Wetherspoon to create 10,000 jobs in 250 new pubs
Hopefully will be new pubs rather than refurbished ones, good to see a pub bucking the trend though, and Arkrite often had good things to say about the service he received.
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Wetherspoon to create 10,000 jobs in 250 new pubs
Hopefully will be new pubs rather than refurbished ones, good to see a pub bucking the trend though, and Arkrite often had good things to say about the service he received.
Saw it on Teletext this morning. Great news as I am huge fan of Wetherspoon (Purely for Real Ales and affordable)
Reminds me I must go to Derby as soon as possible and visit this new Wetherspoon which I just found out yesterday.. http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/67840/
I saw the news as well, in fact Conrad beat me to it by posting
I always used to dislike the 'spoons pubs, large noisy caverns as far as my experiences, however the refurb of Mucky Duck [aka White Swan] in Pompey changed my views
Good luck to them
On similar sort of note, heresy to pub trade from boss of Coors, he reckons some pubs fail because publicans do what they want & not what customer wants, and somerantsratings on PG would seem to bear this out
"The more diplomatic say establishments fail because they do not meet customer needs.
Others less subtly argue it is because they are "just crap". "
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8162943.stm
Bit off message, surely should be blaming, tax, parking, supermarkets etc? :D
I dont mind a spoons , its just for every good one there are 3 bad ones , the one in Telford is like a well furnished canteen and your lucky if they have 3 real ales on , not the normal 6-8 you get in the Shrewsbury ones .
3? 3? That's a real ale mecca! The reason I enquired of Conrad (or it may have been Dave) when we'd be able to post multiple reviews was to slate the Lynd Cross in Horsham - frequently offers just 2 - one from the usual dreary range, the other from W.J. King. Not that you'd know it from a trip down the bar - in a beery kind of "here's what you could have had", all the clips are lined up facing the disappointed / pi$$ed off punter.
Mind you, I did make it in one day during the recent Beer Fest, and there were 6 or more on offer. Not a place I could recommend, all in all.
Have to admit I am not a great fan of the 2 Wetherspoons I have used in Bristol - The Berkeley and The Knights Templar. That said I am happy enough to go into either, and The Knights is handy when meeting people at the train station.
Also infinitely better than some of the other chains, at least they have some personality unlike the Pitcher & Piano, which seems to be a favourite after work haunt for many in the center of Bristol.
Babington Arms in Derby regularly sells 8 or more. Proving they are more popular than much bigger Standing Order (More for eating than drinking)
My own local wetherspoons (Silk Kite and The Bolebridge) often sells 6 to 8 and Iam more than happy as long it is quality and drinkable ;)
On off days, wetherspoon may forced to sell just one or two real ales as it happened to my local wetherspoon few times.
I guess Wetherspoons cant please everyone 24/7..
A bit rough on the wife, stopping off on your way to your reception, mate:p
Please dont tell me you went out on your wedding night?
:muppet::muppet::muppet:
It is next door to the Registry office, so I will let you guess how long it took me to get there.
I am sure there are some in-law jokes to be made here, but I shall refrain.
No oddly, only my mother turned up late for the wedding :rolleyes:, no surprise to anyone who knows her.
We then strolled to a local'ish venue for the reception, but stopped for a few pints on the way and needed somewhere small person friendly (another reason to hate Wetherspoons).
Hey Conrad..
I was using Google street view to have a look at The Commerical Rooms in Bristol and I came across smallish pub called The John Cabot. Looks closed to me.
Whatever happened to it?
Ah yes, it was the John Cabot for about a year, then closed for ages. I only went there once, during an England v West Indies Test Match - I asked if they could put it on one of the numerous screen - they refused - I went over the road to Walkabout. I wonder why they didn't last!!
I have a feeling the venue has now reopened and is called bsb, which is really unhelpful because there is another totally unrelated bsb less than a quarter of a mile away. I shall have to go and check that on my way to the office tomorrow.
Well got that one sorted now, renamed it to BSB and added a new photo. Probably should've dealt with that before given I pass it fairly often! ;)
Thanks for the nudge on that one!!
