Whitbread (WTB): news on Thursday 8 October 2026

The 15 stories

Each headline's own score, strongest first. Links go to the publisher.

• +3.3 Common Table Will Acquire 57 Former Whitbread Restaurant Sites Vinetur
  Whitbread offloads 57 former restaurant sites to Common Table.
• +3.3 News | Effective artificial intelligence must be trained properly, Whitbread exec says CoStar
  Whitbread executive discusses AI use positively.
• +3.0 Common Table Group to acquire 57 former Whitbread sites The Caterer
  Sale of 57 former Whitbread sites.
• +3.0 Common Table Group to acquire 57 restaurants from Whitbread Hotel Owner
  Common Table buying 57 restaurants from Whitbread.
• +3.0 57 former Whitbread restaurant sites to be acquired by Common Table Group Accessible Hospitality Alliance
  Sale of 57 former Whitbread restaurant sites.
• +2.8 Common Table Group to acquire 57 former Whitbread sites, creating 700 jobs The Morning Advertiser
  Sale of sites creating 700 jobs.
• +2.8 Common Table Group Acquires 57 Former Whitbread Restaurant Sites SuaraGarut.ID
  Sale of 57 former Whitbread sites.
• +2.5 Beefeater and Brewers Fayre sites get a second life after Whitbread exit EasternEye
  Former sites get new life after Whitbread exit.
• +2.5 Firm snaps up former Beefeater and Brewers Fayre sites - with promise of 700 new jobs Telegraph and Argus
  Sites sold on, with 700 jobs promised by buyer.
• +2.5 Hospitality firm snaps up former Beefeater and Brewers Fayre restaurants Property Week
  Former Whitbread restaurants sold to hospitality firm.
• +2.5 Common Table Group expects to reopen all former Whitbread sites by February 2027 The Morning Advertiser
  Buyer plans to reopen all former Whitbread sites.
• +2.2 Common Table Group buys 57 Beefeater restaurants after chain closures Business Live
  Buyer takes Beefeater sites after Whitbread closures.
• +2.0 Thomas Anderson Leads Beeefer Brewers Fayre Restaurant Acquisition of 57 Sites - El-Balad.com El-Balad.com
  Acquisition of 57 former sites reported.
• +1.7 Former Whitbread bosses buy back dozens of Beefeater restaurants City AM
  Former bosses buy back dozens of Beefeater restaurants.
• −1.7 Over 50 Beefeater, Brewers Fayre and Cookhouse restaurants will be REBRANDED after 261 closures The Sun
  Rebranding follows 261 closures of Whitbread's restaurant brands.