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Also known as Whitbread plc

Whitbread, previously trading as Whitbread, Martineau & Co., is a British multinational hotel and restaurant company headquartered in Houghton Regis, England. The business was founded as a brewery in 1742 by Samuel Whitbread in partnership with Godfrey and Thomas Shewell, with premises in London at the junction of Old Street and Upper Whitecross Street, along with a brewery in Brick Lane, Spitalfields. Samuel Whitbread bought out his partners, expanding into porter production with the purchase of a brewery in Chiswell Street, and the company had become the largest brewery in the world by the 1

Key facts

Company.name
Whitbread plc
Company.logo
Whitbread newer logo.svg
Company.former_name
Whitbread Holdings (20002001)
Company.type
Public limited company
Company.traded_as
FTSE 100 Component
Company.foundation
in London, England
Company.founder
Samuel Whitbread
Company.revenue
£2,921.9 million (2025)
Company.operating_income
£629.6 million (2025)
Company.net_income
£253.7 million (2025)
Company.num_employees
34,000 (2026)

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Welcome to Whitbread PLC. Whitbread is a leading hospitality business and the owner of Premier Inn, the UK’s biggest hotel brand.

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Wikidata facts

Headquarters
Dunstable
Stock exchange
London Stock Exchange
Official website
www.whitbread.co.uk
Motto
Eat, Sleep and Drink
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Commons category
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inception
1742-00-00
social media followers
10518
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Whitbread est une entreprise britannique, active dans les secteurs de l'hôtellerie et de la restauration, faisant partie de l'indice FTSE 100.

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