Administrators of Carluccio’s confirmed on Friday that they have secured the future of 31 of the troubled restaurant chain’s UK restaurants but 40 will be permanently closed.
Unfortunately for Swindon it appears the Designer Outlet Village branch is o the list for permanent closure.
Administrators FRP Advisory were brought in to supervise the selling of the restaurants which entered administration in March and confirmed this week that 40 branches could face closure resulting in 1,019 redundancies.
Phil Reynolds, joint administrator and partner at FRP, said: “The Covid-19 lockdown has put incredible pressure on businesses across the leisure sector, so it has been important to work as quickly and as decisively as possible in an extremely challenging business environment to secure a sale.
“It ensures the future of the Carluccio’s brand in the UK casual dining scene, retains a significant network of sites across the country and, critically, transfers a considerable number of jobs.”
The Carluccio’s brand ad the 31 restaurants that have been saved were bought by Ranjit Singh Boparan, the owner of Giraffe, Ed’s Easy Diner and also Fox’s Biscuits.
Restaurants that have been rescued
Beverley
Bluewater, Kent
Bristol, Cribbs Causeway
Cambridge
Cheshire Oaks
Chester
Chichester
Colchester
Derby
Kingston, Bentalls
Leamington Spa
Leeds, Trinity
London, Islington Development Kitchen
London, Marriott Heathrow
London, Marriott Regents Park
London, Richmond
London, South Kensington
London, St Christopher’s Place
London, St Pancras Station
London, Waterloo Station
London, Wimbledon
Manchester, Trafford Centre
Manchester, Piccadilly
Portsmouth
Reading
Sheffield
Solihull
Southampton
Stratford-upon-Avon
Walton-on-Thames, Surrey
Dublin Dawson Street
