One company may run several pub chains aimed at different segments of the market.

Some pub chains do so as well.

Devenish is to spend up to £180million to more than double its pub chain.

Before splitting up the brand, it was the largest pub chain in the United Kingdom.

By 1996, there were 52 and it was Bass's most successful pub chain.

By 1996, Bass was opening more than one a month, and had spent £40 million on the pub chain.

A pub chain will position itself in the marketplace for a target audience.

A pub chain is a group of pubs or bars with a brand image.

Many pub chains have responded to the smoking ban by developing their food offering.

The pub chain once credited itself as being the "largest and fastest growing" group of pubs in North America.