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Ed's Easy Diner is a casual restaurant chain based in the United Kingdom selling 1950s American diner style items.
History
The first Ed's Easy Diner was opened by Barry Margolis in London'sSoho
Soho is an area of the City of Westminster, part of the West End of London. Originally a fashionable district for the aristocracy, it has been one of the main entertainment districts in the capital since the 19th century.
The area was develo ...
in 1987. In 2008, there were just three diners, all situated in London
London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...
. As of April 2014, Ed's Easy Diner had 24 outlets, and by September 2016 they had 59. In October 2016, the struggling company experienced poor sales and over-expansion, and was purchased by Boparan Restaurant Holdings after it collapsed into administration. It is now a trading division of Boparan's Giraffe Restaurants
Giraffe is a restaurant chain headquartered in Birmingham, England, which was founded in 1998 in Hampstead as Giraffe Restaurants by Juliette Joffe, Russel Joffe and Andrew Jacobs. Giraffe was owned by its founders, with additional financial ba ...
.
After that deal closed, twenty six diners closed immediately, and almost four hundred jobs were lost; thirty-three diners remained open, supporting seven hundred jobs. , the company held twenty four diners within the United Kingdom and their first branch in Soho closed its doors for the last time. Six more Ed's Diner locations were set to close in March 2019, due to reduced sales in the casual dining market.
, the company had eleven UK diners, and none in London. Also in 2021, it licensed
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A license is granted by a party (licensor) to another party (licensee) as an element of an agreeme ...
its branding and some of its recipes for a frozen food line sold by Iceland
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.
See also
* Eddie Rockets *Johnny Rockets
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* List of hamburger restaurants
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References
External links
* {{Food chains in the United Kingdom , state=collapsed 1987 establishments in England British brands Fast-food chains of the United Kingdom Restaurants established in 1987