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Greene King plaque on the side of a pub in Sudbury, Suffolk. The brewery was founded by Benjamin Greene in Bury St. Edmunds in 1799. [3] In Richard Wilson's biographical analysis of the Greene family, he credits various family members for being able to achieve distinction in the worlds of business and banking, literature (Graham Greene, for example) and broadcasting in the nineteenth and ...
Greene King's love affair with China goes back to 2015, when President Xi Jinping had his first UK state visit. Then-Prime Minister David Cameron took the Chinese premier to his local pub for a ...
The group has its origins in the Laurel Pub Company, which was owned by Robert and Vincent Tchenguiz, two Iranian businessmen. It originally owned the Hogshead pub chain. In May 2004, it sold 432 neighbourhood pubs for £654m to Greene King. [1] Robert Tchenguiz's R20 bought the company for £151m in November 2004.
In 2003, Scottish & Newcastle auctioned off the Chef & Brewer chain, which was acquired by the Spirit Group. In 2005 the Spirit Group was acquired by Punch Taverns. [2] In 2011 the Chef & Brewer chain became part of Spirit Pub Company plc following its demerger from Punch Taverns. The Spirit Pub Company plc was acquired by Greene King in June ...
LONDON -- Greene King (ISE: GNK.L) rallied 23 pence, or 4%, to 587 pence in early London trade after the pub and brewing group published details of its current trading. The FTSE 250 firm, which ...
Rooney Anand, who led the pub group as chief executive officer until 2019, has secured the mammoth cash injection from Los Angeles-based Oaktree. Former Greene King boss launches pub venture with ...
Spirit Group was demerged by Punch in February 2002. [3] Spirit Group then acquired Scottish & Newcastle’s retail business, before itself being re acquired by Punch in May 2006. [3] Spirit was demerged from Punch Taverns for a second time in August 2011. [4] The shareholders accepted a takeover offer from Greene King in January 2015. The ...
LONDON -- Shares of Greene King gained 3 pence to 652 pence during early London trade this morning after the pub and restaurant company said its underlying retail sales improved by 3% during the ...