Having a place to live is becoming luxury, going to pub is becoming luxury, going to concert is becoming luxury, buying food is becoming luxury. What a time to be alive!
At the end of the day me and my mates can go out and soend £200 between us on a few pints and and poor quality food or we can buy a box of beers each for £20 and spend the rest on a good bbq and dont have to put up with strangers. I think lockdown has taught a lot of people that we dont need to go to pubs or clubs to have a good time with friends.
Went to a pub a few months back, my first time in one since Covid started and I couldn't believe how much the prices had gone up since 2019. It used to be £2.50 for some pints and now it's £5 a pint or more. It's just not worth it anymore to me to be honest. It's cheaper to drink at home and invite some mates round
Was in a pub yesterday in Manchester and no one was buying food . At most one drink just to watch the match. They had bartenders basically going around asking people to buy drinks . This is awful
I had a 4 course pub meal in Thailand at the old Queen vic traditional cooked as well as any carvery better than Toby carvery 4 course 400 Bhatt. Unbelievable. Just out pricing themselves in UK biggest excuse they have ever had to price hike out of just greed
The reason is people depend on money. Money was created for control. Make people either greedy or dependent. Therefore people aren't free as long as they depend on smth. Free has two meanings but it's so connected. With one can't be another
I dj private functions in pubs for over 20 years. Since the Covid lockdowns and people drinking at home with friends and family, people have seen its cheaper, safer, less hassel, more comfort, no issues getting home, stream sports for free etc so people have been less interested in coming back to pubs, the amout of home parties i now do has nearly trebled. Then to make it worse the cost of living means the people who still went to pubs cannot afford it and not bothered wasting money as pubs are dead now
@@Mt3Dpdrtk What is the difference? DJ's in clubs are just playing someone else's music off a record whilst wearing a set of oversized headphones to make themselves look busy.
I prefer having private events too. Before I started doing it in April of 2020 I always preferred a club but (for the most part) had to play by their and the government's rules. Having private events we draw more people, and even though we have a bigger overhead we make more money and charge infinitely less.
Yep. In Canada, too. I’m a Canadian career musician and have made my living playing for over 35 years. And that’s essentially over and done. Pubs and clubs are struggling and therefore not hiring acts as they used to…or else they are hiring single acoustic acts (or duos) as they are cheaper. And me being a drummer…it’s hard to find steady work. Covid closures also caused many venues to permanently close their doors.
This was BIG BUSINESSES' intent all along. They don't care about us, our local businesses or our ability to have healthy social interactions and a network of support through community, family and friends. Time to take our power back and hold on!
Perhaps start by ditching the binary mindset of conservative vs Labour - 2 cheeks of the same arse for sure…it is now the people vs the system. If only we could unite instead of bashing each other. It’s revolution or bust imho..
@@eighteenfiftynine Well when Tony Blair got in, they made it very clear that this was "New Labour", not Labour. The Labour party became "Socialist Labour", but it was that Labour party who created the NHS and the Welfare system, ran publicly owned utilities- railways, gas, coal, electric, telephone... The difference between the Tories and New Labour are like jumping from the same old frying pan into the same old fire. And nobody listens when I explain this to them: Labour are not Labour any more!
There's also a big change in drinking habits. I don't think young people are drinking as much as younger people 20 30 or more years ago. My local 35 years ago was packed to the rafters 5 nights a week with mainly younger people. I'm an older dad with 18 year old twins and neither them or any of their friends have any interest at all in going to the pub, not because of the cost, more of a 'lifestyle' thing preferring to go to the gym instead.
Your twins prob go to thw gym to record themselves for onlyfans or something and then sell nudes to simps over the internet. Good luck with that old chap
The gov really push this ‘great British pub’ idea, but for the most part they are grim AF. Full of drunk men with a pass for acting like twats; add to that huge taxation, zero hospitality and uncomfortable furniture its kinda clear that they are on the demise.
I came back to the UK three years ago, couldn’t believe the broken roads - potholes everywhere but they improved as I got to wealthier areas. Now, I realise that nothing works in the the UK anymore, all public services have been broken in the last ten years. I’ve travelled and lived all over the world, the UK seems like a broken developing nation at best. I expect we’ll be kicked out the G7 soon and we are almost bottom of the G20.
I saw at least three small businesses shutting their doors here locally, unable to recover from the loss during COVID lockdown. It’s really sad. And the people who were running them were always very kind & pleasant. “The good ones always suffer and Life is not fair”
Actually I think its the bad ones that suffer. Pub owners that know how to do things right are more likely to survive, but at the moment they are killing themselves with profiteering....
