HOUSTON – Dairy Queen, known to some people as “The Texas Stop Sign”, because of its abundance in small Texas towns, is now in fewer of them after a spat between a large franchisee and the corporate office.
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While no stores are slated to close in the City of Houston, places like Tomball, Cleveland, Huffman, and Dayton will lose stores.
Although 25 locations are closing, only 22 stores are liquidating their assets on localauctions.com.
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Potential buyers have already started placing their bids for items, which have reached as high as $26,000 for products in some stores.
KPRC 2 Investigates is taking a closer look at the lawsuits regarding the closures and has reached out to both sides for comment.
Dairy Queen’s corporate media relations team has already gotten back to us with the following:
“We can confirm that 25 DQ restaurants in the Texas Panhandle, North Texas, and West Texas/South Plains–owned by a single franchise owner–closed last week. The franchise owner continues to own and operate other DQ restaurants in Texas. This franchise owner decided to participate in an online auction for 24 of the 25 locations. These closures are an isolated event and we refrain from publicly sharing contract terms.
After these closures, Texas continues to lead the country with the number of DQ restaurants at approximately 560. There are more than 7,700 DQ restaurants in more than 20 countries, and all restaurants in Texas are franchised owned.”
Here’s a list of the 25 stores closing:
- 301 N. 2nd St. in Canadian.
- 609 W. Broadway St. in Fritch.
- 1850 County Road 11 in Panhandle.
- 801 E. Park Ave. in Hereford.
- 1612 Highway 70 East in Olton.
- 108 Chestnut St. in Idalou.
- 5441 Rufe Snow Drive in North Richland Hills.
- 1509 Corsicana Highway in Hillsboro.
- 200 Legacy Drive in Hewitt.
- 1701 W. Pecan St. in Pflugerville.
- 304 Highway 79 East in Franklin.
- 4101 Gilmer Road in Longview.
- 580 N. Interstate 20 East in Waskom.
- 847 E. Sabine St. in Carthage.
- 175 N. Dickinson Drive in Rusk.
- 3121 North St. in Nacogdoches.
- 202 N. Temple Drive in Diboll.
- 602 Interstate 45 South in Huntsville.
- 14421 Farm-to-Market 2920 Road in Tomball.
- 515 S. Washington Ave. in Cleveland.
- 24022 E. Lake Houston Parkway in Huffman.
- 104 Highway 90 East in Dayton.
- 345 Highway West in Sour Lake.
- 34250 US Highway 96 South in Buna.
- 2421 Valwood Parkway in Farmers Branch.
