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J D Wetherspoon (branded variously as Wetherspoon or Wetherspoons, and colloquially known as Spoons) is a pub company operating in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The company was founded in 1979 by Tim Martin and is based in Watford. It operates the sub-brand of Lloyds No.1 bars, and 56 Wetherspoon hotels. [3]
The largest of the traditional department store groups in the UK in terms of sales and profit. John Lewis owns 30 full-line department stores. Nine long-established stores, each trading under their original name, have been re-branded as 'John Lewis' since 2000.
This is a list of the largest fast-food restaurant chains by their number of locations in the world. Country of origin Name ... Wetherspoons: 861 (2021) [116] [117]
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The shopping centre was given further negative news on Friday 26 April 2019 when it was announced that the Debenhams store, which has been in extended part of the centre since 2008 was named amongst 22 stores nationally earmarked for closure. It closed in January 2020.
In 2000, under Martin's leadership, Wetherspoons opened its 400th location and by 2008 the number had increased to 800 Wetherspoons locations. [citation needed] In 2005, Martin was voted the fifth most influential person in the UK pub industry. [11] He is an admirer of Sam Walton's business philosophy. [12]
The pub is mentioned in Charles Dickens' Pickwick Papers. It was purchased by J.D. Wetherspoon and re-opened in May 2008. [3] [4] During renovation work a former medieval banqueting hall was discovered in the structure. Today the building is still run as a hotel and has 28 bedrooms. [2]
to UK Owner # of shops Notes B&M: 1978 B&M European Value Retail S.A. 800+ The business was founded by Malcolm Billington as Billington & Mayman and the first store opened in Cleveleys, England, in 1978 and was acquired by Simon and Bobby Arora from Phildrew Investments in December 2004 Bargain Buys: 2013 Fortress Investment Group: 75