I am sad to say that I cannot afford to go to the pub anymore.. It's not just the pub either though, and I'm certain there are millions of people in the same position. 😢
But didnt your gouvernment promise to support businesses? Oh. I forgot. They are supporting the big energy companies.... That must do. And the members of the gouvernment will be rewarded with highpaid jobs afterwards.
@@foreveremoatheart same boat bro. And it aint worth it. Id rather buy 4 bottles of estrella for eg for £5.50 (less than a fuckin pint) and invite a mate. Or go to the park and drink and chill
The sad thing is.. for some lonely people, going to the pub for a few drinks Friday and Saturday was a place to chat to a few people. They might not have friends per say. So now they have no drinking buddies anymore.
I'll be 65 this year. I've managed to keep a roof over my head until now. Might be spending my final years homeless. Oh well, I tried and have good memories
There are lots of other people your age in similar predicament. Try reaching out to others to see if a roommate situation in whose ever house is cheapest to heat in winter.
Went on a pub adventure in London yesterday, had 1 drink each at each premise and went to 5 different pubs. We both had a really lovely day but agreed at the end that there was no way we could repeat it anytime soon due to the sheer cost of buying a handful of drinks each. It's not just the sheer cost of drinks these days either, after the cost of living crisis there's almost no money left in the bank one way or the other.
I work as a bartender and can say now that covid has really hit hard. It’s only when matches are on we are lucky to sell 2 pints to people. And I don’t have any time to go to the pub nor any friends or family members either. We are all just too busy trying to keep our home from being torn from us, so no time to have fun anymore.
That;s the point Hugh, According to the Institute of Fiscal Studies in 2008 the average annual wage in England was on a par with Germany, Now it's £5,000 a year less.
@Hugh Hanifin I believe it is well understood that delivering millions of mostly unskilled migrants into a developed Western economy, in just a few decades, will stagnate or lower wages in that economy. When more and more workers compete for less and less jobs, those workers lose their industrial power to bargain for improved wages and conditions. In a Capitalist Economy, this is seen as a good outcome. Profits increase, and may continue to rise, while labour costs are contained or reduced.
Absolutely! Smoking ban, ridiculous taxes on pubs vs supermarkets for the same beer, lockdown, having to provide photo ID which is scanned and stored (in London pubs), and now this!
This is what happens when the government prints £700 billion , that's £14000 /adult and gives it to the richest in society, hyper inflation and a cost of living crisis.
And that's what happens when the people do not put a stop to this insanity! When the people fear the government there is tyranny. When the government fear the people there is liberty.
A wise man said: "It's a great pleasure to read books on history, but it's a real horror to live on the pages of these books". In Belarus we face the same situation, but the reason is different. Lots of pubs, bars and restaurants were closed because of political instability, sanctions, war and people migration, but it's shame for me to compare costs of living in the UK and in my country. Best wishes and peace to all!
@@ChadBrahh Late April - early October, but it depends on the weather. For example, right now it's early spring, leaves have just appeared and fields and forests are getting green.
31 and its the same. pubs are a British tradition so its kinda sad. but most working class people have been priced out. pubs are for trendy wealthy types these days.
Went out into a 'student orientated' city at the weekend. Hundreds of drunk students pre-loaded on cheap supermarket alcohol. Litter and vomit strewn trains. Most inner city pubs are half empty by 8:30 and the students drink and throwing up in bars at this time. It's a sad perfect storm for owners and people who just want good company, tasty beers/ciders and a community feel. Not sure the tax break is enough for pub landlords.
The real reason why buissness is bad for small retailers and pubs is because people are spending all their spare cash on food and energy in my case what I spent on energy has tripled
@@SK-kh2rs so u want all modern up market pubs and pay Ten pound pint for the posh environment.. Dont think true drinkers would pay that plus maybe more..
The government only cares about big business. The fact that people can not afford to go to the pub. Leads to loneliness, lack of social connections, & is in general bad for the mental health of the nation as a whole because of this... Those in power see nothing of this, because they are not involved...
The people that put so much pressure on socialising and being able to socialise are typically the same people that bullied introverted people in to becoming more introverted. So I say bud; buck up. Get over it. During the pandemic people cared more about a pint than killing their gran with COVID.
