Wetherspoons is a beloved pub chain and British staple. However, the chain is currently facing closures across the UK, with 19 pubs up for grabs and another 20 already closed for good.
Pub company Wetherspoons is a favourite for those who want a cheap pint, cheap food and friendly atmosphere.
However, it has announced that 19 of its pubs are now on offer to be sold.
In September 2022, Wetherspoons – or as it is affectionately known, Spoons – announced that it would be selling 32 of its pubs. This was due to an inability to match its pre-pandemic performance.
A further seven pub sites got the chop in November 2022, making the total 39. However, the pubs currently on offer could remain open if a sale is not made.
In January 2023, Wetherspoons revealed that sales had increased at the end of 2022 but were still struggling to compete with their pre-Covid levels.
Like-for-like sales rose by 18 percent in the final quarter of 2022 across Wetherspoons’ 844 pubs but were still two percent below 2019 levels, as reported by the Daily Mail.
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Full list of pubs under offer
Wrong ‘Un, Bexleyheath
Jolly Sailor, Hanham
The Moon and Bell, Loughborough
The Widow Frost, Mansfield
Resolution, Middlesbrough
The Rising Sun, Redditch
Sennockian, Sevenoaks
Admiral Sir Lucius Curtis, Southampton
Lord Arthur Lee, Fareham
Plough & Harrow, Hammersmith
Coronet, Holloway, London
Colombia Press, Watford
The World’s Inn, Romford
Last Post, Loughton
Christopher Creeke, Bournemouth
The Alfred Herring, Palmers Green
Silkstone Inn, Barnsley
The John Masefield, New Ferry
The Cross Keys, Peebles
The Saltoun Inn, Fraserburgh
The General Sir Redvers Buller, Crediton
The Bank House, Cheltenham
The Butlers Bell, Stafford
The Percy Shaw, Halifax
Foxley Hatch, Purley
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
The Bank House, Cheltenham
Full list of pubs that have already closed
The Worlds Inn, Romford
The Colombia Press, Watford
The Malthouse, Willenhall
Thomas Leaper, Derby
The Cliftonville, Hove
The Tollgate, Turnpike Lane
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 Sir John Stirling Maxwell, Glasgow
The Knight’s Templar, London
Christopher Creeke, Bournemouth
Speaking about the closures and potential closures, chairman Tim Martin explained that the aftermath of the pandemic and lockdown restrictions were “far more difficult than anyone thought”.
He asserted that this has affected the whole pub and restaurant industry, citing the nation’s new fondness of the night in.
“People thought that after lockdown there would be a boom in people suffering from cabin fever but, instead, it has almost been the opposite situation as people have got in the habit of staying in.”
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