Restaurant chain with 277 branches that’s ‘better than Wetherspoons’ opening 10 new sites – see the full list

A RESTAURANT concatenation branded "better than Wetherspoons" has revealed locations for its caller branches.

Loungers PLC is adding 10 caller Lounge sites to its portfolio of 277 restaurants crossed the UK implicit the next fewer months.

One already opened 2 days agone with a further 9 pulling up their shutters successful the coming months.

The past edifice to unfastened volition invited successful customers successful mid-March, 2024, taking Lounger's Lounge cafe bars UK property to 249.

Here is the afloat database of restaurants opening:

• Durano Lounge, Tynemouth – November 27
• Cantoro Lounge, Galleries Shopping Centre, Washington – December 4
• Pedro Lounge, Bromley – December 11
• Blanco Lounge, Bolton – January 8, 2025
• Calvero Lounge, Tenterden, Kent – January 22, 2025
• Toledo Lounge, Merry Hill Shopping Centre, Brierley Hill – January 29, 2025
• Argento Lounge, Preston – February 5, 2025
• Manzano Lounge, Rayleigh – February 12, 2025
• Saludo, Workington – February 26, 2025
• Caldo Lounge, Sale – March 12, 2025

Founded successful Bristol successful 2002, Lounge opened its 200th restaurant, Verdetto Lounge, successful Buckingham successful September past year.

It has continued to turn rapidly, having already opened 8 branches this twelvemonth and six successful 2023.

But contempt increasing to have more outlets than fashionable brands specified arsenic Prezzo and Wagamama, Lounge has kept beauteous debased cardinal truthful far.

This is partially due to the fact that each subdivision has a antithetic sanction and appearance, meaning fans whitethorn not realise their section is portion of a group.

However, those successful the cognize are raving astir however overmuch they emotion it.

In 1 review connected TripAdvisor, a instrumentality said it's "better than Wetherspoons" with "just the close vibe".

Other customers commented connected Instagram that it's "the best" and immoderate fans are begging the concatenation to travel to their town.

While each outlet has unsocial decor and its ain name, the paper is the aforesaid wherever you spell and offers a wide enactment of vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free dishes.

The all-day paper includes brunch dishes, sandwiches, burgers, salads and tapas boards, arsenic good arsenic a scope of different main courses and desserts.

You tin find your nearest Lounge by putting your municipality oregon postcode into the "find a Lounge" instrumentality connected its website.

Are different retailers and chains looking to expand?

Figures from the Centre for Retail Research published earlier this twelvemonth revealed 10,500 shops closed for bully successful 2023, with 119,000 jobs mislaid implicit the aforesaid period.

Plus, immoderate large sanction retailer names person gone into medication this year, including astir precocious Homebase.

But it's not each doom and gloom crossed the sector, with immoderate chains expanding connected the precocious thoroughfare and retail parks.

Nostalgic 90s retailer Toys R Us has been opening dozens of stores crossed the precocious street, with 23 pulling up their shutters earlier Christmas.

In May, M&S said it wanted to unfastened 2 much stores and refresh 12 much crossed London arsenic portion of a £30million investment.

The 2 new foodhalls opened successful Sidcup and Friern Barnet this summer portion stores successful Brixton Road and Teddington got a revamp.

Meanwhile, manner and homeware concatenation Cath Kidston made a astonishment instrumentality to the precocious thoroughfare successful October.

Plus, astatine the commencement of the year, WH Smith announced plans to unfastened 15 caller shops successful airports, railway stations and hospitals crossed the UK.

Wilko has besides been opening branches crossed the UK.

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