What would you do to help the pub industry?

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Grassland Blue

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My plan would be to tax the beer which is sold in supermarkets more highly than that sold in pubs. I would hope that that such a measure would discourage the drink at home brigade in favour of those going out for a pint or three.
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Grassland Blue said:
My plan would be to tax the beer which is sold in supermarkets more highly than that sold in pubs. I would hope that that such a measure would discourage the drink at home brigade in favour of those going out for a pint or three.
Thoughts?
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That would help I think.
Pub culture as we know it and grew up with is undoubtedly...doomed.
The quaint fire-placey coaching Inn types will survive, as destination boozers, expensive and gastro.
I see big brewery ownership declining, staff costs etc, but as a glimmer of hope, I could see the return of privately licenced untied beer houses, making a return, where the name over the door was the person behind the jump.
 
Gaz76 said:
They could start by getting rid of cocktails and single file queues at the bar, the pubs were packed before all that shite came in
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Gin with more fruit in it than a market garden lol.
I would definitely be in favour of bringing back the traditional ale house.
None of your 'sex on the beach' nonsense!
 
Too many people with their fingers in the pie.
People take over pubs with realistic prices which is both attainable and profitable. Then along come the hangers on, who increase prices to an unrealistic level. Slimy greedy fookers who want owt for nowt. Landlord's should be able to buy from the most competitive brewers not being stitched up and tied.
 
Grassland Blue said:
My plan would be to tax the beer which is sold in supermarkets more highly than that sold in pubs. I would hope that that such a measure would discourage the drink at home brigade in favour of those going out for a pint or three.
Thoughts?
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Not sure this would help. Its more about making pubs profitable and cheaper to visit rather than making other things more expensive.

Business rates, rent and bills etc are all big issues but not just for pubs, other places are going pop all over the show because of them. I cant recall the name of it but there was a really successful sandwich shop in the NQ, had queues out the door for many hours of the day and still went pop as it was to expensive to run the place.
 
Grassland Blue said:
My plan would be to tax the beer which is sold in supermarkets more highly than that sold in pubs. I would hope that that such a measure would discourage the drink at home brigade in favour of those going out for a pint or three.
Thoughts?
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Drinking at home was masterplan by breweries sell same or more beer = no hassel wreak your own home no protection money /doormen / staffing issues no property to maintain the list goes on
That was from whitbread brewery employee in mid 70s
 
25 - 30 p off a pub sold drink whilst adding say 50p onto a supermarket drink should help. A decent pint in a pub can cost anything between £4.20 and £6.50. I can go into the local Tesco and buy 3 600ml bottles of decent lager for £6.50 or 4 bottles of decent ale for £7.50. The pubs have got no chance of regaining custom with those differentials.
To be honest reducing pub drinks by the above mentioned amount and increasing the tax on supermarket drinks would probably raise more drink duty in the long term as well as protecting jobs in the hospitality industry.
 
Pubs are failing for the same reason that everything else is failing, and that's skyrocketing inequality. The cost of everything has gone up while people's wages have flatlined. The fact that we never hear anything about the insane 20% VAT is ridiculous. A regressive tax that overwhelmingly hits the poorest the most. Bringing that down to 15% would be a start, but most of these issues are far bigger than one industry, which is why most high streets are fucked too.
 
Some sort of ride sharing service that takes customers to the pubs. i.e much it cheaper and easier for people to get to pubs in the first place.
 
crooky said:
Some sort of ride sharing service that takes customers to the pubs. i.e much it cheaper and easier for people to get to pubs in the first place.
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In Japan they have this service where someone rides to you on a little folding motorbike, puts his bike in your boot and drives you home. But no doubt Britain would find some health and safety, insurance-based reason to not allow something like that.

It's worth mentioning that most of us have spent our entire lives being told we should drink less, and now people are doing it, we're getting moaned at for the death of pubs. What did you expect was going to happen?
 
I'm With Stupid said:
In Japan they have this service where someone rides to you on a little folding motorbike, puts his bike in your boot and drives you home. But no doubt Britain would find some health and safety, insurance-based reason to not allow something like that.
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Ha that's a brilliant idea.
 
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