BREWERY giant Whitbread has shut its Emersons Green Beefeater and sold the site.
The company confirmed that the restaurant, next to the junction of Westerleigh Road and the Avon Ring Road, closed its doors on July 10 and has been sold to another restaurant business.
A spokesperson said the closure as part of a plan to sell “lower-returning restaurants” that were losing money and confirmed it had been sold to another business.
The spokesperson declined to say how many people worked at the site, but said staff would either be “redeployed” to other sites owned by the company or transferred to the new operator.
The restaurant had been used to serve breakfasts to guests of Whitbread’s Premier Inn next door but this now has an integrated restaurant.
The spokesperson added: “We’d like to thank our wonderful guests and team for their service and custom over the years.”
The new operator has not been confirmed, although reports on social media suggested the Papas Group, which owns Wendy’s and Papas Fish and Chips, has bought the site.