PizzaExpress downsizes in S’pore, leaving simply 2 shops in operation

British pizza chain PizzaExpress has shuttered its Millenia Stroll and Scotts Sq. shops, leaving simply two shops in operation.

In a Fb put up on Jan 1, the franchise stated the 2 shops had ceased operations from Dec 31, 2025. Its two remaining shops are at Duo Galleria (Bugis) and The Star Vista.

PizzaExpress’s Millenia Stroll outlet, its latest location, had solely been working for lower than a yr, having opened in Jan 2025.

The chain beforehand shut its Holland Village outlet in Jan 2024 after six years. That April, it opened a brand new outlet at The Star Vista.

PizzaExpress has been going through monetary difficulties

Based in London, PizzaExpress expanded into Singapore with its first outlet at Scotts Sq. in 2016.

The chain, identified for its handcrafted thin-crust pizzas, has greater than 500 eating places the world over, with presence in the UK, Europe, Hong Kong, India, and the Center East.

Based on a number of media stories, PizzaExpress has been experiencing monetary difficulties in recent times.

In 2020, the corporate stated it could shut 15% of its eating places within the UK as a part of a restructuring deal to overtake its exterior debt, which stood at £735 million (S$1.3 billion) on the time.

Its then-owner, Hony Capital, a Chinese language non-public fairness group, stated it had began a sale course of to discover a new purchaser for the corporate.

PizzaExpress Singapore’s downsizing additionally comes amid a difficult interval for the city-state’s F&B business, which has seen a wave of closures in recent times. In 2024, 3,047 F&B companies shut down—the best in almost twenty years—whereas 82% of the two,431 closures from Jan to Oct 2025 have been reported to be unprofitable.

Massive F&B chains will not be resistant to the pressures confronted by the business, with Prive Group abruptly shutting all its eating places final Aug and Kith Cafe shuttering a number of shops just lately.

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