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Major UK Restaurant Chain Confirms Sudden Closure of All UK Branches

UNITED KINGDOM, JUL 3 – Ping Pong closed after reporting losses over £3 million during the pandemic despite a brief profit in 2022, impacting 255 staff and ending two decades of operation.

  • Ping Pong, a dim sum restaurant chain, has permanently closed all its UK branches after 20 years of operation, as confirmed in a social media statement.
  • Art Sagiryan, Chief Executive of Ping Pong, noted that 'everyone in the industry is waiting to see who does what.'
  • The closure follows trading losses of £1.4 million in the year ending March 2020, with the company's financial struggles exacerbated by the Covid pandemic.
  • Diners expressed heartbreak over the closure, with one person stating, 'I'm genuinely heartbroken, I absolutely loved this place.
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