Those eating at chain restaurants and wanting to take into account ethical criteria will be interested in the league table of 26 restaurant chains published by Ethical Consumer magazine.

This rates their owners by environmental, animal, people and political issues and calculates an “ethiscore” out of 20 for each one. These scores are as follows – the higher the score the more ethical the restaurant brand is considered.

Brand – Ethiscore

Gourmet Burger Kitchen – 8.5
Loch Fyne – 8.5
Piccolino’s – 8.5
Carluccio’s Caffe – 8
Nando’s – 7.5
Frankie & Benny’s – 7
Hungry Horse – 7
JD Wetherspoon – 7
Hard Rock Café – 6.5
Living Room – 6.5
Wagamama – 6.5
All Bar One – 6
Beefeater – 6
Harvester – 6
Old Orleans – 6
Pitcher & Piano – 5.5
Pizza Express – 5.5
Pizza Hut – 3.5
Caffe Uno – 3
Chez Gerard – 3
La Tasca – 3
Slug & Lettuce – 3
Bella Italia – 2
Café Rouge – 2
Strada – 2
TGI Friday’s – 2

For more information visit www.ethicalconsumer.org