# Encantos Restaurants temporarily closes 50 Pizza Hut locations in Puerto Rico

Encantos Restaurants closes 50 Puerto Rico Pizza Hut sites, impacting 700 additional jobs.

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Encantos Restaurants has temporarily closed 50 out of its 56 Pizza Hut restaurants located in Puerto Rico. [^1]

Encantos Restaurants is experiencing a worsening ongoing operational crisis. [^2] Encantos Restaurants faces over 70 active court cases with total combined claims of $4.1 million. [^3] Encantos Restaurants operational decline stems from supplier debt, supply chain failures and active legal claims. [^4]

IHOP temporarily closed two of its eight Puerto Rico locations at Montehiedra San Juan and Plaza del Mar Hatillo. [^5] Carlos Ríos Pierluisi, Secretary of Puerto Rico's DDEC, stated that Encantos Restaurants did not notify the agency about closures of KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and IHOP locations [^6] Approximately 700 additional jobs will be affected by the temporary Pizza Hut closures in Puerto Rico. [^7]

Nearly 2000 employees were already laid off by Encantos Restaurants prior to these closures. [^8] The two IHOP closures resulted in approximately 30 employee layoffs. [^9] The Puerto Rico government will provide labor guidance and support services to employees laid off from the closed IHOP locations [^10]

A DDEC support and job fair event will be held November 10 at the Palacio de Recreación y Deportes in Mayagüez [^11] Both scheduled support events will run from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and include employment fairs [^12]

## What this stands on

1. Encantos Restaurants has temporarily closed 50 out of its 56 Pizza Hut restaurants located in Puerto Rico. (elvocero.com, News)
2. Encantos Restaurants is experiencing a worsening ongoing operational crisis. (elvocero.com, News)
3. Encantos Restaurants faces over 70 active court cases with total combined claims of $4.1 million. (Periódico Presencia, News)
4. Encantos Restaurants operational decline stems from supplier debt, supply chain failures and active legal claims. (Periódico Presencia, News)
5. IHOP temporarily closed two of its eight Puerto Rico locations at Montehiedra San Juan and Plaza del Mar Hatillo. (Periódico Presencia, News)
6. Carlos Ríos Pierluisi, Secretary of Puerto Rico's DDEC, stated that Encantos Restaurants did not notify the agency about closures of KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and IHOP locations (Metro Puerto Rico, News)
7. Approximately 700 additional jobs will be affected by the temporary Pizza Hut closures in Puerto Rico. (elvocero.com, News)
8. Nearly 2000 employees were already laid off by Encantos Restaurants prior to these closures. (elvocero.com, News)
9. The two IHOP closures resulted in approximately 30 employee layoffs. (Periódico Presencia, News)
10. The Puerto Rico government will provide labor guidance and support services to employees laid off from the closed IHOP locations (Metro Puerto Rico, News)
11. A DDEC support and job fair event will be held November 10 at the Palacio de Recreación y Deportes in Mayagüez (Metro Puerto Rico, News)
12. Both scheduled support events will run from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and include employment fairs (Metro Puerto Rico, News)

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