How do people develop social connections in countries that don't have a culture of drinking in pubs? Like Italy and Spain. Yet people there enjoy better relationships than the British, maybe that ought to be the actual concern.
most young people rather drink at home. although studies are saying lots of the new generation aren't drinking at all (cant blame them) Im nearing 30 and i cant be arsed going to a pub, it's noisy, expensive and the staff are miserable
Who could have imagined that raising prices during the cost of living crisis would result in LESS customers? What a SHOCKING revelation to absolutely no-one.
It's also the big multinationals crushing locally-owned places. When a local business makes profit, the profits are spent in the local economy, when multinationals make profit, it is funnelled off to the Cayman islands and out of the local pool of wealth.
I find this so sad to hear. I have to say as an American I have always enjoyed going to a British pub. I am not much of a drinker, but I loved going to them, having a pint and socializing. It is my most cherished memories of visiting the U.K. In my life. I dream of doing it again before I pass this world. Please do not let it die.
@@ivantsang2156 So a fast food burger would be around $18-$25 depending on the venue and a single can of beer about $6-8 dollars. Not really saving much. Welcome to Sydney 🇦🇺
@@ivantsang2156 Never been there but a Mc crap cheeseburger is $4. The cost of living has risen sharply here in the past 2 years. My weekly grocery bill was about $120-$140 now closer to $180. My neighbour pays $1100 weekly to rent a 2 bed apartment. OUCH.
@@ivantsang2156 in aud, $11max for a Burger from the fishnchip shop, can of coopers $5, 750mm long neck $7. In Adelaide Ausfalia. Sydney is ret@rded. The ABC was blaming the 700000 new immigrants each year. Were not building 700000 new homes each year so the demand is skyrocketing which is inflating rent year on year
I started going to the pub when I was 14 years old in Scotland. I was able to go to the pub every Friday night with my mates on a paperboys income. £1.60 for a pint of Tennants lager. I was able to buy 3 pints, and a 10 pack of cigarettes with my salary, and still have a couple of Bob left over for Saturday. I was only making 8 pounds a week back then. Pathetic that nowadays, an adult can’t afford to go to the pub on their salary. How times have changed
My electricity bill will go down here in Germany, yet I dont know how much. But I already received a letter this week from my municipal suppliers. I dont pay for shareholders and CEOs. Our suppliers are not all privatised . Maybe that makes a difference?
It's a damn shame, pubs are the local lifeblood of the community, a place for friends and family to gather and share stories and goings on. This is decidedly intentional to fracture and fragment community and demoralize people. Bless from Arizona USA 🦁
Pubs are nothing the sort. Just a room to drink alcohol in. It's not a conspiracy to fracture the community. People just don't like going to pubs anymore.
For social weasels maybe it's the lifeblood to spread lies and deceit around the community and fighting and generally being horrible .. Pubs are nothing but "adult" youth club's
When I was twenty something I went to the pub to socialise on the weekends, the twenty somethings of today go to each others house's. Its emptying out city centres where only the rich will occupy which sounds pretty empty to me, rather fitting because they are the ones that created the problem along with those trying to become rich like politicians. Greedy fools have soaked up all the wealth and made it to expensive for the rest of us to just exist. The isolation effect it will have on society will be profound.
The number of pubs has been in decline since about 1870 - with a short period of increase as women started to drink. Pubs solve a problem that, largely, doesn't exist any more - where to meet friends and smoke and drink together. The rise in home ownership after WW2 meant more people had a comfy place to invite friends. They had a comfy place to not invite them too. When I was young, I went to pubs often and my parents went out every night, but now I hardly go to pubs and young people have greatly reduced their alcohol consumption. There are so many other options now, why would I go to a pub? What do they offer? The music is almost always awful and there's nothing to do. On top of that, 90% of pubs sell only a very limited range of beer - usually bad beer too. Pubs have not kept up with the times, but they want us to support them out of nostalgia. No doubt the lamplighters and night-soil attendants felt the same way. We move on. If the government was serious about keeping pubs alive they'd legalize cannabis and allow it to be smoked in (some) pubs.
The problem is many years ago the government sold the utility companies. As a result, shareholders want a profit. It is not just pubs. Any local businesses from pubs, cafes, backers, and butchers are all seeing higher costs across the board. As an example, this Saturday the town car park was two-thirds full. Normally on a Saturday, cars are waiting to find a parking spot. It was only two-thirds full because the doctor's surgery was open to offering Covid injections. Plus I would point out the car park is free, at that time. It is as empty as when COVID was in its second year. We have a cost of living crises caused by higher fuel prices and the Bank of England lifting the interest rate. I would have included food, but apparently in the rest of the world food has gone back down. So just the middle supplies making a large profit, just like the energy companies.
