Whitbread to Cut Thousands of Jobs Closing Restaurant Chains

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Well, apparently, the British public stopped turning up for the all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet. Whitbread says people are staying home or going somewhere trendier. Inflation didn’t help either. Who wants to pay £12 for a lukewarm cooked breakfast when you can make toast for pennies?

So, the company is pivoting hard. They’re ditching the dead weight—thousands of jobs—to focus on their golden goose: Premier Inn hotels. The logic? People will always need a bed for the night, but they might not need a plate of nachos at 9 PM on a Tuesday. Fair enough, I guess?

But let’s be real: closing 200 restaurants in one fell swoop is aggressive. It’s like Bruce Banner turning into the Hulk, except instead of smashing, he’s unplugging fryers. 3,000 to 4,000 jobs are about to vanish. That’s a lot of people whose daily commute just got a lot shorter—and not in a good way.

The Casualties of the Chop

Which chains are getting the axe first? Cookhouse & Pub is the biggest victim here. You know the ones—those huge barns with the sticky floors and the “kids eat for £1” deals. They’re all closing. Also, a bunch of Beefeater and Brewers Fayre sites are being reviewed. Some might survive, but many won’t.

Think about the trauma. The little plastic table tents advertising “Two for £10” will be gone forever. The soft play areas that smell faintly of disinfectant and regret? History. It’s the end of an era. One where your biggest decision was whether to get the scampi or the mixed grill.

Beefeater & Brewers Fayre Set To Close Over 200 Restaurants & Cut 1,500