Category: Restaurant

McDonald’s Restaurants Limited is the UK operating subsidiary of McDonald’s Corporation, the world’s largest fast food company. McDonald’s first opened in the United Kingdom in 1974 and now operates over 1,450 restaurants across England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, employing more than 135,000 people. The UK and Ireland business is run separately from McDonald’s global headquarters in Chicago and operates its own head office in East Finchley, north London. Quick Facts Head Office Address 11–59 High Road, East Finchley, London, N2 8AW, United Kingdom Customer Service Number 0370 524 4622 Customer Service Email customerservices@mcdonalds.co.uk Official Website mcdonalds.com/gb Chief Executive Officer Lauren Schultz (appointed September 2025) Industry Quick Service Restaurants / Fast Food Parent Company McDonald’s Corporation, Chicago, Illinois, USA McDonald’s

J D Wetherspoon plc, universally known as Wetherspoons or simply “Spoons,” is one of the UK’s largest pub chains, founded in 1979 by Sir Tim Martin who opened the first pub on Colney Hatch Lane in Muswell Hill, north London on 9 December 1979. The company operates over 800 pubs and more than 50 hotels across the United Kingdom and Ireland, and is listed on the London Stock Exchange, making it one of the few publicly traded pub companies in Britain. Wetherspoons is headquartered at Wetherspoon House in Watford, Hertfordshire, an office complex the company refers to internally as the “Wethercentre.” Quick Facts Head Office Address J D Wetherspoon plc, Wetherspoon House, Reeds Crescent, Central Park, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD24 4QL

Greggs plc is the UK’s largest bakery chain, founded in 1939 by John Gregg as a bakery delivery round in Newcastle upon Tyne, and now operating over 2,500 shops across the United Kingdom selling savouries, sandwiches, salads, and sweet treats. The company is headquartered at Greggs House, Quorum Business Park, in Longbenton, North Tyneside — a site to which it relocated in 2016 from its previous head office in Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne. Greggs is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is one of the UK’s most recognised high street food-to-go brands, employing over 30,000 people across its shop network, manufacturing sites, and head office. Quick Facts Head Office Address Greggs plc, Greggs House, Quorum Business Park, Newcastle upon

KFC UK & Ireland is one of the UK’s largest quick service restaurant chains, having opened its first UK restaurant in Preston, Lancashire in 1965, and now operating over 900 restaurants across the United Kingdom and Ireland. The UK & Ireland business is headquartered at Orion Gate, Guildford Road, Woking, Surrey — a Restaurant Support Centre where approximately 350 head office employees have been based for over 25 years. KFC UK & Ireland is operated by Kentucky Fried Chicken (Great Britain) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Yum! Brands Inc., the American fast food conglomerate that also owns Pizza Hut and Taco Bell. Quick Facts Head Office Address Kentucky Fried Chicken (Great Britain) Limited, Orion Gate, Guildford Road, Woking, Surrey,