Wetherspoons making big change to all its drinks but 20 will be exempt
20 drinks WON'T be rising in price under a big Wetherspoons shake up today, the pub giant has confirmed. Wetherspoon is hiking the price of food and drinks across its pubs from today, the chain - which has pubs in Birmingham - has said.
The hike will see the cost of a Guinness at The London and South Western branch in South-West London go from £4.66 to £4.81, while the cost of a Strongbow will increase from £3.24 to £3.39. Kopperberg draught is rising from £3.21 to £3.36 and Hooch from £3.63 to £3.78.
The average price of a meal deal at Spoons without an alcoholic drink is £4.99 and with a drink it is £6.52 but will now cost £5.29 and £6.82, respectively. Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin told The Sun, who first reported the price rises: "Wetherspoon has always tried to remain as competitive as possible. We hope that our prices will still be reasonable in spite of these increases."
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Wetherspoon currently has just under 800 pubs. The price rise comes after Martin warned Wetherspoon is set to face a £60million jump in costs in April following changes to National Insurance and minimum wage going up. Employers will pay more National Insurance from April 6, with the rate rising from 13.8% to 15%.
Full list of drinks not rising in price
Bud Light
Budweiser
Carlsberg
Carling
Coors
Corona Extra
Innis & Gunn lager
Leffe
Poretti
Shipyard
Stella Artois
Punk IPA
Tennent’s
Ruddles Bitter
Worthington’s Creamflow
Stowford Press cider
Bells Whiskey
Au Vodka
draught Pepsi
draught lemonade
Martin has called on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to cut pub food taxes, saying said: “This tax advantage allows supermarkets to subsidise the price of beer they sell. The VAT distortions that exist today will inevitably create more supermarkets and less pubs. Wetherspoon therefore calls upon Sir Keir Starmer to redress this imbalance, thereby striking a blow for tax equality and ending discrimination in favour of dull dinner parties.”