:Whitbread

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The business was formed in 1742 when Samuel Whitbread formed a partnership with Godfrey and Thomas Shewell. They acquired a small brewery at the junction of Old Street and Upper Whitecross Street, along with a brewery in Brick Lane, Spitalfields, which was used for brewing pale and amber beers.{{cite ODNB|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/39057?docPos=3|title=Whitbread, Samuel|year=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/39057 |access-date=31 January 2015}} Godfrey Shewell withdrew from the partnership as Thomas Shewell and Samuel Whitbread bought the large site of the derelict King's Head brewery in Chiswell Street in 1750.{{cite book |last=Ritchie |first=Berry| date=1992 |title= An Uncommon Brewer, the Story of Whitbread |location=London |publisher=James & James |page=14 |isbn= 978-0907383369}} The new brewery was for the specific production of porter, and was renamed the Hind Brewery after the Whitbread family coat of arms.{{cite book |last=Ritchie |first=Berry| date=1992 |title= An Uncommon Brewer, the Story of Whitbread |location=London |publisher=James & James |page=21 |isbn= 978-0907383369}}

While not the first to brew porter, Whitbread was the first to exploit it commercially on a large scale. This coincided with an increase in beer consumption in the UK, following regulations to limit the sale of gin owing to the excesses of the Gin Craze. By 1758 production at Chiswell street was 65,000 barrels and the firm had become the largest firm of porter brewers in the UK. From the outset, Whitbread was the leading financial partner, and solely responsible for management, and in 1761, Whitbread acquired Shewell's share of the business for £30,000.

By the 1780s Whitbread had become the largest brewery in the world.{{cite book|author1=Jack S. Blocker|author2=David M. Fahey|author3=Ian R. Tyrrell|title=Alcohol and Temperance in Modern History: An International Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BuzNzm-x0l8C&pg=PA656|year=2003|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-57607-833-4|pages=656–657}}{{cite book |last=Ritchie |first=Berry| date=1992 |title= An Uncommon Brewer, the Story of Whitbread |location=London |publisher=James & James |page=11 |isbn= 978-0907383369}} In 1796 the company produced 202,000 barrels of porter. The firm struggled after the death of Samuel Whitbread Sr, and saw ownership transfer to his son, also called Samuel Whitbread. The company adopted the name Whitbread & Co Ltd in 1799.{{cite web |url=http://www.whitbread.co.uk/about-us/history-of-whitbread.html |title=History of Whitbread |publisher=Whitbread.co.uk |access-date=2014-04-11 |archive-date=2 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180302102225/http://www.whitbread.co.uk/about-us/history-of-whitbread.html |url-status=dead }}

By the 1810s, Samuel Whitbread Jnr had brought in several new investment partners including his cousin Jacob Whitbread and the Master Brewer John Martineau (four of his descendants would later sit on the board of Whitbread, including John Edmund Martineau).{{cite book |last=Ritchie |first=Berry| date=1992 |title= An Uncommon Brewer, the Story of Whitbread |location=London |publisher=James & James |page=39 |isbn= 978-0907383369}} In 1812, the company merged with the Martineau Brewery holdings and by 1816, leadership was shared between William Henry Whitbread (Samuel Whitbread Jnrs son) and John Martineau, who died in an industrial accident in a yeast vat in the brewery in 1834.{{cite book |last=Ritchie |first=Berry| date=1992 |title= An Uncommon Brewer, the Story of Whitbread |location=London |publisher=James & James |page=57 |isbn= 978-0907383369 }} By 1870, the company had begun producing bottled beers for sale and continued to expand production. On 24th July 1889, the company became a registered limited liability company.{{cite book |last=Ritchie |first=Berry| date=1992 |title= An Uncommon Brewer, the Story of Whitbread |location=London |publisher=James & James |page=67 |isbn= 978-0907383369}}

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By 1905, the Chiswell Street brewery reached its largest extent and annual production throughout the company breweries had reached nearly 700,000 barrels.{{cite book |last=Ritchie |first=Berry| date=1992 |title= An Uncommon Brewer, the Story of Whitbread |location=London |publisher=James & James |page=74 |isbn= 978-0907383369}} Production decreased during the First World War with Whitbread brewing over 575,000 barrels in 1917.{{Cite web|url=http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2018/01/kidd-beers-in-early-1917.html|title=Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Kidd beers in early 1917|date=2018-01-04|website=Shut up about Barclay Perkins|access-date=2019-03-01}}

