Pizza Express is considering closing 15% of its UK restaurants, which would mean the loss of 1,100 jobs.
The chain is the latest High Street outlet to undertake a restructuring of its business after trading was halted by the coronavirus pandemic.
It is poised to launch an insolvency procedure which could see 67 of its 449 outlets close.
The firm would not say which sites are affected, as the final outcome of the restructuring has “yet to be decided”.
Zoe Bowley, UK and Ireland managing director for Pizza Express, said that while the financial restructuring would be a “positive step forward”, the closures would be “incredibly sad for our Pizza Express family and we will do everything we can to support our teams at this time”.
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