Whitbread has confirmed it will close all 106 remaining Beefeater restaurants across the United Kingdom by September 10, 2026, ending the 52-year-old family-friendly steakhouse chain. The closures are part of a restructuring plan aimed at cutting annual costs by £250 million, with some locations converted into Premier Inn hotel rooms or unbranded hotel restaurants and others sold to free up an estimated £1.5 billion. Approximately 3,800 employees are affected, though Whitbread expects to redeploy a significant proportion of them. The Beefeater loyalty scheme will shut down by August 31.
Whitbread PLCWhitbread announces closure of all Beefeater restaurants as part of cost-cutting restructuring, affecting 3,800 employees and signaling significant operational change.