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The Grade II Listed Greene King Westgate Brewery and Visitor Centre, Westgate Street, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, East Anglia.
Greene King is a British brewery was founded by Benjamin Greene in 1799. It has grown to become one of the largest breweries in the UK through a series of takeovers which have been the subject of some criticism. The company owns pubs and hotels including the Hungry Horse pub chain. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 share index.
Greene King has grown both organically and via mergers and acquisitions. Key acquisitions in recent years include the Magic Pub Company (1996), Hungry Horse (1996), Morland (1999), Morrells (2002), a large part of the Laurel Pub Company (2004), Ridley's (2005), Belhaven (2005), Hardys and Hansons (2006), the Loch Fyne fish restaurant chain (2007), Cloverleaf (2011), Realpubs (2011), the Capital Pub Company (2011) and the Spirit Pub Company (2015).
The Greene King brewery in Bury St Edmunds produces beers branded in the names of breweries now closed, including Morland (Old Speckled Hen), Ruddles, Hardys & Hanson and Tolly Cobbold. The Belhaven brewery in Dunbar continues to operate in Scotland. The group operates 3,100 pubs, restaurants and hotels. Its retail division is split between its destination pubs and restaurants (with brands including Hungry Horse, Loch Fyne and Metropolitan Pub Company) and its local pubs. Its strategy is to open further retail outlets.
Its pub partners division has leased, tenanted and franchised pubs.[2] Its strategy is to reduce the numbers of these outlets.
There is a visitor centre next to the brewery, and tours are run regularly throughout the week. The brewery has an exhibition of pub sign artwork by George Taylor, who designed over 250 such signs for Greene King pubs.
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The Grade II Listed Greene King Westgate Brewery and Visitor Centre, Westgate Street, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, East Anglia.
Greene King is a British brewery was founded by Benjamin Greene in 1799. It has grown to become one of the largest breweries in the UK through a series of takeovers which have been the subject of some criticism. The company owns pubs and hotels including the Hungry Horse pub chain. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 share index.
Greene King has grown both organically and via mergers and acquisitions. Key acquisitions in recent years include the Magic Pub Company (1996), Hungry Horse (1996), Morland (1999), Morrells (2002), a large part of the Laurel Pub Company (2004), Ridley's (2005), Belhaven (2005), Hardys and Hansons (2006), the Loch Fyne fish restaurant chain (2007), Cloverleaf (2011), Realpubs (2011), the Capital Pub Company (2011) and the Spirit Pub Company (2015).
The Greene King brewery in Bury St Edmunds produces beers branded in the names of breweries now closed, including Morland (Old Speckled Hen), Ruddles, Hardys & Hanson and Tolly Cobbold. The Belhaven brewery in Dunbar continues to operate in Scotland. The group operates 3,100 pubs, restaurants and hotels. Its retail division is split between its destination pubs and restaurants (with brands including Hungry Horse, Loch Fyne and Metropolitan Pub Company) and its local pubs. Its strategy is to open further retail outlets.
Its pub partners division has leased, tenanted and franchised pubs.[2] Its strategy is to reduce the numbers of these outlets.
There is a visitor centre next to the brewery, and tours are run regularly throughout the week. The brewery has an exhibition of pub sign artwork by George Taylor, who designed over 250 such signs for Greene King pubs.