In the 1920s and 1930s, the company bought out several other brewers, including the Forest Hill Brewery and its pubs, and later the Kent Brewery Frederick Leney & Sons, with 130 of its pubs. The company was also reorganised under the leadership of Sir Sydney Neville and introduced new ales, including Double Brown ale.{{cite book |last=Ritchie |first=Berry| date=1992 |title= An Uncommon Brewer, the Story of Whitbread |location=London |publisher=James & James |page=97 |isbn= 978-0907383369}} Whitbread ended regular production of porter in 1940 due to its declining popularity and a need to rationalise its product range following Second World War damage to its brewery sites.{{cite web |last1=Pattinson |first1=Ron |title=Let's Brew Wednesday - 1940 Whitbread Porter |url=http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2019/10/lets-brew-wednesday-1940-whitbread.html |website=Shut Up About Barclay Perkins |date=30 October 2019 |access-date=30 October 2019}} 565 Whitbread pubs were also extensively damaged in the war, primarily during the Blitz.{{cite book |last=Ritchie |first=Berry| date=1992 |title= An Uncommon Brewer, the Story of Whitbread |location=London |publisher=James & James |page=107 |isbn= 978-0907383369}}

The company was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1948 following a decision by the principal owners to take the company public under the direction of WH (Bill) Whitbread.{{cite book |last=Ritchie |first=Berry| date=1992 |title= An Uncommon Brewer, the Story of Whitbread |location=London |publisher=James & James |page=110 |isbn= 978-0907383369}} The next three decades saw Whitbreads merged with over a dozen other regional breweries, including Tennant Brothers of Sheffield in 1961 and Brickwoods in 1971.{{cite book |last=Ritchie |first=Berry| date=1992 |title= An Uncommon Brewer, the Story of Whitbread |location=London |publisher=James & James |page=115 |isbn= 978-0907383369}} Between 1961 and 1971, Whitbread's output increased from 46 to 160 million imperial gallons (2.1 to 7.4 million hectolitres) and it became Britain's third-largest brewer by output.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BuzNzm-x0l8C&q=mack&pg=PA657|title=Alcohol and Temperance in Modern History|isbn=9781576078334|access-date=1 February 2015|last1=Blocker|first1=Jack S.|last2=Fahey|first2=David M.|last3=Tyrrell|first3=Ian R.|year=2003|publisher=Bloomsbury Academic }}

In 1971, Whitbread inaugurated the Whitbread Book Awards.[http://www.costa.co.uk/media/300231/CBA-Past-Winners-2015-Version.pdf (CBA-Past-Winners-2015-Version.pdf)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150915193952/http://www.costa.co.uk/media/300231/CBA-Past-Winners-2015-Version.pdf |date=15 September 2015 }}. Costa Book Awards. Retrieved 12 September 2015. The next year, Whitbread became the initiating sponsor of the Whitbread Round the World Race, a sailing yacht race around the world held every three years. Whitbread sponsored the race until 2001.{{cite web|url=http://www.yachtingworld.com/features/whitbread-round-the-world-race-59997|title=Drastic early days of broken boats and high drama in Whitbread Round the World Race|publisher=Yachting World|date=12 November 2014|access-date=15 April 2017}} In 1973, the company purchased Long John International, a Scottish distiller whose brands included Laphroaig whisky and Plymouth gin.{{cite book |last=Ritchie |first=Berry| date=1992 |title= An Uncommon Brewer, the Story of Whitbread |location=London |publisher=James & James |page=130 |isbn= 978-0907383369}} Later spirit acquisitions, also included the distiller James Burrough and the brand Beefeater Gin which was later sold.{{cite book |last=Ritchie |first=Berry| date=1992 |title= An Uncommon Brewer, the Story of Whitbread |location=London |publisher=James & James |page=135 |isbn= 978-0907383369}}

