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[london calling]

I'm afraid your theory about London Spoons subsidising all the other UK ones just doesn't add up. According to the latest Spoons directory there are just 19 Central London outlets. Surely you can't seriously be suggesting that the charging of a quid a pint on average more than other Spoons is enough to subsidise the prices in the remaining 881?
Spoons aren't being predatory here, they are just joining in with the rest of the gang and taking advantage of a captive market of workers and tourists who either don't realise or don't care about the fact they are being right royally ripped off.

No you are right the figures dont add up but can Wetherspoons justify £1.85 a pint in Bedlington and £3 + in London.

[rpadam]

No you are right the figures dont add up but can Wetherspoons justify £1.85 a pint in Bedlington and £3 + in London.

How about higher wages and (particularly) vastly higher commercial rents in London compared with Bedlington or Hartlepool?

[trainman]

I heard yesterday that the Grape & Grain is to become a spoons in a couple of years. Something of a shame that, after the efforts put into the place by current management, saving it from the awful previous incarnation of Jack Beards.
Also, there is already a nearby spoons presence at the Postal Order, just the other side of 'the triangle'...

[london calling]

How about higher wages and (particularly) vastly higher commercial rents in London compared with Bedlington or Hartlepool?

I doubt that Wetherrspoons pay higher wages In London.I was in a new Wetherspoons In Ilfracombe this week that cost £3.5 million which is more than they will have paid for any of their London pubs and although I didnt check the prices I would imagine its priced to undercut the local pubs.

[rpadam]

I doubt that Wetherrspoons pay higher wages In London.I was in a new Wetherspoons In Ilfracombe this week that cost £3.5 million which is more than they will have paid for any of their London pubs and although I didnt check the prices I would imagine its priced to undercut the local pubs.

I really don't think the first or second comment is remotely correct, but I would certainly agree about the 'spoons business model behind the third (and this applies in Central London as much as anywhere else, and hence my disagreement about the "right royally ripped off" claim...).

[london calling]

I really don't think the first or second comment is remotely correct, but I would certainly agree about the 'spoons business model behind the third (and this applies in Central London as much as anywhere else, and hence my disagreement about the "right royally ripped off" claim...).

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The Penderel Oak Holborn are looking for full time bar staff early mornings, late nights and weekend working £6.45 an hour. Outside London Wetherspoon pay £6.35. If you are under 21 about a £1 less.

[Aqualung]

How about higher wages and (particularly) vastly higher commercial rents in London compared with Bedlington or Hartlepool?

High rents and rates is the argument that breweries and pub companies have been trotting out to justify their excessive Central London prices since the year dot. In the days of the Big Six breweries the majority of the pubs were owned by them and the prices were still a rip-off. If there was any truth in the lame high rents excuse then Sam Smiths wouldn't be able to sell their OBB at under £3.00 a pint.

It seems to have spread to Leeds as well where I was recently caught out with a £4.00 pint at the Leeds Brewery Tap.

[london calling]

I have just receive my Wetherspoon vouchers which I normally bin but if anyone wants them let me know your address and I will post them. Incidentlly I have just realised I have private messages on here so sorry if I have not replied to them.

[oldboots]

