PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, Md. – Confused fast food customers, some even using online forums such as Reddit, will be dismayed to hear that Bojangles now has no operating locations in Prince George’s County. According to a spokesperson for fast food franchiser Bojangles, most of their Maryland-based locations have closed since late 2023. This has affected not just the several Bojangles restaurants in Prince George’s, but also some in the Baltimore metropolitan area.
“Five Bojangles restaurants in the Baltimore area have closed. The franchisee who owned these locations has left the Bojangles system,” said a company spokesman. “Baltimore is a vibrant market, and we have so much love for our Bojangles fans here. We hope to reopen the restaurants in the future under new management and provide the great food and service our guests expect from us.”
Sadly, several employees are claiming they are also owed back wages that were not paid prior to the closures.
“What stood out was there was no pay stub attached, no documentation of my hours, how much I worked, and how much they would be pulling out of our check,” explained a former manager who has chosen to remain anonymous during a recent interview.
“These checks were not my full pay. And when I told them I was going to call the cops on them and they said, ‘This is not a street brawl, you don’t have to be ghetto.’ I felt very offended as a Black woman because I felt violated, disrespected, and discriminated against.”
At the time of writing, the web pages for the Oxon Hill, Hillcrest Heights, and Landover Bojangles locations are not available. Google lists the Oxon Hill location as permanently closed.
There are plans to open multiple new locations in the Baltimore area although the company has not yet commented publicly on the progress towards these plans. Competing restaurant Slim Chickens is planning a second location and Raising Cane’s has also begun opening locations in the DMV.
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