It comes as part of a major restructuring
Another UK pub-restaurant chain is to shut all its 106 sites tomorrow after operating for over 50 years.
The chain was founded in 1974 and enjoyed its last ever day of service on today (Wednesday, 9 September), before closing for good tomorrow.
Beefeater is set to close all 106 of its restaurants after its parent company Whitbread, who owns Premier Inn, announced a major restructuring which would see £250m in savings.
Beefeater will be closing down for good on Thursday, 10 September. Image: Adobe Stock.
It comes after Whitbread closed all 89 Brewers Fayre restaurants this week and follows the closure of all Cookhouse + Pub, Table Table and Bar + Block restaurants.
As per reports, the parent company plans to convert some of the restaurant sites into additional Premier Inn rooms and sell off around £1.5 billion worth of freehold properties to fund further expansion.
Dominic Paul, chief executive of Whitbread, said: “We always challenge ourselves to improve and, in light of significant cost increases in the form of business rates and national insurance, as well as the implied market discount to our inherent value, we’ve looked hard at the options open to us to maximise value creation over the medium and long term.
“This has been a rigorous process and we’ve approached all options with an open mind.
“Our new five-year plan builds on our strengths and drives a significant acceleration of our strategy.
“This plan will transform Whitbread into a higher-margin, higher-returning pure-play hotel business.
“We’re going to go further and faster to deliver a great experience for our guests and high-quality growth and returns for our shareholders.”
Full list of Beefeater locations
Full list of Brewers Fayre locations
A Brewers Fayre pub-restaurant. Image: Adobe Stock.
- Abergavenny — Abergavenny
- Afon Conwy — Conwy
- Aire & Calder — Yorkshire
- Bankhead Gate — Fife
- Barrow-in-Furness — Cumbria
- Barry Island — Vale of Glamorgan
- Bedford South — Bedfordshire
- Bicester — Oxfordshire
- Bideford — Devon
- Bobbing Apple — Kent
- Brampton Hut — Cambridgeshire
- Brookers Oast — Kent
- Burton House — Lincolnshire
- The Carousel — Yorkshire
- Castlewood — Derbyshire
- Central Park — Warwickshire
- Cepen Park — Wiltshire
- Chafford Hundred — Essex
- Chequers Corner — Essex
- Cheswold Lodge — Yorkshire
- The Clarence Pier — Hampshire
- Cockermouth — Cumbria
- Cottams Field — Lancashire
- Craig House — Edinburgh
- Crossways — Caerphilly
- Dalesway — Yorkshire
- Derry City — Northern Ireland
- The Drove — Sussex
- Duke of York — Kent
- Exeter — Devon
- The Farrier — Lincolnshire
- Flagstaff Island — Leicestershire
- Freebridge Farm — Norfolk
- Glastonbury — Somerset
- Gordano Gate — Bristol
- The Hampton — Peterborough
- Hanley — Staffordshire
- The Harbour — Northern Ireland
- The Howgate — Cumbria
- Inn On The Quay — Devon
- Inshes Gate — Highland
- Kembrey Inn — Wiltshire
- Kincardine Way — Falkirk
- King William IV — Nottinghamshire
- Lakeland Gate — Cumbria
- Lewins Mead — Bristol
- Lock Keeper — Derbyshire
- Lodmoor — Dorset
- Loggans Moor — Cornwall
- Mains of Balquharn — Aberdeenshire
- The Marina — Leicestershire
- The Mayflower — Essex
- Minehead — Somerset
- Monkey Puzzle — Hampshire
- Mulberry Tree — Essex
- Newhaven Quay — Edinburgh
- Oakenhurst Farm — Lancashire
- Oaks — Norfolk
- Ocean Park — Cardiff
- Ocean Plaza — Merseyside
- Old Nelson — Gloucestershire
- Old West Quay — County Durham
- Orbital — Staffordshire
- Papermill — Buckinghamshire
- Pirnhall Inn — Stirlingshire
- Queens Crossing — Edinburgh
- The Redwood — Staffordshire
- Rhubarb Triangle — Yorkshire
- Rising Sun — Hertfordshire
- Royal Quays — Newcastle
- The Sandpiper — Carmarthenshire
- Stable Gate — Lancashire
- The Swallow — Suffolk
- Swansea Vale — Swansea
- Telford Lodge — Northamptonshire
- Tindale Crossing — County Durham
- Tirfounder Fields — Rhondda Cynon Taff
- Turnpike — Yorkshire
- Victoria Park — Gwent
- Walsall — West Midlands
- Water Mill — Yorkshire
- The Wessex Flyer — Bristol
- The Wessington — Sunderland
- Wheatlea Park — Lancashire
- Whittle Inn — Gloucestershire
- Widnes — Cheshire
- Willen Dragon — Buckinghamshire
- The Windmill — Sussex
- Winsor House — Beckton, London