Moses Lake Quiznos closure latest of many for company

MOSES LAKE — The Moses Lake Quiznos shop, at 933 N. Stratford Road, Unit D, closed recently, the latest of many closures in the nationwide submarine sandwich chain’s decline over the past decade.

According to an analysis of Quiznos by Jonathan Maze in Restaurant Business from 2018, Quiznos has dropped to fewer than 400 stores in 2017 from a high of 4,700 a decade earlier. The primary problem, according to analysts, was a poor franchising model that made it difficult for franchisees to make a profit.

In 2018, the parent company was bought by San Diego-based venture capital firm High Bluff Capital Partners for an undisclosed amount several years after the company filed for bankruptcy in 2014.