Awards
Proud to achieve
Over the years, we have won awards and recognition in several categories. Here is a selection of those won more recently.
Wetherspoon came first in the ‘Out to Lunch’ league table, compiled by the Soil Association, when last awarded, in 2019 and 2021. Restaurants and pubs are judged and scored on a range of criteria: family friendliness, healthy options, food quality, value, sustainability and ingredients’ provenance.
In November 2023, Wetherspoon was voted the Best Airport Retailer for Food & Beverages at the British Travel Awards.
Wetherspoon has been recognised by the Top Employers Institute as a Top Employer United Kingdom 2024. It is the 19th time that Wetherspoon has been certified by the Top Employers’ Institute.
In January 2024, the company was awarded the highest rating by the Sustainable Restaurant Association – the world’s largest accreditation scheme for pubs and restaurants.
Wetherspoon has recently been included in the Financial Times ‘FT – Statista Leaders 2024’ report, which highlights Europe’s leading companies in diversity and inclusion.
677 of the company’s washrooms have been awarded the highest platinum or diamond statuses by the National Loo of the Year awards. The awards are aimed at highlighting and improving standards of away from home washrooms across the UK. The washrooms are judged against numerous criteria, including décor and maintenance, cleanliness, accessibility, handwashing and drying equipment and overall management.
Guinness have a ‘Quality Accreditation Programme’. Independent assessors review 17 aspects of quality. 100% of pubs passed their Guinness accreditation.
Wetherspoon has 735 pubs rated on the Food Standards Agency’s website. The average score is 4.99, with 99.6% of the pubs achieving a top rating of five stars. We believe this to be the highest average rating for any substantial pub company.
In the separate Scottish scheme, which records either a ‘pass’ or a ‘fail’, all of our 56 pubs have passed.
251 pubs feature in the 2025 Good Beer Guide, an increase of 15 compared to last year.
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