1.   Analysts named Whitbread Plc, a U.K. brewer and leisure company, and Greenalls Group Plc, a U.K. pub operator and hotel company, as possible suitors.

2.   Brewer and pub operator Bass Plc also said it will not use British beef in its pubs and restaurants.

3.   Instead, many pub operators find it easier to build pubs designed specifically for families.

4.   The first-half results were also hurt by the London-based brewer, distiller and pub operator exiting from its food manufacturing businesses.

5.   The pub operator said it has almost completed the integration of Boddington and has installed a new management team.

6.   The results were also hurt by the London-based brewer, distiller and pub operator exiting from its food manufacturing businesses.

7.   The pub operator said it almost completed the integration of Boddington and installed a new management team.

8.   Two recent share offerings in Britain, of HMV Group, a music retailer, and Punch Taverns, a pub operator, have not gone well.