The Chick-fil-A at 2040 N. Rose Ave. in Oxnard is closing for good on Dec. 31, with a state filing listing 87 employees as affected by the shutdown. Worthy Integrated Holdings LLC, which operates the restaurant, filed the notice on Monday, giving workers and the city an unusually specific timeline for the closure.
According to Whatnow, Worthy Integrated Holdings LLC is listed as the operator of the Chick-fil-A restaurant at 2040 N. Rose Ave. in Oxnard, and the company filed its WARN notice on Nov. 2, outlining plans to close the location. The filing lists 87 employees as affected, with the closure scheduled for Dec. 31, 2026. No specific reason was given for this particular location's closure, the outlet reports, leaving the question of why the location is closing unanswered for now.
No Explanation Offered for the Shutdown
The lack of a stated cause is notable given how routine these filings usually are. WARN notices typically accompany layoffs or closures at larger worksites, and California's Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act generally requires covered employers to give advance written notice before a mass layoff or closure, according to the California Employment Development Department, which maintains an overview of the law along with filing guidance for employers. The state agency's resource lays out how the process works once a notice like Worthy Integrated Holdings LLC's is submitted.
Whether the closure stems from lease issues, performance, or something else at the Rose Avenue site has not been disclosed. The report notes only that the filing itself specifies the date and headcount, not the rationale behind the decision.
Another Oxnard Location Remains
Even as the Rose Avenue restaurant prepares to shut its doors, Chick-fil-A's own location finder still lists a restaurant open at 851 Town Center Dr. in Oxnard, near Riverpark. That listing comes straight from the company's official site, which identifies the Chick-fil-A at 851 Town Center Dr in Oxnard, CA as an active location. The evidence available does not make clear whether that Town Center Drive spot will be the city's only Chick-fil-A once the Rose Avenue restaurant closes at the end of December.
For now, the 87 workers tied to the Rose Avenue location are left with a firm closing date and a layoff notice, but no public explanation for why their restaurant is the one shutting down. As the Dec. 31 deadline approaches, it remains to be seen whether Worthy Integrated Holdings LLC or Chick-fil-A will offer further detail on the decision.
