Famous Dave’s ‘more aggressive’ in closing restaurantsFamous Dave’s ‘more aggressive’ in closing restaurants

Famous Dave’s of America Inc. said this week that it recently closed six company-owned restaurants, as it takes “a more aggressive approach” in closing underperforming locations.

The Minneapolis-based barbecue chain, reeling from years of weak same-store sales at company locations, is in the process of either selling corporate restaurants to franchisees or closing them.

“We simply cannot sustain the corporate structure required to effectively manage both our company-owned and franchise operations,” Famous Dave’s CEO Mike Lister said during a second-quarter earnings call on Monday.

Famous Dave’s operated 35 company locations as of the end of the first quarter. It closed three of those units during the second quarter ended July 2. It closed a...