Whitbread

:This article is about the Whitbread company. For the sailing race see Volvo Ocean Race. For the book awards, see Whitbread Book Awards

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Whitbread & Co Ltd was the name of a brewery company founded in London by Samuel Whitbread. The business was originally a partnership established by Whitbread and Thomas Shewell in 1742; it did not take on the Whitbread & Co name until 1799.

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Its beer brands are now owned by Inbev. Today, the business, now Whitbread plc, has no brewing interests. It is a leading restaurants and leisure company, whose brands include Premier Travel Inn, Brewers Fayre, Beefeater, Costa, T.G.I. Friday's and David Lloyd Leisure, and a strategic investment in Pizza Hut (UK).

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Echoing this shift, the Whitbread & Co brewery building at 52 Chiswell Street still survives, but is now used as a conference and events venue. Beer was last brewed at the site in April 1976.

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Volvo Ocean Race: Volvo Ocean Race (formerly the Whitbread Round the World Race) is a yacht race around the world. Held every four years, the race takes the competing yachts through some of the worst sailing conditions in existence. Though the route is changed to accommodate various ports of call, the race typically ...

Whitbread Book Awards: The Whitbread Book Awards are among the United Kingdom's most prestigious literary awards. The awards are named after and funded by Whitbread plc, a leading British leisure company....

Brewery: A brewery is a facility that produces beer. Typically a brewery is divided into distinct sections, with each section reserved for one part of the brewing process. Breweries can take up multiple city blocks, or be a collection of equipment in a homebrewer's kitchen. The diversity of size in breweri...