Editing EMI (section)

====Hotels and restaurants====
In 1972, EMI Hotels won a bidding war against [[Ralston Purina]] to buy the Golden Egg group from the Kaye brothers for £14 million, which included a stake in [[Angus Steakhouse]] restaurants<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Economist Intelligence Unit |title=Catering |journal=Retail Business |date=February 1973 |issue=180 |page=19}}</ref> and the Selfridge Hotel, which opened in July 1973.<ref name=74ar/>

In June 1977, EMI acquired the [[Tower Hotel, London]].<ref name=78ar/> At the end of 1978, they owned four other hotels: [[Royal Horseguards Hotel]]; Royal Angus; Royal Trafalgar; and Royal Westminster.<ref name=78ar/>

As well as Angus Steakhouse, their restaurants also included [[Wimpy (restaurant)|Wimpy Bars]], Picnic Basket and Tennessee Pancake Houses.<ref name=78ar/>

Following the merger with Thorn, seven hotels and 12 Angus Steakhouse restaurants were sold in July 1980 for £23 million to [[Scottish & Newcastle|Scottish & Newcastle Breweries]].<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[The Times]]|date=31 July 1980|title=Brewery buys Thorn EMI hotels|page=17|last=Gunn|first=Catherine}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[The Times]]|date=16 August 1980|title=Thorn to sell Tricity|page=17}}</ref><ref name=THF/><ref>{{cite journal |title=Hannah takes Thistle Hotels to the country |journal=Caterer & Hotelkeeper |date=30 January 1986 |volume=177 |issue=3405 |page=81}}</ref>