Whitbread acquired a 20% stake in TVS for £6.5M from European ferries in April 1984.Whitbread buys £6m TVS stake. By Derek Harris Commercial Editor. The Times, Thursday, 12 Apr 1984; pg. 18 By 1982, the company turnover exceeded £1 billion for the first time. In 1984, Samuel Charles Whitbread became chairman and a reorganisation of the company took place into separate divisions; the spirits arm, including Laphroaig was sold to Allied Distillers in 1989.{{cite book |last=Ritchie |first=Berry| date=1992 |title= An Uncommon Brewer, the Story of Whitbread |location=London |publisher=James & James |page=132 |isbn= 978-0907383369}}{{Cite news| issn = 0362-4331| last = Ap| title = COMPANY NEWS; Allied-Lyons Is Buying Whitbread Liquor Unit| work = The New York Times| access-date = 2018-07-21| date = 1989-12-23| url = https://www.nytimes.com/1989/12/23/business/company-news-allied-lyons-is-buying-whitbread-liquor-unit.html}}

The company diversified into other hospitality holdings and invested in new ventures in the 1980s and 1990s, including Beefeater, Pizza Hut, Berni Inns, Heineken Steak Bars and TGI Fridays.{{cite book |last=Ritchie |first=Berry| date=1992 |title= An Uncommon Brewer, the Story of Whitbread |location=London |publisher=James & James |page=133 |isbn= 978-0907383369}} In the early 1990s, Whitbread was required to sell almost 2,500 pubs, as a result of the 1992 Supply of Beer (Tied Estate) orders.{{cite book |last=Ritchie |first=Berry| date=1992 |title= An Uncommon Brewer, the Story of Whitbread |location=London |publisher=James & James |page=137 |isbn= 978-0907383369}}

In July 1996, Whitbread purchased the Pelican Group (comprising 110 restaurants under the Dôme, Mamma Amalfi and, primarily, Café Rouge brands) for £133m,{{cite web|title=Whitbread PLC History|url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/whitbread-plc-history/|publisher=Funding Universe|access-date=26 November 2012}} and in November 1996, Whitbread acquired the restaurant group BrightReasons (owner of brands including Bella Pasta and Pizzaland) for £46m.{{cite news |title=BrightReasons Group |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12030685.brightreasons-group/ |access-date=8 June 2020 |work=Glasgow Herald |date=28 November 1996}}

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In 2001, Whitbread decided to sell all its breweries and brewing interests (Whitbread Beer Company) to Interbrew, now known as InBev. Whitbread-branded alcoholic beverages are still available in the UK, such as canned Whitbread bitter, but these are not produced by InBev, but rather under licence by other producers. InBev controls the use of the Whitbread brand and the hind's head logo for use on beverages. In 2002 Whitbread sold its pub estate, known as the Laurel Pub Company, to Enterprise Inns,{{Cite web|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20020413/ai_n12607979|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080918013012/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20020413/ai_n12607979|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-09-18|title=Enterprise Inns buys 1,860 pubs to become UK's top landlord {{!}} Independent, The (London) {{!}} Find Articles at BNET|date=2008-09-18|access-date=2019-03-01}} and sold its Pelican and BrightReasons restaurant groups for £25m to Tragus Holdings{{Cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/whitbread-sells-restaurant-groups-6299454.html|title=Whitbread sells restaurant groups|date=31 May 2002|work=Evening Standard|access-date=31 May 2017|language=en-GB}} (later renamed Casual Dining Group). The Whitbread & Co brewery building at 52 Chiswell Street in London still survives, although beer ceased to be brewed there in 1976 and it is now a conference and events venue. Still named "The Brewery", it was part of the Earls Court and Olympia Group from 2005 to 2012, when it was subsequently sold to a private investor.[http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/consumer_goods/article570406.ece Whitbread sells historic brewery] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612063338/http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/consumer_goods/article570406.ece |date=12 June 2011 }}

