Little Chef has announced that it is closing quite a lot of its restaurants.
There has been various humorous banter today on Twitter, but this is not so funny for the 600 people who will lose their jobs.
Using your geographical knowledge can you identify (without looking) at the details, which restaurants might be in danger of closing. Think about the locations and the nature of the business. Who eats in Little Chef ?
Possible relevant information: population demographics, traffic flows along roads they are built on, local connections e.g. hotels etc. / competition from other chains / regular custom rather than just passing trade...
Little Chef provides locations as a SAT NAV POI file.
There is also an element here of rebranding, as Heston Blumenthal spent some time a few years back working with Little Chef. One of the new restaurants is on the A303 on the way to Devon, and there's another one on the A64 near York.
Just as an aside, while having breakfast last year in Oxford the head of Little Chef who was featured in the Heston programmes was also in there having breakfast...
Ironically of course, the Little Chef serves an Olympic breakfast, which would be perfect for 2012....
There has been various humorous banter today on Twitter, but this is not so funny for the 600 people who will lose their jobs.
Using your geographical knowledge can you identify (without looking) at the details, which restaurants might be in danger of closing. Think about the locations and the nature of the business. Who eats in Little Chef ?
Possible relevant information: population demographics, traffic flows along roads they are built on, local connections e.g. hotels etc. / competition from other chains / regular custom rather than just passing trade...
Little Chef provides locations as a SAT NAV POI file.
There is also an element here of rebranding, as Heston Blumenthal spent some time a few years back working with Little Chef. One of the new restaurants is on the A303 on the way to Devon, and there's another one on the A64 near York.
Just as an aside, while having breakfast last year in Oxford the head of Little Chef who was featured in the Heston programmes was also in there having breakfast...
Ironically of course, the Little Chef serves an Olympic breakfast, which would be perfect for 2012....
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