£7.50p a pint. That’s it I’m out
Discussion
devnull said:
Lester H said:
Adam. said:
I suspect that the answer is volume of sales. I posted earlier that £5 a pint is my limit in a non- food led pub but Wetherspoons sell so much that they must have great clout when it comes to price negotiation. Why don’t more of the posher pubs where you would take your wife, girlfriend or mistress ( maybe all 3) see this relationship between price and sales? As this is PH readers will know that Henry Ford ( later, Lord Austin and Wm. Morris ) knew this a century ago.I don't think that it's the posher pubs that are struggling the most. The pubs I'm seeing closing are the older tired pubs. I don't think that the price is the biggest factor when choosing where to go out.
Earthdweller said:
okgo said:
This cost of living thing will hit the places with the most price sensitive audiences. Spoons top of that list.
I doubt that somehow, I’d say their core is more stable than most Alickadoo said:
We will see? I doubt it.
But then, you've got a thing about 'spoons, haven't you?
Operating thin margins with students and pensioners as core audience, could go badly. But then, you've got a thing about 'spoons, haven't you?
I don’t think most of them are very nice, no. Time will tell, they shut a fair few the other month didn’t they?
okgo said:
Operating thin margins with students and pensioners as core audience, could go badly.
Not so far. One of the most successful UK pub chains.okgo said:
I don’t think most of them are very nice, no. Time will tell, they shut a fair few the other month didn’t they?
20-30 W'Spoons were shut. There are about 900 in the chain, so about 3 %.I assume the other 97% are doing well enough to be kept open.
It has been yes, but the times are changing with peoples money situation. The audience that they’re targeting seem very price sensitive, the market is as I said above, there will be some people that trade down but vs a decent pub with atmosphere many spoons are a totally different proposition, I wouldn’t go for that reason. Drinking in a Coronation Hall or similar that doesn’t feel busy until 300 people are there, not a pub experience really. Though obviously they’re not all like that, but many are in huge buildings.
They’re already rising prices in some pubs based on what I read here to the point where they’re actually not that crazy cheap.
Time will tell but it is almost as cheap as ever cheap to drink at home these days and if a pint in spoons is moving north from the ‘cheaper than water’ level it may change get things. Earnings alright the other week mind.
They’re already rising prices in some pubs based on what I read here to the point where they’re actually not that crazy cheap.
Time will tell but it is almost as cheap as ever cheap to drink at home these days and if a pint in spoons is moving north from the ‘cheaper than water’ level it may change get things. Earnings alright the other week mind.
Edited by okgo on Sunday 29th October 19:51
markbigears said:
How much is a pint at spoons? I haven't the courage to pop my head in our local one
Spoons in Brighton last year, I think the cheapest pint was £1.30 or £1.50. Stupidly cheap. They had the 6 Nations on too. Decent location on the marina. I honestly don't know what else you need. EDIT - Whatever the cheap pint was, it wasn't something terrible either, maybe a Taylors Landlord?
Edited by Condi on Sunday 29th October 20:09
Condi said:
Spoons in Brighton last year, I think the cheapest pint was £1.30 or £1.50. Stupidly cheap. They had the 6 Nations on too. Decent location on the marina. I honestly don't know what else you need.
I think there should be minimum pricing in pubs and shops. When drink is too cheap it only encourages excessive drinking. Alcohol should be more expensive to help contribute to all the knock on issues it causes. We shouldn't have pints at £1.30 or £1.50.
okgo said:
markbigears said:
That’s seriously inexpensive. Paid just under £10 for 2 pints at our Kent local on Friday night
That’s cheap though, £4 something is very reasonable. Support that local!The idea that most people will happily pay a huge markup for a commodity product in the face of economic uncertainty is, at best, optimistic.
eldar said:
okgo said:
markbigears said:
That’s seriously inexpensive. Paid just under £10 for 2 pints at our Kent local on Friday night
That’s cheap though, £4 something is very reasonable. Support that local!The idea that most people will happily pay a huge markup for a commodity product in the face of economic uncertainty is, at best, optimistic.
Most people are happy to pay a huge premium for everything. We would all be wearing Primark clothes and shopping in Aldi otherwise. A lot of people are happy to pay a premium for Shell Ultimate over their local supermarket's cheapest option.
Edited by Driver101 on Monday 30th October 10:08
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