All Whitbread articles
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Opinion
Whitbread’s restaurant conundrum
Whitbread is very good at throwing cash at its hotels, but very bad at chucking money at its pub-restaurants, Dominic Walsh argues as the Beefeater and Brewers Fayre operator embarks on an overhaul of its estate
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News
Whitbread: Hotel extensions ‘much more profitable’
CEO Dominic Paul discusses the strategic rationale behind the group’s plan to exit 126 branded restaurants and convert a further 112 into hotel rooms for its Premier Inn brand
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News
Whitbread to exit 126 restaurants and convert 112 into hotel rooms
The Premier Inn operator will invest £500m in the plan, which will incur up to £100m in impairment charges and £25m in cash costs, and involve the loss of 1,500 job roles
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News
Whitbread F&B sales up 6%
Total F&B sales stood at £582.9m in the year to date for the Beefeater operator, with like-for-likes up 6% as the category continues to “perform well”
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News
Whitbread sells stake in Pure
The hotel group has exited the London-based food-to-go chain after buying a 49% stake in 2016, saying Pure is no longer a core part of its strategy
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News
Whitbread appoints new non-exec
Shelley Roberts, currently group chief commercial officer at Compass Group, will join the Beefeater operator as non-executive director
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News
Whitbread F&B sales recover in Q1
Whitbread has announced its Q1 FY24 trading update, with total revenue up 19% and total UK F&B sales 10% ahead vs FY23
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News
M&B tipped as frontrunner in £600m Whitbread sale process
Whitbread is understood to have earmarked 250 of its 440 pub-restaurants for possible disposal and has approached established pub companies in order to try and avoid a drawn-out sales process.
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News
Whitbread exploring sale of restaurant brands
The FTSE100 business is understood to be exploring the potential sale of its Beefeater chain and its other restaurant brands in order to focus its efforts on its hotel chain Premier Inn.
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Interviews
Whitbread: ‘We are mindful of operating in the value restaurant space’
The group has implemented some price rises but looks to boost performance through an improved customer experience, CEO Dominic Paul tells MCA
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News
Whitbread F&B sales behind pre-pandemic
Sales were 40% ahead of FY22 for the 52 weeks to 2 March 2023, however they remained 4% behind pre-pandemic levels
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Opinion
Dominic Walsh: First class decision by Whitbread
Dominic Walsh takes a look at the illustrious career of Dame Karen Jones and the experience she will bring to the Whitbread board
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News
Whitbread appoints second Dame to board
Whitbread has appointed Dame Cilla Snowball as a non-executive director of the company, with effect from 24 January.
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News
Whitbread reports continued trading momentum
The Premier Inn operator saw F&B sales remained down on pre-pandemic levels, despite strong like-for-like sales growth in Q3 FY23
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News
Dame Karen Jones appointed as Whitbread non-exec
Winner of MCA’s Retailers’ Retailer of the Year in 2022, Jones joins Whitbread’s board and remuneration committee
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News
Whitbread announces profits beyond pre-pandemic levels
The Premier Inn operator has reported a rise in profits in the first half of the 2023 financial year, with revenue up by 25% on H1 FY2020
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News
Whitbread announces £15m pay increases
The Beefeater and Brewers Fayre operator’s pay package will support UK-based hourly-paid staff, in recognition of the increased in the cost of living
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News
Whitbread on its way to post-pandemic recovery
The Premier Inn operator announced a strong bounce back in food and beverage sales, alongside rising occupancy levels
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News
Whitbread’s Alison Brittain: I’m taking on Germany with Premier Inn
In an interview with the Sunday Times, Whitbread CEO Alison Brittain explains why the hotel chain is expanding rapidly in Germany
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News
F&B sales at Whitbread ‘slow to recover’
The Beefeater and Brewers Fayre operator hopes the rollout of new menus and targeted marketing initiatives will drive an improvement in sales