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UK pub chain backed by 'Ready Steady Cook' chef to shut as near 4,000 jobs lost
Whitbread said the changes could cut around 3,800 jobs as some sites are converted to Premier Inn rooms or the Thyme brand.
- On Thursday, September 10, all 106 Beefeaters pub-restaurants will close, following the shutdown of Whitbread's 89 Brewers Fayre sites yesterday, Monday, September 7, as part of a wider restructuring plan.
- Earlier this summer, Whitbread announced the restructuring to convert a number of restaurants into additional Premier Inn hotel rooms, optimizing its real estate portfolio across the UK and Ireland.
- The proposed changes will impact about 12 per cent of the company's 30,000-strong workforce in the UK and Ireland, with Whitbread anticipating a reduction of around 3,800 roles, though the company says it is attempting to redeploy impacted colleagues.
- Affected sites include branches in Durham, Stockton-on-Tees, North Tyneside, Bishop Auckland, Hartlepool, and Sunderland, which ceased operations yesterday, Monday, September 7, as part of the restructuring.
- While some eateries have already switched to Whitbread's in-house Thyme brand, the closures mark a significant contraction for Beefeaters, founded in 1974, which operated over 250 locations at its height in the late 1990s.
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