WETHERSPOONS has confirmed when some of its boozers will be closing for good.
It comes as the pub chain announced that 19 of its pubs have been sold and a further 35 have been put up for sale.
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Now Wetherspoons has confirmed the closing date for three of its sites – with one set to shut for good as early as this weekend.
Pubs have been knocked by rising costs as inflation sends prices soaring and less demand among cash-strapped punters.
The pub chain saw like-for-like sales drop 1.1% in the five weeks to November 6, 2022 when compared with pre-pandemic trading in 2019.
But sellers are struggling to find buyers for some of the locations, according to the FT.
Pub giant Stonegate, which is behind brands such as Slug and Lettuce and Be At One, is also looking to sell off pubs to pay down its debt pile, according to Bloomberg.
Revolution revealed it will be shutting some of its bars on Mondays and Tuesdays to help cut energy costs.
Around 4,500 pubs in the UK are considering reducing trading hours over winter, according to the British Beer and Pub Association.
Wetherspoon pubs in major towns and cities such as Southampton and Middlesbrough are also up for sale.
Here is the full list of pubs set to close from February:
Thomas Leaper, Derby – Sunday, February 5 The Sir John Stirling Maxwell, Glasgow – Sunday, March 26 The Willow Grove, Southport – Early 2023
It is estimated that Wetherspoons employs up to 43,000 people across the UK.
Its website says it runs almost 900 pubs in towns and cities across England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
The chain opened its first establishment in 1979.
Here is the full list of pubs that are still up for sale and at risk of closing
The Butlers Bell, StaffordWorlds Inn, RomfordSilkstone Inn, BarnsleyWrong ‘Un, BexleyheathThe Percy Shaw, HalifaxJolly Sailor, HanhamThe Alfred Herring, Palmers GreenThe Moon & Bell, LoughboroughThe Widow Frost, MansfieldResolution, MiddlesbroughFoxley Hatch, PurleyThe Rising Sun, RedditchSennockian, SevenoaksAdmiral Sir Lucius Curtis, SouthamptonThe Colombia Press, WatfordThe Malthouse, WillenhallThe John Masefield, New FerryThe Crosse Keys, PeeblesLord Arthur Lee, FarehamThe Saltoun Inn, FraserburghGeneral Sir Redvers Buller, CreditonPlough & Harrow, HammersmithThomas Leaper, DerbyCliftonville, HoveTollgate, Turnpike LaneAsparagus, BatterseaMillers Well, East HamHudson Bay, Forest GateAngel, IslingtonThe Billiard Hall, West BromwichCapitol, Forest HillThe Bankers Draft, ElthamMoon on the Hill, HarrowThe Bank House, CheltenhamLast Post, Loughton
Here’s the full list of Wetherspoons pubs that have already been sold:
Harvest Moon, OrpingtonAlexander Bain, WickChapel an Gansblydhen, BodminMoon on the Square, BasildonCoal Orchard, TauntonRunning Horse, Airside Doncaster AirportWild Rose, BootleEdmund Halley, Lee GreenThe Willow Grove, SouthportPostal Order, WorcesterNorth and South Wales Bank, Wrexham
Meanwhile, Wetherspoons has revealed its Valentine’s Day meal for two is back – but there’s a major change and diners won’t be happy.
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