ColinBellsjockstrap said:Many pubs are running at a substantial loss, hence why you see so many boarded up.
Cheap booze from Asda/Tesco etc, combined with sky high rents of £500/1000 per WEEK, plus staff costs, mean many don't stand a chance, unless they either a) Have a thriving food trade. or are b) extremely busy.
It's catch 22, put prices up, lose even more customers.
30 years ago when pubs were still pretty busy, the landlord of my local which was a very busy pub, said he made most of his money on food.