Yeah me and Dave have been perusing the Google street view correcting various bits of Bristol trying to get the map points all correct. Been some amusing ones where we have just found the husks of buildings left.
Whilst trying to find out a little more about the planned opening of a new JDW in Ossett, I came upon this article:
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/busin...ove.6613624.jp
Seems Timbo is rather impressed with ale loving Tykes, as he plans to open 17 more venues in Yorkshire in the next twelve months. :eek:
"Yorkshire is a key target area for the company, which has identified sites in Ripon, Wakefield, Whitby, Driffield, Beverley, Scarborough, Pudsey, Mirfield, York, Morley, Horsforth, Halifax, Selby, Northallerton, Thorne, Ossett and Chapel Allerton"
That's me and 'oldboots' sorted anyway!
I rarely use them, the Harrogate one's ok but the Thirsk one often has deeply unpleasant punters. Anyway with the One Eyed Rat :notworthy: in Ripon why would I bother? I worry about a number of down market pubs in Ripon that will have their legs cut off by the 'spoons when (if) it opens - we're now at about 8 months since the Unicorn closed and no sign of any work being carried out by JDW. The one in Otley took months to open as well and that's being outdone in the quality ale stakes by the Old Cock by all accounts. York? the competition is very, very good and there's lots of it. Northallerton has a Market Town Tavern but otherwise is as poor pubwise as Thirsk so a JDW might be a worthwhile addition.
A&H: If you fancy a trip to Otley some time it's supposed to be a very good town for a crawl now, just a bit difficult to get to (bus from Bradford or the Airport?).
It probably comes as no surprise that I'm a Wetherspoon fan. Yeah, there are some crap pubs among them, but then, with 800 or so to choose from what do you expect, universal perfection? If so, then there is no doubt about it, you will be disappointed.
One thing I've noticed is that many complainants citing a good real ale pub nearby. Which, of course, is great if you have one within reach, some of us don't and for us, well, me anyway, the local JDW is the only port on the coast. My experience is that smaller towns, away from the commuter routes, have the worst town pubs and, sometimes, the best Wetherspoon outlets.
Near to me, if you don't want to always be drinking Ringwood or Badger, then JDW is the only name in town..........:drinkup::drinkup::drinkup:
Oh, 'ob' I thought you knew me better than that! We need an emoticon for heavy sarcasm.
I'd love a jaunt round Otley at some stage. As you say not the easiest place to get to since the 'Beeching Axe', but not quite as grim as I thought. Train to Menston, then 967 to Otley. Alternatively, the X84 service from Leeds.
Being a miserable old git I don't do subtle (as you may have noticed:whistle:)
I was thinking about the Wednesday after Xmas, after the bank holidays and before the horrors of NYE, depends on the weather of course. PM me if you think it's a goer.
Unfortunately it looks like Tim and his gang have had to pull out of this venture in Shaw, nr Oldham. Shame really Shaw could do with some descent non J.W.Lees real ale.
http://www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/ne...erspoons-chain
http://www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/ne...-backs-pub-bid
We've all seen the "coming soon" flashes on JDW pub clips, now they're putting them on whole pubsAttachment 520
We are getting a new JDW around here , the former B wise shop in Wellington is to be converted this summer , not the Charlton Arms Hotel as was rumoured , it is now going to be luxury flats :mad:
"Luxury flats" probably means some poky shoebox that someone will spend £200k on for 75% ownership, expecting a "foot on the housing ladder" only to find he'll probably never afford anything bigger! :D
Not when you see the big picture :D
It will be a Wetherlodge and the latest opening date is 19th April.
My local rag tonight reports that Martha's Vineyard in Walsall town centre http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/pubs/38892/, which closed suddenly last week, is to be given a £1.3 million and transformed into a specialist real ale pub after being bought by JD Wetherspoon. The move was encouraged by the success of the JDW Imperial just around the corner.
Given JD's already sell real ale, does anyone know if this move represents a new JDW brand?