Why is Brewers Fayre closing down?

Brewers Fayre isn't closing entirely, but its owner, Whitbread (Premier Inn), is selling off or converting around 250 underperforming sites (including Brewers Fayre & Beefeater) to focus on Premier Inn hotel growth, converting some sites into more hotel rooms, and selling others to competitors like Greene King, driven by declining profits and rising costs. This strategic shift involves cutting around 1,500 jobs and reducing their restaurant footprint significantly by 2024-2025.

Is Brewers Fayre being taken over?

In 2023, Whitbread announced that it was looking to sell around 250 of its 400 Beefeater and Brewers Fayre sites, due to losses and poor sales. Initially, it was thought all sites might have been put up for sale. Greene King and other competitors are looking to acquire these sites.

Why are Whitbread restaurants closing?

Whitbread said the decline in profits reflects the impact of its growth plan, which has seen it close restaurants resulting in an 11% drop in F&B sales. The hotel giant has also faced pressures from cost increases and high interest rates.

Why is Barbara Lynch closing all of her restaurants?

Chef Barbara Lynch is closing her Boston restaurants due to a combination of factors, primarily severe financial strain from post-pandemic realities, sky-high rents squeezing independent operators, unaddressed workplace issues leading to lawsuits and negative publicity, and major tax problems, which together made sustaining her restaurant empire impossible. She cited the "harsh realities of the global pandemic" and landlords demanding rents only large chains can afford as key reasons, alongside legal battles and allegations of creating a toxic work environment.
 

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Is Costa still owned by Whitbread?

No, Whitbread no longer owns Costa Coffee; they sold the entire chain to The Coca-Cola Company in a £3.9 billion deal that was completed in January 2019. Whitbread, which also owns Premier Inn, acquired Costa in 1995 and grew it before selling it to Coca-Cola to focus on its hotel business.
 

What pubs are Whitbread selling?

Whitbread has sold 51 of its restaurants, including those operating under brands like Bar + Block, Brewers Fayre, and Beefeater. The company is now in the process of replacing these locations with an integrated ground-floor food and beverage offering across its portfolio.

Who is the biggest hotel chain in the UK?

The biggest hotel chain in the UK is Premier Inn, owned by Whitbread, leading by a significant margin in number of rooms and locations, offering budget-friendly, consistent quality accommodation with over 800 hotels across the country and beyond, making it the dominant force in the UK hotel market.

Why are so many pubs closing in the UK?

Pubs across the UK are shutting at an unprecedented rate, with nearly one closure a day reported in 2025 as operators face rising costs, regulatory burdens and shifting consumer habits. The sector is being reshaped by debt stress, declining footfall and fundamental changes to how communities use pub spaces.

Who is Brewers Fayre owned by?

Terms & conditions. This website is owned and operated by us, Whitbread Group PLC ("Whitbread"), whose registered address is at Whitbread Court, Houghton Hall Business Park, Porz Avenue Dunstable, Bedfordshire LU5 5XE.

What is a common mistake made by restaurants?

Allowing guests to leave the restaurant without being properly thanked by the team member who greeted them or someone other than the tip recipient is a big mistake. Truly successful restaurants don't just serve good food; they also provide fantastic hospitality.

What's happening to Beefeater?

The Beefeater at Coombe Lodge, the large chain pub on Coombe Road near Lloyd Park, is to close on September 2, as its owners, Whitbread, continue to get out of the business of brewing (long gone) and selling of beer.

Why can't 3 adults stay in Premier Inn?

Premier Inn doesn't allow three adults in one room because their policy strictly limits occupancy to two adults per room (regardless of beds) due to safety regulations, ensuring comfort (sofa beds aren't for adults), preventing parties, and avoiding complaints, so you need two rooms or book with children (under 16) if you're a family group, with guests 16+ counted as adults. 

What is the 80/20 rule in hotels?

The 80/20 rule for hospitality businesses

For hospitality businesses, here's what the 80/20 rule means: 80% of your profits come from your most valuable customers (the top 20% of your customer base). The other 80% of your customers only contribute around 20% of your total profits.

Are Whitbread closing restaurants?

The news comes as the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), which was highly critical of Whitbread's closure/conversion of more than 100 of its managed restaurants, published data which revealed that more than 1,200 pubs will likely be shuttered this year, compared to around 1,000 in 2023, and just over 800 in 2022.

Who owns Caffe Nero in the UK?

Caffè Nero Ltd is majority owned through intermediary companies, including UK-based Nero Group Holdings Ltd and Luxembourg-based Rome Intermediate Holdings Sarl, by Founder and CEO Gerry Ford. The company successfully dismissed a hostile takeover attempt by EG Group during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Why did Whitbread sell Costa to Coca-Cola?

Whitbread has sold the successful Costa Coffee franchise to Coca-Cola to focus on growing its hotel chain Premier Inn. Few brands have played such a pivotal role in turning Britain into a coffee-drinking nation like Costa.

Why did Gordon Ramsay and Jamie Oliver fall out?

Gordon Ramsay and Jamie Oliver's "feud" was a public rivalry fueled by professional jealousy, differing cooking styles, and insults traded over a decade, starting around 2009 when Oliver criticized Ramsay's pig comparison to an Australian journalist, leading Ramsay to call Oliver a "one-pot wonder," but they've since reconciled, with their wives reportedly helping them bury the hatchet after a family tragedy in 2017, and they now acknowledge their past issues, reports Parade and 9Kitchen.
 

Who is the famous chef that yells at everyone?

If you have ever watched "Hell's Kitchen" and the host Gordon Ramsey, you know he can throw some food, cuss out his cooks and chefs and shut down a kitchen if the food is not up to par.