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Whitbread to close all UK branded restaurants
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Whitbread Beefeater restaurant closures to close all UK branded restaurants
Whitbread plc announced that reaffirmed its five‑year transformation plan, confirming that all 106 Beefeater chain restaurants will cease trading at all 106 UK locations on 10 September 2026. The shutdown now extends to the entire portfolio of branded restaurants in the United Kingdom. All Brewers Fayre outlets will close after dinner service on 7 September 2026, ending a 52‑year‑old family‑dining brand. while Bar + Block, Table Table and Cookhouse + Pub brands are scheduled to end operations on 3 September 2026. The shutdown, part programme targets savings of a about £250 million restructuring plan, will affect in operating costs and involves the sale of roughly 3,800 employees, about 12 % £1.5 billion of Whitbread’s freehold property. Around 3,800 jobs in the UK and Ireland workforce. are at risk; Whitbread aims intends to redeploy many staff and convert many former restaurant sites into integrated food‑and‑drink outlets for its roughly 600 additional Premier Inn hotels, adding around 600 new hotel rooms. The plan also includes the eventual winding down of sister brands Brewers Fayre and Two Bar + Block, with final dates yet to Block venues in Birmingham will be set. The closures are driven by rising operating costs such rebranded as higher employer National Insurance contributions, business rates, wages and food prices, prompting a strategic shift toward more profitable hotel‑linked food and beverage operations. “The Social” rather than closing outright.
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- 2026-07-28 12:53 UTC Whitbread to close all UK branded restaurants
- 2026-07-27 08:12 UTC Whitbread Beefeater restaurant closures
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