In 2005, it moved its core operations from CityPoint in central London, to Oakley House in Luton,{{cite web|url=http://www.ukbusinesspark.co.uk/whd92128.htm |title=Whitbread – market intelligence |publisher=Ukbusinesspark.co.uk |access-date=2014-04-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222002551/http://www.ukbusinesspark.co.uk/whd92128.htm |archive-date=22 February 2014 }} and then, in 2006, to larger offices at Whitbread Court in Dunstable.{{cite web|url=http://www.businessmk.co.uk/news/art/120/Whitbread-sells-group-headquarters.html|title=Whitbread sells group headquarters|date=1 October 2006|publisher=Business Milton Keynes|access-date=14 April 2017}} In 2006, it went on to sell 239 of its 271 Beefeater and Brewers Fayre sites to Mitchells & Butlers, who rebranded them into Harvester, Toby Carvery and a selection of other brands.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5202164.stm |title=Business | Beefeater sites bought by M&B |work=BBC News |date=2006-07-21 |access-date=2014-04-11}}

In 2013, as part of the 2013 horse meat scandal, DNA tests ordered by Whitbread revealed that horsemeat was present in some meat products sold in outlets owned by the company, at the time Britain's biggest hotel group.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21468699 |title=BBC News – Horsemeat scandal: Supermarkets 'share anger and outrage' |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=2013-02-15 |access-date=2014-04-11}}{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/9873300/Compass-and-Whitbread-caught-up-in-horse-meat-scandal.html|title=Compass and Whitbread caught up in horse meat scandal|agency=Reuters|date=15 February 2013|work=Telegraph.co.uk|access-date=1 February 2015}} On 26 February 2013 Whitbread vowed to remedy the unacceptable situation.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/feb/26/whitbread-food-chain-horsemeat-scandal|title=Whitbread makes food pledge after horsemeat scandal|work=The Guardian|date=26 February 2013 |access-date=1 February 2015}}

In 2018, Whitbread faced pressure from two of its largest shareholders, hedge fund Sachem Head and activist group Elliott Advisers, to break itself up by splitting off the Costa Coffee chain, the theory being the individual businesses would be worth up to 40% more than the current market capital value.{{cite web|url=http://www.business-sale.com/news/article/will-costa-coffee-chain-be-up-for-sale-soon-38853.html |title=Business Sale Report – Will Costa Coffee chain be up for sale soon |publisher=business-sale.com |date=2018-04-22 |access-date=2018-04-22}} On 25 April 2018, Whitbread announced its intention to demerge Costa.{{cite web|url=https://www.whitbread.co.uk/media/press-releases/2018/25-04-2018a |title=Whitbread Group Structure Update |publisher=whitbread.co.uk |date=2018-04-25 |access-date=2018-04-25}} On 31 August 2018, it announced that The Coca-Cola Company had agreed to buy Costa Coffee for £3.9bn.{{cite news |title=Coca-Cola to buy Costa chain for £3.9bn |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-45365893 |access-date=31 August 2018 |agency=BBC News}}

In September 2020, the company announced that they would be cutting jobs, warning that 6,000 staff could lose employment. The company blamed the cuts on a slump in hotel guest numbers since the beginning of the UK's lockdown in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite news|date=2020-09-22|title=Whitbread to cut 6,000 jobs as hotel demand slumps|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/health-54246403|access-date=2020-09-22}}

Whitbread's principal current operations are:

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{{Main|Premier Inn}}

Premier Inn is the UK's largest budget hotel chain, with over 750 hotels.{{cite web|url=http://mobile.bighospitality.co.uk/Venues/Premier-Inn-opens-600th-UK-hotel#.VM17MmisWSo|title=Premier Inn opens 600th UK hotel|access-date=31 January 2015}}

Table Table is a UK restaurant brand. They started as converted Brewers Fayre restaurants. The brand was originally set up in 2006 unnamed; the name Table Table was launched in May 2008. There are around 100 sites in the UK.{{cite web|url=https://www.whitbread.co.uk/our-brands/table-table.html|title=Table Table|access-date=31 January 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206143457/http://www.whitbread.co.uk/our-brands/table-table.html|archive-date=6 February 2015}}

