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Dickey’s Barbecue Pit shuttered a net of 85 U.S. franchised locations during its fiscal 2024, which represented nearly 20 percent of its franchise footprint at the start of the year. The brand finished its fiscal year, ending May, with 357 franchised restaurants nationwide. It opened 12 franchised restaurants, but closed 97 of them. Dickey’s had 562 U.S. franchised locations at the start of fiscal 2018, according to the FDD, but the numbers have dropped every year since then. The chain shuttered a net of 205 U.S. franchised restaurants between the start of fiscal 2018 and end of fiscal 2024.