A FAMILY restaurant near the Black Cat Roundabout is expected to close in August, the Pioneer has been told.
A person connected to the Afon Conwy Brewers Fayre, located at the Premier Inn at Glan Conwy Corner, said staff had been informed that the venue is due to shut in the next couple of months. The person asked not to be named but shared with the Pioneer, that staff had been told the restaurant would be shutting.
Whitbread, the company behind Premier Inn, revealed plans earlier this year to close the last of its Beefeater and Brewers Fayre restaurants, and cut nearly 3,800 jobs across the UK and Ireland.
When contacted for comment, a spokesperson for Whitbread said they could not comment on local details or site-specific outcomes as the proposal, announced on April 30, was "still under consultation".
They added that "we appreciate it must be unsettling for those who may be impacted and we do understand the community concerns in some areas".
A statement shared by the chain said that Whitbread, as part of its proposed new five-year plan, intends to become a "pure-play hotel business" focused on Premier Inn.
The statement said: "Whitbread announced on April 30 that, as part of its proposed new Five-Year Plan, it intends to become a pure-play hotel business focused on Premier Inn, the UK’s number one hotel brand, which is synonymous with quality and value.
“This change will involve exiting all of our remaining branded restaurants, which trade under brands including Beefeater and Brewers Fayre, a number of which will be converted into approximately 600 additional Premier Inn rooms, with the remainder expected to be sold as going concerns.
“The proposed changes announced build on the success of our Accelerating Growth Plan, announced in 2024, which involved the conversion of over 200 branded restaurants to additional rooms, and the creation of an integrated restaurant in each hotel.
"This format has proved highly popular with guests and under the proposal, it would be rolled out to all hotels where there is currently a branded restaurant."
The proposed changes would result in the loss of around 3,800 roles from Whitbread's UK and Ireland workforce of about 30,000 employees.
Afon Conwy Brewers Fayre is still operating and is currently taking bookings on its website right up to June 2027.
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