NEWS FROM THE STANDARD |
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International News Briefs
Aug 14 2000 12:00 AM PDT
The Wide Web of Sports
Jul 26 1999 12:00 AM PDT
PROFILE |
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UK-based Whitbread is off the sauce. The firm was one of the largest brewers in the UK, but it sold that business to Interbrew in 2000; it also sold its 3,000 UK pubs to Morgan Grenfell Private Equity, the venture capital unit of Deutsche Bank. Whitbread is focusing its efforts on food and lodging. It is one of the UK's leading restaurateurs, with some 1,500 restaurants at home, and in Austria and Germany. It is also a leading UK hotel operator, with about 310 hotels, including Marriott, Swallow, and Travel Inn brands. Whitbread also operates 55 David Lloyd and Curzons The Gym fitness clubs and about 2,600 wine and beer shops in a joint venture with Allied Domecq.
COMPETITION |
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Compass Group PLC (CPG)
Hilton Group plc (HLTGY)
Six Continents PLC (SXC)
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FINANCIAL OVERVIEW |
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Fiscal Year-End: February
2000 Sales (mil.): 4,658.20
1-Yr. Sales Growth: (1.8)%
Employees: 73,058
Revenue per employee: $63,760.30
KEY PEOPLE |
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David Thomas
CEO
Alan S. Perelman
CFO
CONTACT INFO |
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Chiswell St.
London EC1Y 4SD, United Kingdom
Phone: 44-20-7606-4455
Fax: 44-20-7615-1000
Online: Web Site
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