tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467535.post8755089162334008511..comments2023-11-02T02:40:28.264-07:00Comments on They Got Me Over A Barrel: FAKE PINTS; FAKE BRITAINJ Mark Doddshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11800542445712331202noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6467535.post-81615992066313501232012-05-30T02:53:58.312-07:002012-05-30T02:53:58.312-07:00John John Lindsey - I meant to include above but o...John John Lindsey - I meant to include above but omitted it, that the many Tied publicans who serve a proper measure as a matter of course are between a rock and a hard place: if they priced their pints to achieve a commercially rational margin the UK population would simply abandon most pubs - because beer would be well over £4 a pint all over the country and few people can afford to socialise at those kind of prices.<br /><br />What a luxury of choice:<br /><br />1) Price your products to get the retail margin you need relative to the wholesale cost and see customers walk out the door and your business collapse by a severe lack of punters.<br /><br />2) Price your products at a level customers will still wear (just) and see your business inevitably fail, dreadfully and slowly strangled by a severe lack of profit.<br /><br />Enduring the torture of this financial attrition is like hell on earth. Your pubco is putting you out of business while it's still making £millions - and it's telling you that YOU are the readon for all ITS problems - and there's absolutely NOTHING you can do about it unless you break the law. It's appalling; the Tie makes criminals out of good, honest, responsible and hardworking people. <br /><br />Friend of mine bought a round of five drinks last week in a Camberwell pub - three pints of Stella, two large glasses of red wine and it was £27. He won't be going back there again.J Mark Doddshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11800542445712331202noreply@blogger.com