guitarpete247
Just about surviving
- Location
- Leicestershire
Another supporter of their breakfast. We always have it with their refillable coffee.
Wetherspoons
- Thread starter Dirk
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vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
- Location
- Meanwood, Leeds
You missed the word allegedly....it wasn't a statement of fact. I do not consider myself pulled up.
derrick
The Glue that binds us together.
- Location
- On the edge of London
Nothing wrong with a good Wetherspoons, use them all the time, have never had a bad pint in them.
That used to be their business model (a win win win for producer, pub and drinker), but they are now so large I doubt they could get enough consistent supplies on that basis - i would think their buying power is now so large the discounts they can negotiate are significant.
Roadhump
Time you enjoyed wasting was not wasted
- Location
- The flatlands of South West Lancs
Don't know about the meals in general but the breakfasts are great value. I have had them in several places around the country, and they always provide good food in good portion sizes and at good value.
A few months ago when attending my daughter's graduation in Sheffield we booked a hotel for a couple of nights, but opted out of breakfast as it would have added about £30 a day to our bill. I told my wife we could go to Weatherspoons instead but she wasn't keen at all having seen people drinking outside a number f their pubs over the years around 9 or 10 in the morning. I managed to persuade her and once she realised you could have a pot of tea with your full English rather than a pint of Stella she was very pleasantly surprised.
A few months ago when attending my daughter's graduation in Sheffield we booked a hotel for a couple of nights, but opted out of breakfast as it would have added about £30 a day to our bill. I told my wife we could go to Weatherspoons instead but she wasn't keen at all having seen people drinking outside a number f their pubs over the years around 9 or 10 in the morning. I managed to persuade her and once she realised you could have a pot of tea with your full English rather than a pint of Stella she was very pleasantly surprised.
No "allegation" about it. the business model was well known from the Wetherspoons set up - brewer was happy to discount beer within its consume by date to clear his cellar and avoid risking wastage, wetherspoons had large rapid throughput and a good distribution system
vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
- Location
- Meanwood, Leeds
It may well have been their start up model years ago - that would explain how they managed to get off the ground in a market that is struggling.
However, I very much doubt that is the case now.
They must have huge clout with the suppliers and therefore able to screw them into the ground price wise. They almost certainly deal direct with the brewers and therefore cut out the middleman.
If, as you claim, they are still selling beer on the expiry date, someone needs to have a word at Greene King brewery, as they must have been over producing IPA for the whole of the past year.
Somehow, I doubt whether Greene King's accountants would have let a situation like that arise.
Do they also get all the smaller independent breweries to arrange, months in advance, to have loads of 'close to expiry' real ales available for their Beer Festivals?
I think not.
Hitchington
Lovely stuff
- Location
- That London
Foodwise, you get what you pay for in Weatherspoons. It's cheap but does the job. Always a great selection of guest ales at affordable prices (a bonus when you live in London). They're looking to open up affordable hotels as well, I think.
Correct - the Watergate in Barnstaple has recently been approved on the planning front.
subaqua
What’s the point
- Location
- Leytonstone
They have massive buying power, and have stuck it to Heineken when Heineken got a bit uppity http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30396012
