and popularity with the emergence of e-commerce companies such as Amazon, Target and Walmart.
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