Pound weakness prompts Jamie Oliver to close six underperforming outlets
New branches being opened abroad will more than offset this
06 January 2017 - 14:49
London — British celebrity chef and healthy-food campaigner Jamie Oliver plans to close six of his UK Italian restaurants after pound weakness pushed up costs at branches already not serving enough people. Restaurants in Aberdeen, Exeter, Cheltenham, Richmond, Tunbridge Wells and London’s Ludgate Hill will shut in the first quarter, a spokeswoman said.
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