RE: tecx21 Sep 2022 11:06
Tom says the costs for pubs were skyrocketing. He said: “We're seeing pubs where their energy costs are going up by not just a little bit - we're talking 500% to 600%.”
The chief said that, put very simply, “how much would 500% be on a £5 pint - you’re talking ridiculous amounts of money, 15 or 20 quid for a pint.” But despite prices of a pint creeping up across the country, the actual increases needed to sustain boozers in this situation are so enormous that they aren't realistically going to happen.
“What you can say with surety is you can't possibly pass on these energy increases and you can't increase the pint by 500%,” he said. “You'd be talking about pounds of pounds added on to the average cost per pint - and we already know because we did a survey this summer that more than 50% of the British public now believe the cost of a pint is already unaffordable.