Wetherspoons profits down by 19%



Aye spoons is always full of small brewery beers and real ales.


But surely that's just business. If you don't want to supply them then don't bother.
what if there is no other pubs to sell to in your area because wetherspoons has priced them out?

I assume anyone with a problem with spoon also doesn’t shop at any major supermarket, buy cheap clothes, or indeed anything that comes at a reasonable price because at somewhere along the supply chain someone isn’t getting a deal they are entirely happy with
you mean like wearing British made stuff over imported stuff, aye your right. same as buying locally sourced milk, buying British red tractor meat, buying British made clothes etc. i do it where i can, cost and availability permitting.

it's especially important that we start to do it now, considering the economic instability that we face. as Tim Martin is a brexiteer, you would think he would be more supportive of local British brewers. they are a great company to work for and he should take a lot of credit for building a great company but i just think he should practice what he preaches more.

I'm always skeptical to how much truth there is in these claims like

Do you have any proof of this?
to hand no, because i'm at work. a lot of it was verbal, but there have been articles online to support my point. then again, it depends on your fiscal leaning. if you believe in monopolies and control, then it would be a massive waste of time for the both of us. if you believe in fair business, it's a reasonable point.
 
Because there's not many farmers in Eden Vale
There's farmers all over the country setting places where milk can be bought directly from them. I know that Asda sells one brand of milk that specifically benefits the farmer. I've got the benefit of a purely local source, but there are efforts in place to redress the balance. I suppose it's similar to Spoons buying in some craft beers at a price that benefits them both. I don't think many of their customers partake, as it's a niche market. Milk however isn't.
 
I assume anyone with a problem with spoon also doesn’t shop at any major supermarket, buy cheap clothes, or indeed anything that comes at a reasonable price because at somewhere along the supply chain someone isn’t getting a deal they are entirely happy with
I always thought spoons was quite fair on the rest of the pub trade

I remember from when I was a lad and me mam and step dad owned pubs, they had regular meeting with the local pub trade in the area and spoons were pretty good at helping organise stuff, very fair in trying to share custom and encourage people to pub crawl etc.

what if there is no other pubs to sell to in your area because wetherspoons has priced them out?


you mean like wearing British made stuff over imported stuff, aye your right. same as buying locally sourced milk, buying British red tractor meat, buying British made clothes etc. i do it where i can, cost and availability permitting.

it's especially important that we start to do it now, considering the economic instability that we face. as Tim Martin is a brexiteer, you would think he would be more supportive of local British brewers. they are a great company to work for and he should take a lot of credit for building a great company but i just think he should practice what he preaches more.


to hand no, because i'm at work. a lot of it was verbal, but there have been articles online to support my point. then again, it depends on your fiscal leaning. if you believe in monopolies and control, then it would be a massive waste of time for the both of us. if you believe in fair business, it's a reasonable point.
I don't believe in monopolies etc. which is why I have such an issue with breweries owning pubs such as Punch. But my experience of them and my families experience of them has always been one of helpful and good neighbours.

I don't recognise this description of pricing out the competition in the area forcing them to go elsewhere. For a small brewery which will primarily sell original ales and beers.... I just don't recognise this description.

We've obviously had two very different experiences of this.
 
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There's farmers all over the country setting places where milk can be bought directly from them. I know that Asda sells one brand of milk that specifically benefits the farmer. I've got the benefit of a purely local source, but there are efforts in place to redress the balance. I suppose it's similar to Spoons buying in some craft beers at a price that benefits them both. I don't think many of their customers partake, as it's a niche market. Milk however isn't.
Only a joke mate, tbf I probably should look into it, I'm just lazy
 
I gan to the pub to get away from all the shite in day to day life. I'd be fucked if I'd gan to this knackers pubs and have all his Brexit shite hoyed in my face.
 
This is the problem with binary thought processes. There are many factors at play, as was clearly stated in the OP and the question posed was whether Brexit kickback may be another contributory factor, not THE sole factor. We’ve already had anecdotal evidence to support this as a hypothesis.

Many people on here seem to struggle with equations with multiple inputs, and operate as a simple NOT gate. It’s a 1 or it’s a 0. The real world is a little more sophisticated than that.
But sales were up. So you having a go at other people's binary thinking is a bit rich.
 
I used to meet friends for a weekly get together in one near us, but we've all agreed to stop funding him since he posted propaganda everywhere in the place, and even posted it to our homes. I'm sure we're not alone in our boycoutt.

Well there's definitely a plus side for the other pub goers if they don't have to listen to moaning remainers who are still crying into their pints and having a hissy fit.
 

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