Wetherspoons Autumn 2014 Festival Beer list



1) Ian Ramsay's Village Elder 3.8% (brewed at Everards)
2) Bath Prophecy 3.9%
3) Shepherd Neame Whitstable Bay Pale Ale 3.9%
4) Brew Moon Antipodean Ale 4.0 (brewed at Hook Norton)
5) Exmoor Antler 4.0%
6) Black Sheep Reaper 4.1%
7) Marstons Oyster Stout 4.1%
8) Bank's Botanical Beer 4.2%
9) Innis & Gun Edinburgh Pale Ale 4.2%
10) J W Lees John Willes 100 4.2%
11) Liberation American Brown Ale 4.2%
12) Morland Old Hoppy Hen 4.2%
13) Theakstons Masham Four & Twenty 4.2%
14) Batemans Colonel's Whiskers 4.3%
15) Butcome Crimson King 4.3%
16) Cotleigh Uncle Sams Hop Burst 4.3%
17) Rooster's Union Gap 4.3%
18) Evan Evans Artisan Cluster Nut 4.4%
19) Strathaven Fiery Cauldron 4.4%
20) Tring Hazy Hoedown 4.4%
21) Two Birds Golden Ale 4.4% (brewed at Banks's)
22) Harviestoun Old Engine Oil 4.5%
23) Maxim The Simcoe Kid 4.5%
24) Okell's IPA 4.5%
25) Vale Metamorphosis 4.5%
26) White Horse Camarillo 4.5%
27) Arundel Autumn Breeze 4.6%
28) Brouwerij't ISA 4.6% (Brewed at Caledonian)
29) Moorhouses Black Cat Reserve 4.6%
30) Adnams 1659 Smoked Ruby Beer 4.7%
31) Hook Norton Chinook Gold 4.7%
32) Thwaites Hobnobber 4.7%
33) Banks & Taylor Hitchin Old Dark 4.8%
34) Birrifico Lambrate Ligeria 4.8% (Brewed at Martstons)
35) Oakham Great Gustav 4.5%
36) Coach House Toffee Bitter 5.0%
37) Everards Tiger Triple Gold 5.0%
38) Long Man Golden Tipple 5.0%
39) Mordue Americana 5.0%
40) 10 Barrel O.G IPA 5.0%
41) Titanic Hop Abroad 5.0%
42) Wadworth Heather & Honey 5.0%
43) Oakleaf Blakes Gosport Bitter 5.2%
44) Brewsters Brewers Dozen 5.5%
45) Caledonian Trojan Horse 5.5%
46) Sixpoint BKLYN Bitter 5.5% (Brewed at Adnams)
47) Woodforde's Phoeinix IPA 5.5%
48) Abbaye Du Val-Dieu Abbaye Blonde 6.0 (Brewed at Shepherd Neame)
49) Elysian Night Owl Pumpkin Ale 6.5% (Brewed at Wychwood)
50) Wicked Weed Freak of Nature 7.5% (Brewed at Batemans)

[aleandhearty]

Wetherspoons Autumn 2014 Festival Beer list



1) Ian Ramsay's Village Elder 3.8% (brewed at Everards)
2) Bath Prophecy 3.9%
3) Shepherd Neame Whitstable Bay Pale Ale 3.9%
4) Brew Moon Antipodean Ale 4.0 (brewed at Hook Norton)
5) Exmoor Antler 4.0%
6) Black Sheep Reaper 4.1%
7) Marstons Oyster Stout 4.1%
8) Bank's Botanical Beer 4.2%
9) Innis & Gun Edinburgh Pale Ale 4.2%
10) J W Lees John Willes 100 4.2%
11) Liberation American Brown Ale 4.2%
12) Morland Old Hoppy Hen 4.2%
13) Theakstons Masham Four & Twenty 4.2%
14) Batemans Colonel's Whiskers 4.3%
15) Butcome Crimson King 4.3%
16) Cotleigh Uncle Sams Hop Burst 4.3%
17) Rooster's Union Gap 4.3%
18) Evan Evans Artisan Cluster Nut 4.4%
19) Strathaven Fiery Cauldron 4.4%
20) Tring Hazy Hoedown 4.4%
21) Two Birds Golden Ale 4.4% (brewed at Banks's)
22) Harviestoun Old Engine Oil 4.5%
23) Maxim The Simcoe Kid 4.5%
24) Okell's IPA 4.5%
25) Vale Metamorphosis 4.5%
26) White Horse Camarillo 4.5%
27) Arundel Autumn Breeze 4.6%
28) Brouwerij't ISA 4.6% (Brewed at Caledonian)
29) Moorhouses Black Cat Reserve 4.6%
30) Adnams 1659 Smoked Ruby Beer 4.7%
31) Hook Norton Chinook Gold 4.7%
32) Thwaites Hobnobber 4.7%
33) Banks & Taylor Hitchin Old Dark 4.8%
34) Birrifico Lambrate Ligeria 4.8% (Brewed at Martstons)
35) Oakham Great Gustav 4.5%
36) Coach House Toffee Bitter 5.0%
37) Everards Tiger Triple Gold 5.0%
38) Long Man Golden Tipple 5.0%
39) Mordue Americana 5.0%
40) 10 Barrel O.G IPA 5.0%
41) Titanic Hop Abroad 5.0%
42) Wadworth Heather & Honey 5.0%
43) Oakleaf Blakes Gosport Bitter 5.2%
44) Brewsters Brewers Dozen 5.5%
45) Caledonian Trojan Horse 5.5%
46) Sixpoint BKLYN Bitter 5.5% (Brewed at Adnams)
47) Woodforde's Phoeinix IPA 5.5%
48) Abbaye Du Val-Dieu Abbaye Blonde 6.0 (Brewed at Shepherd Neame)
49) Elysian Night Owl Pumpkin Ale 6.5% (Brewed at Wychwood)
50) Wicked Weed Freak of Nature 7.5% (Brewed at Batemans)

Is it just me, or on a first read, does that list look really dull? Seems to be too many nationals and large regionals in there.