WBill's is a British restaurant and bar chain, founded by Bill Collison in 2001 when he opened a small greengrocery in Lewes, East Sussex.
WCôte is a British cafe chain founded by Richard Caring, Andy Bassadone, Chris Benians and Nick Fiddler in Wimbledon, London in 2007. There are now over 94 restaurants in the UK.
WFeng Sushi is a UK-based restaurant chain known for advocating sustainable fish farming. The company was founded in 1999 by chef Silla Bjerrum and chef Jeremy Rose, with restaurant entrepreneur Luke Johnson the majority owner since 2010.
WHard Rock Cafe, Inc. is a chain of theme restaurants founded in 1971 by Isaac Tigrett and Peter Morton in London. In 1979, the cafe began covering its walls with rock and roll memorabilia, a tradition which expanded to others in the chain. In 2007, Hard Rock Cafe International (USA), Inc. was sold to the Seminole Tribe of Florida and was headquartered in Orlando, Florida, until April 2018, when the corporate offices were relocated to Davie, Florida. As of July 2018, Hard Rock International has venues in 74 countries, including 185 cafes, 25 hotels, and 12 casinos.
WHotcha was a take-away restaurant chain that serves Chinese cuisine. The chain was founded by James Liang and Andy Chan in 2011, and is headquartered in Bristol, England. In 2014, it was reported that Hotcha was the largest Chinese takeaway chain in Britain provided by the Tsang Corporation.
WKardomah Cafés were a chain of coffee shops in England, Wales, and a few in Paris, popular from the early 1900s until the 1960s, but now almost defunct. They featured live entertainment provided by string quartets.
WKerbisher & Malt is a chain of fish and chip shops in London. The first branch was established in the west London suburb of Brook Green by chef Saul Reuben and his brother-in-law Nick Crossley in 2011. "Kerbisher" was a fishing boat crewed by Crossley's grandfather, who was a herring fisherman, while "Malt" is the malt vinegar commonly served with fish and chips.
WPizzaExpress is a restaurant group based in the United Kingdom and owned by a group of bondholders. It has over 470 restaurants across the United Kingdom and 100 overseas in Europe, Hong Kong, China, India, Indonesia, Kuwait, The Philippines, The United Arab Emirates, Singapore and Saudi Arabia. It was founded in 1965 by Peter Boizot. PizzaExpress celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2015. In July 2020, the business was taken over by its bondholders under a debt-for-equity swap with previous owner Hony Capital. In November 2020, Hony Capital left the business and the group restructure completed, help cutting the casual dining chain’s debt by more than £400 million.
WRossopomodoro is an Italian pizza restaurant chain, headquartered in Naples, with outlets in Italy, the UK, France, Germany, Iceland, Turkey, Denmark, the US, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Brazil and Malta.
WSticks'n'Sushi is a Copenhagen-based restaurant and take-away chain specialising in sushi and yakitori sticks. It consists of 12 restaurants in the Greater Copenhagen area and 9 restaurants in the UK. A restaurant in Berlin opened in 2017.
WTable Table is a brand of restaurants set up by Whitbread in 2008, the brand actually started in 2006 but was unnamed. The brand was created following a rethink of the former Whitbread brand Out & Out. The majority of Table Tables are converted Brewers Fayres. This was during a time where Brewers Fayre was in decline.
WVeeno, is an Italian wine bar restaurant chain in the United Kingdom. The company was founded in 2013 by Nino Caruso and the first outlet was opened in Manchester in November 2013. As of April 2020, the company has 8 outlets: Leeds, Bristol, Chester, Edinburgh, Leicester, Stratford-upon-Avon, Reading (franchised).
WThe Wetherby Whaler is a chain of fish and chips restaurants in the United Kingdom. The first restaurant was founded in 1989 in Wetherby with four more having been subsequently opened across Yorkshire.