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Five years in: Wetherspoon and Pret A Manger lead way on food hygiene
| Ratings | Percentage |
|---|---|
| 5 Rating | 9646 |
| 4 Rating | 1426 |
| 3 Rating | 313 |
| 2 Rating | 114 |
| 1 and 0 Rating | 31 |
20 High street chains with the largest number of outlets (source: Mintel Eating Out Review - UK – Jun 2015).
The data gives the percentage of 0 – 5 ratings of the top 20 largest high street chains (based on the number of branches they have).
The FSA found that of the largest twenty food chains, Wetherspoons and Pret a Manger had the highest proportion of 5 hygiene ratingss (93.1%).
Catriona Stewart, FSA lead for the Food Hygiene Ratings Scheme, said ’Our latest data shows how seriously high street chains take food hygiene. We want to build on the success of the scheme over its first five years and reduce consumer risk even further by encouraging people to ‘look before they book.’
'Telling people about hygiene standards in food outlets in a way that is clear and easy to understand has made a real difference. We’ve seen standards improve and more and more businesses are able to show their customers that they take food hygiene seriously. It’s really easy to check the hygiene rating of a food business just go to the Food Standards Agency website at www.food.gov.uk/ratings.'
If you’re out and about you can look for the green and black sticker on display and if you can’t see one – just ask the staff.
Wetherspoon founder and chair Tim Martin said: 'Food hygiene is of paramount importance to our customers and rightly so.
'Our pub management and staff work hard to ensure that our pubs offer customers the highest levels of food hygiene at all times. We are extremely pleased that our pubs offer the best standards of food hygiene in the FSA ratings over the past five years and we will strive to maintain and improve our ratings in the coming months and years.
'Wetherspoon has 950 pubs across the UK and our aim is to maintain the highest standards at each and every pub.'
The ratings are determined by local authority food safety officers and run from 0 – 5, with a 5 rating meaning very good food hygiene standards.
FHRS data for England, largest high street chains
| Name | % outlets rated `5` | Total rated `5` | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JD Wetherspoons | 93.1 | 732 |
| 2 | Pret A Manger | 93.1 | 244 |
| 3 | McDonald’s | 92.9 | 949 |
| 4 | Starbucks | 91 | 543 |
| 5 | Nando’s | 90.2 | 267 |
| 6 | Domino’s Pizza | 90.1 | 627 |
| 7 | Greggs | 89 | 1131 |
| 8 | Burger King | 88.3 | 331 |
| 9 | Pizza Express | 87.4 | 332 |
| 10 | Frankie & Benny’s | 83.1 | 172 |
| 11 | Costa Coffee | 81.4 | 1225 |
| 12 | Prezzo | 79.9 | 159 |
| 13 | Pizza Hut | 78.6 | 433 |
| 14 | Subway | 77.7 | 1103 |
| 15 | KFC | 76.9 | 512 |
| 16 | Sizzling Pub Co | 74.9 | 146 |
| 17 | Papa Johns | 68.5 | 165 |
| 18 | Harvester | 67.5 | 108 |
| 19 | Caffe Nero | 66.9 | 317 |
| 20 | Hungry Horse | 66.1 | 150 |
Based on businesses with a published food hygiene rating on 4 Nov 2015.
Link to full dataset (20MB)
About the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme:
The ratings are determined by local authority food safety officers and run from 0 – 5, with a 5 rating meaning very good food hygiene standards.
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