{{Main|Beefeater (restaurant)}}

Beefeater was launched in 1974. The chain underwent a huge revamp in the early 2000s. It then proceeded to change its name to "Beefeater Grill" for a period but in 2014 reverted to "Beefeater". Beefeater has 140 restaurants across the UK.{{cite web|url=https://www.whitbread.co.uk/our-brands/beefeater-grill.html|title=Beefeater|access-date=31 January 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150131170428/http://www.whitbread.co.uk/our-brands/beefeater-grill.html|archive-date=31 January 2015}} In April 2024 Whitbread announced plans to sell 126 unprofitable Beefeater and Brewers Fayre restaurants. It also set out plans to close a further 112 restaurants and convert them into more hotel rooms.{{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=James |date=2024-03-11 |title=Whitbread's property team takes the stairway to eleven in FY23/24 |url=https://www.whitbread.co.uk/whitbreads-property-team-takes-the-stairway-to-eleven-in-fy23-24/ |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=Whitbread PLC |language=en-GB}}

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Brewers Fayre is a pub-restaurant brand which was created in 1979. The pubs are designed to look and feel like traditional local pubs but with a particularly strong family presence. There are around 145 pubs across the country.{{cite web|url=https://www.whitbread.co.uk/our-brands/brewers-fayre.html|title=Brewers Fayre|access-date=31 January 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206143435/http://www.whitbread.co.uk/our-brands/brewers-fayre.html|archive-date=6 February 2015}} In April 2024 Whitbread announced plans to sell 126 unprofitable Beefeater and Brewers Fayre restaurants. It also set out plans to close a further 112 restaurants and convert them into more hotel rooms. {{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=James |date=2024-03-11 |title=Whitbread's property team takes the stairway to eleven in FY23/24 |url=https://www.whitbread.co.uk/whitbreads-property-team-takes-the-stairway-to-eleven-in-fy23-24/ |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=Whitbread PLC |language=en-GB}}

The Whitbread Inns brand of restaurants was created by Whitbread in 2014. In January 2016 there were 13 pubs (all of which were Table Table) across central and southern England.{{cite web|url=http://whitbreadinns.co.uk/|title=Whitbread Inns|access-date=16 January 2016}}

Whitbread's former operations include:

