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Loch Fyne Restaurants

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The Loch Fyne restaurant in Reading is in a former brewery building by the River Kennet.
The Loch Fyne restaurant on City Square in Leeds, West Yorkshire.

Loch Fyne Restaurants is a chain of 38 seafood restaurants in the United Kingdom owned and operated by Greene King plc.

History

The company takes its name from Loch Fyne, a sea loch on the west coast of Scotland. The business started life as part of Loch Fyne Oysters but, in August 2007, the restaurant chain was bought by Greene King for the sum of £68 million.[1][2]

Loch Fyne Oysters continues in business under separate ownership; it owns the Loch Fyne brand and supplies much of the seafood used by the restaurant chain.[1]

In 2008 Loch Fyne Restaurants was criticized by news media outlet the BBC for allegedly paying their waiting staff a base salary below the minimum wage.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Loch Fyne Oysters and Restaurants - History". Loch Fyne Oysters. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
  2. ^ "Greene King buys fish chain Loch Fyne for 68 mln stg". Reuters. 2007-08-07. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
  3. ^ "Loch Fyne wages "below minimum"". BBC News. 2008-07-24. Retrieved 2008-07-26.