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Customers have just days left to claim their loyalty points before a UK restaurant chain closes for good.
Beefeater and Brewers Fayre will be shutting all 195 of its UK sites in the coming weeks, including the Brewers Fayre site in Keighley.
Diners have until Monday, August 24 to earn additional points through the brands’ loyalty schemes.
These points will need to be converted into vouchers before the restaurants close.
Customers will have one week to use their vouchers, as they will not be accepted after Monday, August 31.
A spokesman for the company said: "All points must be collected (or receipt details added) by Monday 24 August 2026 and then converted into your points-based vouchers and used by Monday 31 August 2026."
The Beefeater Grill Reward Club allowed diners to collect points on food and drink purchases to earn discounts and offers.
Each £1 spent earned five points, with 500 points unlocking rewards such as £5 food vouchers and complimentary starters, desserts, or bottles of wine.
Beefeater will close all its restaurants on Thursday, September 10.
Brewers Fayre locations will shut on Monday, September 7.
Select number of Whitbread sites to rebrand as new pub chain
Alongside its Beefeater and Brewers Fayre chains, Whitbread will also be shutting its Bar + Block, Table Table and Cookhouse + Pub restaurants.
However, out of 261 sites earmarked for closure, 53 have been sold to Queensway Inns, who plan to relaunch them as a new chain.
A Whitbread spokesperson told Newsquest: "Whitbread has reached an agreement for the conditional sale of 53 branded restaurant sites to Queensway Inns, subject to a number of final conditions being met.
"Queensway Inns has extensive experience operating hospitality businesses across the UK and intends to operate the sites as going concerns.
"Subject to completion of the sale and following the relevant TUPE information and consultation processes, around 900 team members could transfer and will be supported through the process."
The 53 sites are reportedly a mix of all Whitbread brands earmarked for closure, with some Beefeater and Brewers Fayre sites potentially being saved.
Queensway plans to rebrand and relaunch the sites as affordable pubs, but the new brand name, menu pricing, and reopening dates have not been confirmed.
When are Beefeater and Brewers Fayre closing?
The restaurants are closing due to Whitbread’s wider Accelerating Growth Plan, which aims to expand its Premier Inn hotels by adding 3,600 new rooms through restaurant conversions.
This programme involves closing or repurposing all remaining branded restaurants by mid-September.
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Whitbread CEO Dominic Paul said the restructure was necessary due to mounting costs, including increased National Insurance and business rates sparked by then Chancellor Rachel Reeves.
The group aims to raise £1.5 billion by selling freehold property to fund future growth.
The overhaul is expected to result in 3,800 job losses, but Whitbread has said that it will look to support colleagues affected.
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