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Private Equity–Backed Firm Bowlero Is Ruining Bowling
Bowlero, the biggest bowling company in the world, has grown rapidly in recent years. Fueled by private equity groups, the firm’s expansion has ruined the beloved pastime for many while its executives pull in massive profits.
It’s also become the target of a federal investigation into alleged ageist and racist hiring practices, with claims emerging of “beauty contest” job interviews and threats of corporate espionage and retaliation. On his site 11thFrame.com, he’s compiled allegations that centers are full of “food debris, dirt, salt, gum, and overall garbage”; that bathrooms go days without being cleaned; that store managers laugh off or dismiss complaints. In a 2023 research report, a Wall Street analyst for the investment bank Stifel Financial wrote that Bowlero can “easily cut 30 percent of [expenses] while running a typical bowling center on a skeleton crew of a handful of staff .
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