Full list of restaurants and pubs closing for good as 12 venues a day disappear
RESTAURANT and pub chains across the country are set to close more sites for good, with a dozen venues disappearing every day.
Soaring energy bills and high inflation are to blame for the rise in firms shutting up shop, according to new figures.
Just under 4,600 premises closed over the year to March say the industry experts at consumer research brands CGA by NIQ and AlixPartners.
The new data shows that 12 sites have shut each day since March 2022.
It comes after big name brands including Prezzo, Wetherspoons and Frankie & Benny's have announced plans for closures.
Italian dining chain Prezzo revealed plans to shut 46 restaurants just last week as a result of soaring energy and food costs, putting 810 jobs at risk.
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While Wetherspoons initially announced plans to close 32 pubs back in September, before announcing further closures in November.
The Restaurant Group (TRG) revealed it is considering shutting dozens of its loss-making restaurants over the next two years, in an effort to boost earnings.
It will cut the number of Frankie & Benny’s and Chiquito restaurants by around 30% over the next two years.
The Sun has so far spotted three Frankie & Benny's restaurants listed for sale by estate agents Savills.
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Meanwhile, pub giant Stonegate, which is behind brands such as Slug and Lettuce and Be At One, is said to be looking to sell off 1,000 pubs to pay down its debt pile.
Karl Chessell, CGA by NIQ’s director for hospitality operators and food, said: “Each of the 4,593 closures over the last 12 months represents a sad loss of jobs and the permanent withdrawal of a community asset.”
The overall figures showed that 756 venues shut in the first three months of 2023.
Although this represented a slowdown in the recent rate of closures. It was the equivalent to eight closures each day.
It comes after several chains have already pulled down the shutters on sites over the past few months.
Byron Burger announced it was closing nine restaurants after falling into administration in January.
Wetherspoons has already closed 14 of its pubs since they went up for sale.
Full list of chains and locations closing for good
Prezzo
Below is a full list of all the Prezzo restaurants due to close.
The hospitality chain has not yet confirmed when these restaurants will close.
- Beccles
- Billericay
- Bolton
- Borehamwood
- Boston
- Bracknell
- Brentwood
- Buckhurst Hill
- Buckingham
- Chichester
- Chingford
- Colchester
- Corby
- Didcot
- Eastbourne
- Egham
- Eltham
- Ely
- Epsom
- Fleet
- Glasgow, St Vincent Place
- Hailsham
- Harpenden
- Livingston
- Lyndhurst
- Maidstone
- Mere Green
- Mill Hill
- Oxford
- Plymouth
- Redditch
- Redhill
- Rugby
- Shepperton
- Shirley
- Sidcup
- St Neots
- Stowmarket
- Tenterden
- Tunbridge Wells
- Weybridge
- Whitstable
- Wickford
- Wimborne
- Winchester
- Woodford Green
Wetherspoons
Below is a list of pubs that are currently under offer:
- The Butlers Bell, Stafford
- The Percy Shaw, Halifax
- Foxley Hatch, Purley
- Tollgate, Turnpike Lane
- Asparagus, Battersea
- Millers Well, East Ham
- Hudson Bay, Forest Gate
- Angel, Islington
- The Billiard Hall, West Bromwich
- Capitol, Forest Hill
- The Bankers Draft, Eltham
- Moon on the Hill, Harrow
- Last Post, Loughton
Below is the full list of Wetherspoons pubs which are on the market but not currently under offer.
- Worlds Inn, Romford
- Silkstone Inn, Barnsley
- Wrong ‘Un, Bexleyheath
- Jolly Sailor, Hanham
- The Alfred Herring, Palmers Green
- The Moon & Bell, Loughborough
- The Widow Frost, Mansfield
- Foxley Hatch, Purley
- The Rising Sun, Redditch
- Sennockian, Sevenoaks
- Admiral Sir Lucius Curtis, Southampton
- The Malthouse, Willenhall
- The John Masefield, New Ferry
- The Crosse Keys, Peebles
- Lord Arthur Lee, Fareham
- The Saltoun Inn, Fraserburgh
- General Sir Redvers Buller, Crediton
- Plough & Harrow, Hammersmith
- The Bank House, Cheltenham
Frankie & Benny's
The Sun has so far spotted three Frankie and Benny's restaurants listed for sale by estate agents Savills.
While TRG didn't confirm the sites were part of its closure plans, a spokesperson added: “We recently announced a review of our Leisure estate and confirmed that we will be looking to market a small number of freehold sites."
Here are the sites we found available for sale as freehold.
- Spalding
- Lincoln
- Great Yarmouth
Stonegate
Stonegate is "planning to sell" 1,000 pubs in another blow for punters.
The chain, which is owned by private equity firm TDR Capital, has racked up £2.6billion in debt and reportedly plans to sell 1,000 of its pubs for an estimated £800million.
Stonegate declined to comment when approached by The Sun.
The chain has 4,492 pubs, bars and nightclubs across the country.
So far no locations have been confirmed for closure.
Chiquito
TRG said it is considering shutting 35 sites over the next two years.
Chiquito, as well as Frankie & Benny's, is one of the chains which the group says will have 30% of its sites scrapped.
Up to three of the restaurants will be turned into branches of Wagamama.
The rest will be sold or the lease will be ended or left to expire, but the exact locations are yet to be confirmed.
Full list of brands and locations that have already closed
Byron Burger
- Bluewater
- Chelmsford
- Edinburgh Lothian Road
- Leeds
- London - Wembley
- Manchester
- Milton Keynes
- Salisbury
- Southampton
Wetherspoons
- Thomas Leaper, Derby
- Cliftonville, Hove
- Harvest Moon, Orpington
- Alexander Bain, Wick
- Chapel an Gansblydhen, Bodmin
- Moon on the Square, Basildon
- Coal Orchard, Taunton
- Running Horse, Airside Doncaster Airport
- Wild Rose, Bootle
- Edmund Halley, Lee Green
- The Willow Grove, Southport
- Postal Order, Worcester
- North and South Wales Bank, Wrexham
The recent closures and announcements come after a tumultuous few years for the hospitality industry.
Chains that were attempting to recover from the losses made during the pandemic have since been met with the current cost of living crisis, which has been taking its toll across all industries.
Further popular chains including Las Iguanas, Cafe Rouge and Bella Italia also fell victim to the pandemic.
Soaring inflation is heaping further pressure on businesses.
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Retail and bank brands have also been feeling the pinch, with hundreds of locations shutting this month alone.
If you want to know more about store closures, you can read our full list of high street chains closing for good this year.
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