Here are the major chains that have made hospitality redundancies during the pandemic so far
Carluccio’s
Carluccio’s cut jobs early on in the first wave of the pandemic
The Italian restaurant group was one of the first well-known high street chains to enter administration during the pandemic.
In May, it was bought out of administration by the owner of Giraffe and Ed’s Easy Diner, resulting in the loss of more than 1,000 jobs
In total 40 Carluccio’s restaurants across the UK were set to close and 1,019 jobs were cut, administrators FRP Advisory said.
Around 800 employees were transferred to new owner Boparan Restaurant Group, which bought the remaining 30 sites in the UK. It also snapped up the Caluccio’s restaurant in Dublin in a separate deal.
A picture inside Burger King BURGER King has opened its doors in Glasgow s East End creating 30 new jobs. The popular fast food restaurant - famed for their flamed-grilled Whopper burger - is operating out of the Forge Retail Park on Biggar Street. The restaurant chain is giving away 1000 free Whoppers this week until Friday. To claim yours, simply download the Burger King app once doors open, head on down to the drive thru, and show the voucher on the app titled ‘Glasgow only: Opening special’ for your free Whopper. Alasdair Murdoch, CEO Burger King UK, said: “We know the people of Glasgow love the great-tasting food of Burger King, so we’ve listened to their requests and are very excited to bring all their favourites to their neighbourhood.
Burger King giving away free Whoppers to hungry Glaswegians this week
The fast food firm is giving fans a freebie to mark the opening of a new branch in the east of Glasgow. (Image: Internet Unknown)
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BURGER King has announced its new Oldbury restaurant has opened today (Wednesday January 6). The fast food giant has opened its new restaurant with a drive-thru on Oldbury Green Retail Park, close to Oldbury town centre, creating 25 new jobs. And to celebrate it is giving away 1,000 free Whopper burgers from today till Sunday (January 10). Site owner BlackRock UK Property Fund Ltd was granted planning permission last January to build the single-storey fast food restaurant with a drive-thru next to Homebase. Alasdair Murdoch, CEO Burger King UK, said: “We know the people of Oldbury love the great-tasting food of Burger King, so we’ve listened to their requests and are very excited to bring all their favourites to their neighbourhood.