There are also pubs which do a discount outside the voucher scheme, I know of an Ossett pub where a lot of the regulars joined Camra just for the discount there and at the 'spoons down the road. There's also discounted entry to beer festivals to add in, so a fair number of the almost 200,000 could be in it for the savings hence Camra's reluctance to drop the schemes. There was a motion passed at a recent AGM trying to limit aggressive claiming of pub discounts by the greedier members.
The membership in Rochdale has grown considerably in the last couple of years as ALL the town centre cask ale pubs give a CAMRA discount of some sort.
I blame the bloke who persuaded The Baum to offer a discount many years ago and it just spread.
All 3 new cask ale openings offered a discount from day 1 as well with another 2 in the pipeline.
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I rarely find myself in a 'Spoons, and have never knowingly patronised a Stonegate, so my vouchers are lurking in a drawer, and have probably expired.
I feel pennypinching asking for a CAMRA discount in a normal pub,and I have never been offered one.Am I right in thinking that the landlord bears the cost?
Mrs W has a small nursery business selling plants at Farmers Markets and fairs,and we get irritated by one off punters asking for a discount on low ticket items. Naturally, we reward regular customers over the course of a season in the same way as I was rewarded by the Guv'nor when I was a regular in his pub.
"At that moment I would have given a kingdom, not for champagne or hock and soda, or hot coffee but for a glass of beer" Marquess Curzon of Kedlestone, Viceroy of India.
Try the Tapping the Admiral - I've always been asked if I have a CAMRA card!
When on manoeuvres I often forget about CAMRA discount but if I'm stopping for several pints which is more likely nowadays I always try and remember. The local Bell does 10% discount which means 40p a pint less. I went to one in SE London that did a huge 20% discount. Sadly it was a horrible place full of TV screens but the beer was OK.
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