A Hooters restaurant in Rohnert Park, Calif. Photo: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Hooters of Americafiled for bankruptcy protection late last night with a plan to restructure its debt and emerge as a more sustainable company. We combed through the latest filings in the case for key data points:
5,957: employees
154: franchised locations
151: company-owned restaurants
95: potential third-party investors contacted in November to bid on the company
38: investors that expressed enough interest to sign confidentiality agreements