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Up to 3,000 jobs At Risk are decided according to one of the country's largest restaurant operators, as many as 120 stores will not be back to Lockdown , who has learned BBC.

The Restaurant Group , which owns Frankie & Benny's and Garfunkels, has about 600 outlets in the UK, with over 22,000 employees on vacation.

It is understood that Frankie & Benny's, the brunt of the closures wear.

The Company , which declined to comment, was seen to inform the employees on Wednesday,

In an email to executives, said The Bbc on Tuesday, The Company : "Many Websites are not more profitable to and remains permanently closed.

"The Covid-19 crisis has significantly our ability to trade profitably, so we have to make the difficult decision of these restaurants are Now affected. "

as of the trade suffers from the pandemic.

The E-Mail was sent to managers in The Group 's leisure division, which has More Than 200 Frankie & Benny's stores.

It is not clear which stores will be closed, or how many, but The Bbc was told on Wednesday that up to 120 are endangered.

The Group also owns the Wagamama chain and some of the pub-units. Wagamama is not a part of the confrontation, the will get the email and the vast majority of the restaurants are expected to open to.

The Restaurant Group , said in March that 61 of 80 branches of the Tex-Mex restaurant chain Chiquito would remain permanently closed because it fell into administration.

He cited the Covid-19-outbreak as "an immediate and significant impact on trade".

before the introduction of the Lockdown measures that would accelerate existing plans to restaurants in the vicinity.

Initially, it had planned, 150 caps - which were first signalled in 2019 - a period of six years. He then said, it would be in the vicinity of 90 restaurants by The End of 2021.

'employees are disposable'

"I feel totally overwhelmed and upset," says Georgia. She works as a part-time waitress in Frankie & Benny's outlet since last April.

"I'm angry, how you feel, as if the staff are disposable," says she, adding that the lack of security to work in the midst of Lockdown has created mental stress.

"I just can't believe that you would send this kind of message to managers without any warning," she adds.

The Group had already seen Sales drop by many outlets. This came in spite of stronger Sales , the large group in your Wagamamas and pub units.

He said in February that the like-for-like Sales strip new restaurant openings - in The Division in Frankie & includes; Benny's and Chiquito, fell by 2. 8% in 2019.

Lockdown losses

Many casual-dining chains have already had to fight, in The Face of rising overhead costs and declining consumer spending.

But those in the hospitality industry have seen to exacerbate their problems, due to the Corona-Virus-pandemic, because the customers were forced to stay At Home in the midst of Lockdown .

the administration has been bought by the owner of Giraffe restaurants.

Despite its rescue, More Than 1,000 jobs will be lost at the Italian Restaurant chain, which has More Than half of the entire workforce The administrators of the Lockdown said meant difficult decisions had to be made.

"limitations" forced to curb the spread of Covid-19 to close most of the cafes and restaurants, in March,

When the Lockdown was first announced in March, the Trade Association for the UK hospitality, said it was "disastrous for business and jobs".

the chief executive, Kate Nicholls warned at The Time that the measures could "result in thousands of businesses closing their doors for good, and hundreds of thousands of job losses".

Pubs, restaurants, hairdressers, hotels, cinemas and places of worship permitted to open, from 4. July is the most early in England, if you can measures social distancing -.

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Source of news: bbc.com