Any Whitbread holders out there? I've just added a summary wiki for the stock - any additions to the wiki are of course appreciated!

For those that don't know it, Whitbread is the UK's largest hospitality company, managing budget hotels, coffee shops, and restaurants. Bands include Premier Inn, Costa Coffee, and Beefeater. Over recent years it has concentrated its assets on the hotel and restaurant sector, selling off its investment in sports clubs and standalone pubs.

Overall, Whitbread looks to me like an interestingly positioned company. Its focus on budget pricing in its hotels and restaurants should help it gain market share in the economic downturn, as consumers look for bargains - Taybarns, its all-you-can-eat-for-5.95 format, seems to be doing spectacularly well. And compared to quality plays in hotels and pubs, it seems quite reasonably valued - also offering a yield in excess of 3% which looks fairly stable and reasonably covered.

You can see further details here:http://www.stockopedia.com/wiki/view/WTB

Thoughts welcome!

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