• Costa Coffee, was founded in London in 1971 by the brothers Sergio and Bruno Costa as a wholesale operation supplying roasted coffee to caterers and specialist Italian coffee shops. Acquired by Whitbread in 1995, it had since grown to over 2,861 stores across 30 countries.{{cite web|url=http://www.caterersearch.com/Companies/33934/whitbread-plc.html|title=Catering & Hospitality News|access-date=1 February 2015|archive-date=18 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110418151856/http://www.caterersearch.com/Companies/33934/whitbread-plc.html|url-status=dead}} In August 2018, Whitbread announced that it would sell Costa Coffee to The Coca-Cola Company in a deal worth £3.9bn. The acquisition was completed on 3 January 2019 following a $4.9 billion transaction, with approval from regulatory authorities in the EU and China.{{Cite web|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190103005331/en/Coca-Cola-Company-Completes-Acquisition-Costa-Whitbread-PLC|title=The Coca-Cola Company Completes Acquisition of Costa from Whitbread PLC|date=2019-01-03|website=www.businesswire.com|language=en|access-date=2020-01-08}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.beveragedaily.com/Article/2019/01/03/Coca-Cola-completes-Costa-coffee-acquisition|title=Coca-Cola completes Costa acquisition: 'Our vision is to use Costa's platform to expand in the growing coffee category'|last=beveragedaily.com|website=beveragedaily.com|date=3 January 2019 |language=en-GB|access-date=2020-01-08}}
• Brewsters, a brand created in 1999. The emphasis was on families and most sites had been built as Brewers Fayre, this was to give Brewers Fayre a more adult feel.{{Cite web|title=Brewster's Restaurants - Break From The Old Routine by Oui 3|website = YouTube| date=26 March 2009 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfYCUfB0Exs |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/MfYCUfB0Exs |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}
• Taybarns, an all-you-can-eat American buffet-style restaurant.{{Cite web|url=http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8320043.stm|title=Rise of the all-you-can-eat restaurant|website=newsvote.bbc.co.uk|publisher=BBC|access-date=21 June 2016}} There were six sites in England and one (the very first site at Swansea) in Wales.{{cite web|url=https://www.whitbread.co.uk/our-brands/taybarns.html|title=Taybarns|access-date=31 January 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206143502/http://www.whitbread.co.uk/our-brands/taybarns.html|archive-date=6 February 2015}}
• Britvic, a large UK manufacturer of soft drinks, producing brands such as J2O, Robinson's and Tango as well as Pepsi in the UK and Ireland.{{cite web|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1101148a-5d84-11da-be9c-0000779e2340.html#axzz3QQpvxnbD|title=Britvic IPO to value drinks group at up to £537m|date=25 November 2005|publisher=FT.com|access-date=31 January 2015}}
• Marriott hotels and clubs in the UK, sold to brand owner Marriott Corporation.{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/profiles/8081483/When-Alan-Parker-moved-Whitbread-from-beer-to-hotels-no-one-got-it-they-do-now.html|title=When Alan Parker moved Whitbread from beer to hotels no-one got it, they do now|work=The Telegraph|date=23 October 2010|access-date=31 January 2015}}
• TGI Friday's – Whitbread originally held the UK franchise rights to the American restaurant chain TGI Friday's. The restaurants are known for their "over the top" American style and are popular with teenagers for birthday parties. It is also noted for its cocktails including a top-selling Long Island Iced Tea. On 17 January 2007 Whitbread announced that the franchise rights for TGI Friday's were being sold to a joint venture between Carlson Restaurants Worldwide Inc and ABN AMRO Capital for £70.4m.{{cite web|last=Bill |first=Tom |url=http://www.caterersearch.com/Articles/2007/01/17/310943/whitbread-sells-tgi-fridays-to-joint-venture.html |title=Whitbread sells TGI Friday's to joint venture – Caterer and Hotelkeeper |publisher=Caterersearch.com |date=2007-01-17 |access-date=2014-04-11}}
• Pizza Hut UK, sold to brand owner Yum!{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2012/nov/09/pizza-hut-restaurants-sold-rutland|title=Pizza Hut restaurants sold to investment group|date=9 November 2012|work=The Guardian|access-date=31 January 2015}}
• David Lloyd Leisure – Whitbread ran more than 50 David Lloyd Leisure (DLL) clubs in Great Britain and Ireland, with a further number in Spain, the Netherlands and Belgium. DLL is Britain's biggest tennis operator and manages more than 500 tennis courts. On 4 July 2007, Whitbread announced that it had conditionally agreed to sell the David Lloyd Leisure chain to Versailles Bidco Limited for £925 million. Whitbread will initially use the proceeds from its sale to pay off debt.[http://www.whitbread.co.uk/media.cfm?id=press_releases&view=229 "Sale of David Lloyd Leisure"]. Whitbread plc. 4 June 2007. URL accessed 4 June 2007. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070529100311/http://www.whitbread.co.uk/media.cfm?id=press_releases&view=229 |date=29 May 2007 }}
• Hogshead, a group of town-centre pubs, similar to Wetherspoons, became part of the Laurel Pub Company in 2001.{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/4489445/Luminar-eyes-Hogshead-pubs-deal.html|title=Luminar eyes Hogshead pubs deal|date=15 April 2001|work=The Telegraph|access-date=31 January 2015}}
• Threshers, a chain of off licences.{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/6583701/Former-owners-Punch-Taverns-and-Whitbread-face-Threshers-liability.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091119071231/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/6583701/Former-owners-Punch-Taverns-and-Whitbread-face-Threshers-liability.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 November 2009|title=Former owners Punch Taverns and Whitbread face Threshers liability|date=16 November 2009|work=The Telegraph|access-date=31 January 2015}}
• Germany: Churasco, owned since 1990, and Maredo, owned since 1994; in 1999 the Churasco restaurants had been transformed into Maredo-branded ones; Maredo was sold in 2005.{{cite web|url=http://www.maredo.de/maredo-gruppe/fakten-historie/meilensteine.html |title=Milestones |publisher=Maredo |access-date=31 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419012242/http://www.maredo.de/maredo-gruppe/fakten-historie/meilensteine.html |archive-date=19 April 2014 }}

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