Trying to get people out to the pubs again after Covid.

TeaCider said:
Huge company that buys in bulk and distributes itself, which reduces cost significantly, no real TV costs or licensing fees from music, and crucially they have such a high footfall, along with their cheap, quick and easy to make food that they can afford to sell it cheaper.
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Greene King must be the same though? Aren't they bigger with more pubs? My local is £5.05-£5.15 for a 'premium' pint. Whetherspoons is much cheaper (I'm not a fan and only go on works nights out etc) so it is either they have much higher costs or it is a choice in where they try to make their money?
 
Caesium137 said:
Greene King must be the same though? Aren't they bigger with more pubs? My local is £5.05-£5.15 for a 'premium' pint. Whetherspoons is much cheaper (I'm not a fan and only go on works nights out etc) so it is either they have much higher costs or it is a choice in where they try to make their money?
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Greene King is brewery owned, so are more tied down to their costs in that regard, I'd guess.

Wetherspoons buys from numerous breweries and can "shop around" for the cheapest stuff.
 
TeaCider said:
Greene King is brewery owned, so are more tied down to their costs in that regard, I'd guess.

Wetherspoons buys from numerous breweries and can "shop around" for the cheapest stuff.
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We can say what we do about Weatherspoon and it's founder but the model is clearly effective. It must drive independent places mad though.
 
davidmills said:
its called 6% inflation by the government
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6% is low... Anyone possibly u35 thinks this is high though everyone else knows it's still, historical low...

Many reasons for this, however for me much can be laid squarely at the policies introduced by Thatcher, selling off the nationalised industries, for a quick profit & now we see - long term lack of strategic vision, esp energy, water & rail.
 
Caesium137 said:
Greene King must be the same though? Aren't they bigger with more pubs? My local is £5.05-£5.15 for a 'premium' pint. Whetherspoons is much cheaper (I'm not a fan and only go on works nights out etc) so it is either they have much higher costs or it is a choice in where they try to make their money?
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Weatherpoons is the Greene King brewery arm's biggest customer. As such, it uses its monopsony power to buy beer very cheaply. It can afford to sell, say, GK IPA for less than a typical GK tenancy can buy it in for.
 
NYboro said:
You're not on your own - we won't go into them either.
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I have a few places on the red list. One that immediately comes to mind is Tomahawk Steakhouses. There is one local pub I don't use now as they had a party in lockdown (and the landlord is a numpty).

I always try to support local businesses but some just don't deserve support.

Anyway, I'll get of my moral high horse now :ROFLMAO:
 
MolteniArcore said:
I haven't gone in a Wetherspoons for years on principle. The way that they treated their staff at the start of the pandemic was disgusting but I was already 3 years into my one man boycott by then. I can't stand that weapon Tim Martin.
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I've avoided them on principle for years, but I've been dragged back in for food recently by my partner.

Lo and behold every single table had Tim Martin's political propaganda laid out along with the menus.
 
Corcaigh_the_Cat said:
Club prices are still competitive with JDs. My club is thriving at the moment but it's being run by a younger crowd so not all bingo, raffles and crap singers with backing tapes.
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Busy lunchtime again here today too. Walking season has started up again too so we've got majority of rooms booked up till autumn.

It'll be a tough battle again, much like the last worldwide recession, but as back then, the well ran, well supported businesses will be ok I'm confident of.
 
LadBible says prices at Marsdons to increase by 45p a pint
www.ladbible.com

One Of UK's Largest Pub Chains Increasing Price Of Pint By 45p

Marston's Brewery, one of the UK's largest pub chains, is increasing the price of some of its products by as much as 45p amid an increase in operating costs.
www.ladbible.com www.ladbible.com
DE predicts 70p a pint for some beers
www.express.co.uk

Pint of beer to go up by at least 70p, top brewery warns

THE price of a pint of beer is set to soar by at least 70p after a ‘tsunami of cost increases,' one of Britain's biggest breweries has warned.
www.express.co.uk www.express.co.uk
 
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