Greedy Gordons to open two more sites

The team behind a Northamptonshire pub and retail company are to open another two pubs in the county.

Richard Gordon and Sonya Harvey, co-owners of Greedy Gordons Group, have run Punch Pubs lease The Red Lion at Cranford for the past four years, and are now set to open two pubs in the next few weeks, creating 60 new jobs.

The Pig & Waffle in Grafton Underwood, near Kettering, which is a private lease with Boughton Estates, will open in early June, with Gordon and Harvey creating a village hub for locals to meet throughout the day for food and drinks, including brunch, lunch, afternoon tea and tapas. A garden kiosk called The Pig Pen will also feature in The Pig & Waffle’s garden from mid-July, offering walkers, cyclists and tourists drinks and snacks.

Private lease The Snooty Fox in Lowick, which was acquired by the Greedy Gordons Group before the Covid-19 pandemic, will finally open its doors in early July, having originally been planned for opening last April.

Further expansion plans

“Our focus at present is being able to finally welcome customers into our wonderful new pubs and continue to safely maximise trade at The Red Lion," says Gordon, who has worked in the hospitality industry for 35 years, including in food development for McManus Pub Company and as an area manager for Northamptonshire Inns. "But we have an appetite for opening further sites in Northamptonshire, including Northampton, when the time and opportunities are right.”  

Greedy Gordons Group also has two online retail businesses - GG Express, a grocery business delivering local produce and household essentials to homes all over Northamptonshire, and The Cigar Shop, which offers an extensive range of cigars for aficionados, along with gifts and vouchers. The latter was built on the success of the group's cigar offer at The Red Lion at Cranford.

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