Popular pub restaurant chain Beefeater is shutting all of its locations today. Every one of its 106 restaurants is closing, just days after another well-known chain suffered the same fate. On Thursday, September 10, Beefeater is following in the footsteps of Brewers Fayre, which closed all 89 of its restaurants on Monday, September 7. Approximately 30,000 members of staff are employed across both restaurant chains. Earlier this year, it was confirmed that both would be shutting as part of a wider strategy by parent company Whitbread, which also runs the Premier Inn hotel chain. Whitbread chief executive Dominic Paul said at the time: “We plan to convert all our remaining branded restaurants to an integrated food and beverage offer that is preferred by our hotel guests and will unlock the addition of more highly profitable extension rooms. “Our continued efforts to drive our commercial plan and efficiencies will extend our market-leading position and allow us to take share from our competitors, many of which are struggling to grow.” A number of the Beefeater and Brewers …