Dagwood’s headquarters said to be shuttered

CLEARWATER Fla. Dagwood’s Sandwich Shoppes LLC has closed its corporate office here and laid off corporate employees, according to sources affiliated with the fledgling sandwich chain. A formal announcement about the shutdown is expected early next week, one source indicated.

Several calls made to corporate officials on Friday were not returned.

Dagwood's, which was co-founded by "Blondie" newspaper cartoonist Dean Young and Popeyes Chicken & Biscui