Longtime fast-food chain closes all Kansas City area locations
A few months after closing multiple KC area locations, Jack in the Box appears to have exited the area completely.
Its last remaining stores — 9101 Johnson Drive in Mission, 10137 Metcalf Ave. in Overland Park and 10630 Parallel Parkway in Kansas City, Kansas — have all closed.
The company’s website still lists a location as “coming soon” at 740 NW Shoal Creek Parkway.
Jack in the Box did not respond to The Star’s request for comment Tuesday to say whether or not that location would open.
Signs on the doors and windows of the Mission restaurant read: “Thank you, Kansas City, for your support over the years. We’ve truly appreciated being part of the community.”
The California-based chain has experienced financial hardship in the past few months.
In April, after the KC area locations closed, the company announced that it would close 150-200 under-performing stores in an effort to save the brand.
The company called the initiative the “JACK on Track” plan, saying it seeks to run an “asset-light business model.”
In the company statement, Jack in the Box said it was “exploring strategic alternatives” for Del Taco, a fast-food brand it acquired in 2022.
Del Taco has shuttered more than a dozen locations across Colorado.