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[b]Green Man wrote:[/b]
[quote]On average over 35 close each week. I was in the pub trade for many years, each year was a struggle, I have had several offers over recent years to get back in it. The only time the pub got busy was when sport was on or if there was live music at weekends. I sold up when the right offer came along and now the pub has closed down.

No one can compete with Spoons but they are closing some pubs even in well-populated student towns and cities. I guess they stick to bars that offer student discounts like £1 for shots and £2 for everything else apart from cocktails.

People's drinking habits are changing and pubs are just restaurants these days. Most young people tend to go to coffee shops or karaoke bars rather than pubs. Near me, there were 2 pubs one was a former Harvester it's now being converted into 6 bedsits. The other pub is being converted into two flats.

It's sad but true but drinking at home and being bored is cheaper than a night out. Even the cheap drinking dives are a thing of the past now. I did go past some of the rock clubs from my younger days they were either boarded up or flats. It's a shame, seeing a tribute band in one of those clubs was about £5 at the door, £2 for pints and £2.50 shorts. Now seeing a tribute band today can cost an arm and a leg - £44 for Illegal Eagles.

In Ireland, most of my old drinking holes have closed or turned into bistros.

Now banter could be banned in pubs.

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Topic History of: RIP to pubs
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Green Man	Are you Tim Martin's PR man Barney? Spoons is a pub for the unemployed now he is rinsing their benefit money due to slot machines. The only quality I like about Tim Martin is that he was vocal against Covid, lockdowns and forced jabs. I would love to see the data, Matt Hancock laughed at the public so did Boris, Starmer wanted loose men and women at his house parties all to himself. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8619233...Covid-outbreaks.html
Al Gershwin	Another lucrative source of Spoons revenue are the gaming machines, in every outlet! www.pubfruitmachines.me.uk/wetherspoons-empire/ In addition, their growing reputation for food is reflected in the awards received. www.jdwetherspoon.com/about-us/awards/food-and-drinks-2/
Green Man	I should read a propaganda beacuse...? Food in Spoons is not food it's prison and hospital gruel.
Al Gershwin	Perhaps the principal reason that Wetherspoons is so profitable (apart from longer opening hours) is that food makes up almost 40% of their sales. Compared to wet sales, food has much higher profit margins - and Wetherspoons are also one of the UK's biggest coffee vendors. www.morningstar.com/news/marketwatch/202...f-it-sales-from-food
Green Man	Is pub a pub or just a gastro pub?