A branch of a popular chain restaurant has been earmarked for closure. Manor Farm Beefeater on Rainham High Street, which is owned by company Whitbread, may be impacted by the planned closure of 126 of its sites. It comes after the hospitality business, which also runs Premier Inn hotels, confirmed plans to convert 112 of its low-performing restaurants into hotel facilities instead. The company said these 112 restaurants generated a loss of £19million before tax in the last financial year. However, a spokesperson for the restaurant company said the plans to axe the Beefeater in Rainham is subj…