Gap Finders: Loungers PLC
They are often seen as the biggest UK chain you鈥檝e never heard of. Loungers PLC run Lounge bars, Cosy Club restaurants, and Brightside service stations, with over 250 locations.
In 2002 three friend in Bristol had an idea to open up a caf茅 bar, inspired by travels in Australia and New Zealand. That first bar was in Bristol, it was called Lounge, and it would grow in to the 7th biggest restaurant group in the UK.
Alex Reilley is the Co-founder and Chairman of Loungers plc, they have over 260 鈥楲ounge鈥� caf茅 bars in the UK, as well as their restaurant brand Cosy Club and a new venture called Brightside service stations.
Alex will be talking about how the group has not only navigated a financial crisis, a pandemic, rising energy prices, and a cost of living crisis, but is growing and still expanding 22 years after they started.
With plans for hundreds of more locations around the UK, and now taking on the world of service stations, we will hear about the aims for the group and how they feel the hospitality industry has changed in the two decades since they started.
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Presenter: Winifred Robinson
Producer: Dave James
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- Thu 8 Aug 2024 12:04成人快手 Radio 4
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