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Your support makes all the difference.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nRead more<\/span><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nArby\u2019s has closed down yet another restaurant after already shuttering dozens of locations. <\/p>\n
The fast food chain, known for its roast beef sandwiches and curly fries, closed its location near the Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia for good.<\/p>\n
Arby\u2019s broke this devastating news for meat lovers the old-fashioned way \u2014 with a sign on the door of the restaurant. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis Arbys Location is Permanently Closed,\u201d was written with a red marker on a piece of white paper taped to the glass door as pictured in an article published earlier this month by The Burn<\/em>, a news site covering Ashburn, Virginia. The location was also listed as \u201cpermanently closed\u201d on Google Maps. <\/p>\nThe Burn reported, citing Loudoun County property records, that the Arby\u2019s location was built in 2008. The fast food chain was founded in 1964. <\/p>\n
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open image in gallery<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>Arby\u2019s has closed down yet another restaurant after shuttering dozens of locations (Rich Fury\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nIt\u2019s unclear why the location closed. The Independent<\/em> has reached out to Arby\u2019s for comment. <\/p>\nMcDonald\u2019s told investors last November that foot traffic from low-income customers had dropped by nearly double digits across the fast food industry.<\/p>\n
\u201cHappy Meals at McDonald\u2019s are prohibitively expensive for some people, because there\u2019s been so much inflation,\u201d one analyst, Adam Josephson, told the Los Angeles Times <\/em>at the time.<\/p>\n\n
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open image in gallery<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>The popular fast food chain closed its location near the Washington Dulles International Airport (Google Earth)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nDespite the restaurant closures the company has faced in recent years, Arby\u2019s is the third-largest sandwich chain in the United States in terms of sales, according to QSR Magazine, which covers restaurant news. <\/p>\n
The magazine reported last month that Arby\u2019s had 3,365 restaurants in the country at the end of 2024, which was a net decrease of 48 locations from the year before. Money site The Street reported last November that Arby\u2019s had closed at least 14 locations across eight states in 2025. <\/p>\n
According to the Arby\u2019s website, there are currently 3,272 locations in the U.S. The Dulles location was not on the list of restaurants in Virginia. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story. The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it. Your support makes all the difference. Read more Arby\u2019s has closed down yet another restaurant after already shuttering dozens of locations. The fast food chain, known for its roast beef sandwiches and curly fries, closed its location near the Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia for good. Arby\u2019s broke this devastating news for meat lovers the old-fashioned way \u2014 with a sign on the door of the restaurant. \u201cThis Arbys Location is Permanently Closed,\u201d was written with a red marker on a piece of white paper taped to the glass door as pictured in an article published earlier this month by The Burn, a news site covering Ashburn, Virginia. The location was also listed as \u201cpermanently closed\u201d on Google Maps. The Burn reported, citing Loudoun County property records, that the Arby\u2019s location was built in 2008. The fast food chain was founded in 1964. open image in gallery Arby\u2019s has closed down yet another restaurant after shuttering dozens of locations (Rich Fury\/Getty Images) It\u2019s unclear why the location closed. The Independent has reached out to Arby\u2019s f…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11457,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11456"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}