Queensway Inns and Common Table Group to revive 110 former Whitbread sites

Whitbread closed a large number of its Beefeater, Brewers Fayre and Cookhouse outlets in September as part of a cost-saving overhaul. Queensway Inns purchased 53 of those sites, promising to convert them into a new line of value pubs and to re-employ many of the displaced workers. Common Table Group secured 57 locations, also taking over a Premier Inn hotel, and plans to open the venues as soon as possible, targeting mid-November for the first launch.

Together the deals cover a total of 110 former Whitbread sites across the United Kingdom. Both companies say the reopenings will retain restaurant services and offer an all-day food and drink menu for diners and hotel guests, while creating more than 700 new jobs. The initiatives are presented as a response to the job losses caused by Whitbread’s recent closures.