Over 50 Brewers Fayre & Beefeater restaurants will REBRAND into a new chain of pubs under plans

DOZENS of Beefeater and Brewers Fayre sites could be rebranded into a new chain of pubs ahead of over 200 sites closing for good. It comes as Whitbread, the business behind Premier Inn, is retiring five of its iconic restaurant brands for good as part of a massive overhaul. The sites are due to close come September but a number have been saved and are set to be rebranded Credit: Alamy The brand is still set to vanish but the customers will be able to dine at a new pub Credit: Alamy Beefeater, Brewers Fayre, Bar + Block, Table Table and Cookhouse + Pub are all set to close come the middle of September. The tragic move will see over 200 eateries in total vanish from British towns and cities for good. Sign up for the Money newsletter Thank you! Heartbroken locals have been left grief- stricken by the news, with many dreading another empty lot. But, according to a letter seen by The Sun, around 53 of the 261 sites set to close have now been saved. Queensway Hospitality Group has snapped up the tranche of ailing sites. A source close to the matter said they intend to turn them into a new line of “value pubs”. You can see the full list of sites set to be rebranded below: Full list of sites SAVED from clousre - is your local on the list? Ashbridge Inn — Table Table Balkerne Gate — Table Table Bideford — Brewers Fayre Bowling Green — Table Table Brampton Hut — Brewers Fayre Brookes Oast — Brewers Fayre Broomside Park — Beefeater Cannon Inn — Beefeater Cotton Mill — Cookhouse + Pub Craig House — Brewers Fayre French Connection — Table Table Glastonbury — Brewers Fayre Great Yarmouth South Beach Road — Great Yarmouth Restaurant — Beefeater Griff House — Beefeater Hampton Inn — Brewers Fayre Horse & Jockey — Table Table Kembrey Inn — Brewers Fayre Kincardine Way — Brewers Fayre King William IV — Brewers Fayre Langton Inn — Table Table Leamington Spa Town Centre — Bar + Block Loggans Moor — Brewers Fayre Mains of Balquharn — Brewers Fayre Mill of Mundurno — Table Table Monkey Puzzle — Brewers Fayre Moor Mill — Beefeater Morris Dancers — Beefeater Ocean Park — Brewers Fayre Old Nelson — Brewers Fayre Oyster Reach — Beefeater Pantruthyn Farm — Table Table Preston Brook — Beefeater Smugglers Retreat — Table Table Swallow — Brewers Fayre The Colliers — Table Table The Freeman — Cookhouse + Pub The Howgate — Brewers Fayre The Plough, Dover — Beefeater Three Fish — Beefeater Trevithick Inn — Table Table Twelve Bells — Beefeater White Hart, Guestling — Beefeater Whiteley — Bar + Block Widnes — Brewers Fayre The Longford Inn – Beefeater The May Tree The Bridgewater Arms Liskeard Tavern Stourbridge Town Centre What the new hospitality sites could be called, prices of menu items, or when they will reopen under a new name remain unclear. Most read in Money A spokesperson for Whitbread told The Sun: “Whitbread has reached an agreement for the conditional sale of 53 Branded Restaurant sites to Queensway Inns, subject to a number of final conditions being met. “Queensway Inns has extensive experience operating hospitality businesses across the UK and intends to operate the sites as going concerns. “Subject to completion of the sale and following the relevant TUPE information and consultation processes, around 900 team members could transfer and will be supported through the process. “The proposed sale represents further progress against Whitbread’s Accelerating Growth Plan, first announced in April 2024. “April 2026 Whitbread announced a proposal to extend the programme to include all remaining Branded Restaurants and add a total of 3,600 new hotel extension rooms in locations with strong demand, whilst continuing to offer a great breakfast, dinner and drinks nationwide through the creation of new Premier Inn restaurants inside all hotels. “This mirrors the format which is already in operation in over half of Premier Inn hotels and is highly popular with hotel guests.” The Sun has approached Queensway for comment. What will happen to the sites not being bought? While punters may be excited about the opening of a new chain, questions still remain over the future of the 208 other sites set to shutter. The spree of closures will kick off on September 3, with Bar + Block, Table Table and Cookhouse + Pub to shut a combined total of 66 branches. Then come September 7, all 89 Brewers Fayre sites will close for good, bringing an end to a 45-year history in the UK. Anyone signed up to its reward system, which allows customers to earn points when they spend at a diner, to then be used as money off food, has until August 31 to use them up. Finally, on September 10 Beefeater will board up all 106 of its sites for good. The move marks the end of an era for the no-fuss steak and pub chains popular with families across the UK. It comes after boss Dominic Paul said the firm was forced into the desperate shakeup “in light of significant cost increases” sparked by then Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ hike in National Insurance and business rates. Under the five-year survival plan, the firm will also sell off 110 sites and convert others into 600 new hotel rooms to save £250million. It also plans to sell £1.5billion of freehold property to help fund future growth. A massive 3,800 job roles are also expected to be cut as part of the cull. Comment now