Merkin Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Pubs are well known to be struggling, they are well entitled to a price rise. Shut your whining piss holes you lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Great. Glad it's your round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 I know nothing of the EPOS system of the brewery but I guess it could be possible that if the tills are all linked to a central system somewhere that a price file update occured mid drinking session and therefore the price had changed from one pint to the next. If they were manually keying the prices in then maybe it was just human error? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Smelly Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Well it would be interesting how much profit a freehouse makes compared to a brewery pub. I have always preferred a freehouse as I think the brewery are ruining the whole atmosphere of going out socialising. FFS they have a captive market and they still want more money, surely it must be more profitable to sell in bulk rather than increasing the prices and drive people to drink at home ? A lot of the youngsters now all get half cut at home now on supermarket booze then head out about 10pm. I still think there is a market out there for a good pub that sells fair priced booze and have good bands on ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Yeah, you're not wrong there Roger. I personally used to mainly skip the pub scene back in the day and head early to the club but that was mainly because I knew most of the people that worked there and the friends I would hook up with worked in the hotel trade and didn't get out until later on. I would however go to the pub with them on their nights off and that was a good crack but we are talking 20-25 years ago now when things were (or seemed to be) cheaper at the time. Maybe supermarket alcohol has just gotten cheaper rather than pub prices getting dearer, I don't know. I know that back in the day, we'd be sinking pints for most of the night and then maybe finish up with the odd short or two (probably more) whereas these days, the young ones tend to be more into spirit based drinks and those sickly shot things instead (that's an expensive night out on those tiny little things and from my last experience in a club on shorts, I was going through folding like it was going out of fashion!). I can remember a time when pints of Grolsch were well under £2 and even if you were in a club you wouldn't get your wallet raped too badly on a night out, those days seem to be long gone now and as a result you just can't go out as often. Supermarket booze in most respects is so cheap that it makes sense to stay in and have house parties but from a social point of view that really does suck imho. I'm glad I had a good two decades of going out socially when it was affordable and you could go out as often as your head and wallet could take it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald Trumps Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 Well it would be interesting how much profit a freehouse makes compared to a brewery pub. I have always preferred a freehouse as I think the brewery are ruining the whole atmosphere of going out socialising. FFS they have a captive market and they still want more money, surely it must be more profitable to sell in bulk rather than increasing the prices and drive people to drink at home ? A lot of the youngsters now all get half cut at home now on supermarket booze then head out about 10pm. I still think there is a market out there for a good pub that sells fair priced booze and have good bands on ? Few make a profit, some make a 'living' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thommo2010 Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 Heard some guy saying bottles of magners were ip 25p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Jericho Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 I Drink pints of Holstein Vier lager and that went down 1p to £2.98 in the Pinewood! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beelzebub3 Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 Magners from Tesco £6.00 for 4 pints Carling 30 cans for £20 I know what I will be doing this weekend, anyone fancy coming to mines for a drink at these prices I can afford to buy you a few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jam_Sandwich Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 68% - Rougly - of the price of a pint is tax.Compared to 72% ~10 years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Jampton Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 Pubs hide the price list.except Wetherspoons in the UK who display their prices clearly on the hand pumps. Next time in a pub have a look for the price list and report back here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeliX Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 So was I until the till was just upgraded itself in the middle of a teatime drink. The poor lass on the bar never stood a chance, and I am talking local beer here not imported chemicals like Lager. I, as stated am not averse to a small price rise now and again, but in between pints at teatime is a tad lacking in Customer Service. My drinking habits are definitely going to alter. Total lack of consideration for the customer and the shell-shocked bar staff. Your drinking habits are going to alter because of 6p a pint? If it's going to have any significant effect on your wallet then perhaps you were drinking too much to begin with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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