A popular local fish and chip shop has been sold to a small-scale chain for almost £1 million months after its owners shut up shop following cost hikes . Beetons in Guernsey was opened by Kim and Andy Ashplant in 2000 and named best on the island the following year by BBC chefs Jennifer Paterson and Clarissa Dickson Wright as part of their Two Fat Ladies programme.

News of its closure this May - linked to "staffing challenges and rising costs" - was unsurprisingly met with an outpouring of sadness from locals, with long-time customers praising the "wonderful staff" and "fabulous food".

Months after Beetons served its last chippie dinner, it was sold to a smallscale UK chain for £975,000, however, with operational control handed to the owner of Merchants, which runs two existing shops

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