Loch Fyne Restaurants

Loch Fyne Seafood & Grill

Company type| Seafood restaurants
Predecessor| Loch Fyne Oysters
Successor| Greene King
Headquarters|

United Kingdom

Website| www.lochfyneseafoodandgrill.co.uk
The former Loch Fyne restaurant in Reading is in a former brewery building by the River Kennet. The former Loch Fyne restaurant on City Square in Leeds, West Yorkshire.

Loch Fyne Restaurants was the name of a chain of seafood restaurants in the United Kingdom owned and operated by Greene King plc.

## History

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The company took its name from Loch Fyne, a sea loch on the west coast of Scotland. The business started life as part of Loch Fyne Oysters but, in September 2006, the restaurant chain (then comprising 36 restaurants[1]) was bought by Greene King for £68 million.[2][3]

Loch Fyne Oysters continues in business under separate ownership; it owns the "Loch Fyne" brand and supplied much of the seafood used by the restaurant chain.[2]

In 2008 Loch Fyne Restaurants was reported by the BBC to be paying their waiting staff a base salary below the minimum wage made up to legal levels by tips.[4]

At its largest, the chain had over 40 restaurants. Some had already closed by 2020, and due to the Covid-19 pandemic of 2020, Loch Fyne permanently closed 11 more restaurants,[5] with further closures following and the last restaurants closing in November 2023.[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Loch Fyne 'no longer a core part' of Greene King". The Caterer. 27 November 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
2. ^ a b "Loch Fyne Oysters and Restaurants - History". Loch Fyne Oysters. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
3. ^ "Greene King buys fish chain Loch Fyne for 68 mln stg". Reuters. 7 August 2007. Archived from the original on 1 February 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2008.
4. ^ "Loch Fyne wages "below minimum"". BBC News. 24 July 2008. Retrieved 26 July 2008.
5. ^ "Greene King closures: why the chain is closing 79 pubs and restaurants - including 11 Loch Fyne venues". scotsman.com. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2021.

## External links

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* Official website
* Media related to Loch Fyne Restaurants at Wikimedia Commons

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