Little Chef sold

Little Chef, the motorway café chain, is being sold for the second time in two years.

Little Chef, the motorway café chain, is being sold for the second time in two years. It is reported that owner private equity company Permira is selling the 233-strong chain to restaurant operators Lawrence Wosskow and Simon Heath.Lowe & Partners has asked us to make clear that no assault took place between Lowe Worldwide chief creative officer Matthew Bull and Lowe London chief executive Garry Lace at a recent board meeting. Industry rumours about a ‘punch-up’ were recently denied by Bull in Marketing Week (MW June 16).