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According to a 2006 BBC News article, then-owner Karl McKenna said he sold a third of all 80/- served in Edinburgh. [8] McEwan's stopped producing 80/- cask ale in 2006. The Athletic Arms currently serves a version of 80/- brewed by Stewart Brewing. [3] The pub now calls itself a "specialist whisky pub", with over 700 malt whiskies at the bar ...
In October 1994, Wilmott found Mary-Jane Brook and Nelly Benstead to run the first outlet. The first bar was opened in December 1994 in Sutton, London, town centre [2] by Bass Taverns, run by Sir Ian Prosser, who also owned Fork and Pitcher and Harvester. Bass bought Harvester in 1994. In its style, many pub chains have followed where All Bar ...
In September 2010, Mitchells & Butlers bought the 22 restaurants of the (upmarket) Ha Ha! chain from the Bay Restaurant Group for £19.5 million. Twelve were turned into All Bar One and six into Browns Restaurants .
The hospitality firm also told investors on Wednesday morning that like-for-like sales have increased by 6.5% since late September.
It is headquartered in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was founded in 1848 as the Edinburgh Property Investment Company. In 1929 it was renamed the Scottish Building Society. In 2013 it was merged with Century Building Society. Scottish Hydro Electric — was an energy company generating and supplying electricity and gas. It operated from 1989 to 1998.
Six Continents owned, managed or franchised the hotel brands InterContinental, Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, and Staybridge Suites. Its pubs and restaurants included All Bar One, Browns, Edward's, Ember Inns, Harvester, Hollywood Bowl, It's A Scream, O'Neill's, Toby Carvery and Vintage Inns.
In 1997 the chain identified its primary competitors as the All Bar One and Pitcher & Piano bar chains. [6] In 1998 Grosvenor Inns changed its name to The Slug and Lettuce Group, reflecting the fact that the now 22-strong chain had become the company's sole focus. [ 19 ]
By the late 1990s, the pub restaurant scene in the UK was beginning a renaissance, if not starting to boom; the era of pub restaurants across the UK began to pick up haste. By late 1998, the price of the main carvery meal was now lowered to £5.95. Puddings came with the Toby Bottomless Custard Jug. By 1999 the company was run by Bass Leisure ...