I feel for the owners struggling. My heart goes out to them. As an American I wasn't a bar guy but a Café guy. I stopped going to cafés all the time 15 years ago because it costs too much. I bought a grinder, espresso machine and learned on my own. Invite family and friends over, so much more cheaper. I think the English people have caught on to this trend of home gatherings.
Yeah, I never understood cafes. I make instant coffee at home with a cozy setup with my computer. Why go out do your way to do your homework/work elsewhere while spending money on coffee and gas.
Similar here in the US. Prices have gone crazy so the bars have to charge more and people can't afford to go there. In many areas the only "bars" left are the corporate chain restaurants; the small business owners can not survive. Very sad.
Strange sky didn’t mention the exorbitant amount they charge pubs to show sky. They were were the first nail, of many since, in the coffin of a great British Institution.
Have a friend who was in the UK last month. Hit a ton of pubs. Kept noticing how cold they all were. Sounds like a lot of landlords/landladies are turning the heating off to save money.
I'm pleased I'm not a landlord any more. I use to have a public house, I left about 15yrs ago. Once the smoking ban came into force it destroyed my customer base. Many stay at home. Also with the price of beer being around £5 a pint it's cheaper to drink at home. No worries. Sorry days for the British pub and traditions that go with it. 😢
When the smoking ban came It was a relief for me in my younger days. No more smelly clothes. No more breathing other people's poison. Best thing the government did for social life.
I thought this situation was happening only in my own country Greece, but seeing that economic struggle is everywhere across Europe i think it is time for people to stand up and fight back.
For the economy to work people need to buy things other than homes and pay rent. The property market has been rigged for years to give the wealth effect but the rest of the economy is dying. My towns pubs used to be busy Thurs - Sun in the 90s . They are empty now Saturday night . House prices are at least 50 percent overpriced.
pubs have been in trouble for 20 years . in my town . ( wallasey wirral ) there are 17 pubs closed in that period . most in seacombe and egremont areas . only 4 are still open in them areas . new brighton used to have loads of night clubs , zero now .
@@darkshar100 i have said that for years . the millenium killed it . taxi companies where charging tripple fare in my area . people dont go to pubs anymore . only the ones with food . it was a tradition to go to the pub till 10 / 10.30 , then off to a club . people buy in booze now and watch the telly . it is safer .
@left_blank wrong. Pubs are important parts of local communities. Remember in lockdown lots of people were saying the first thing they're doing once its over is going to the pub. Its important to have venues where people can chat and socialise.
Went to a local pub and it was 5.60 quid for a pint of larger where as Weatherspoons its 3quid. dont even know how weatherspoons can offer booze as such low prices.
The local pub is the last bastion for recognising what's left of your community now your outside doors are closed even during the day out of fear. We will hide there and at home until we forget we jokingly called it a refuge and we eventually lose both.
Feel sorry for Pub owners, I recall seeing them on the news wanting more and more money to help them during Covid, but people seem to forget it all needs paying back and it's us the public that have to pay the price.
90% of the ones that have closed we're privately owned. It's almost like the UK doesn't value small businesses. It's the same for breweries. Some of the best independent breweries in the UK have closed their doors in the last 18 months.
Well the reason for pub closures is the inflated price per pint. I was in Brighton the w/e and asked for a pint and they said £7.60 so I said forget it no way in hell i'm paying that much for a pint.
I kind feel the pain of the lady at the beginning of the video, seeing that so many years of work and effort put into a family business could go to the junk yard due to the unsustainable economic conditions is devastating.
This cost of living crisis makes the 2008 financial crisis look like a crukit stamp. People wouldn't have dared go on strike for job security now they strike for salary security
We are paying more for less these days, Big businesses and government saying they need to increase prices but end up giving us less back. Greed, greedy CEO's and shareholders squeezing more and more every year and getting record profits year after year.
Oh god….as if these people haven’t been given enough. Grants, loans, VAT reductions they never passed onto customers. Can we stop throwing good money after bad?
It was the government stimulation that caused the inflation in the first place. I think there was a lot of opportunistic price rises that have not helped.
That happened in my country, government decreased vat to restaurants and that didn’t translate In lower prices, now they are decreased vat from 6% to 0% on 44 essential food items and I also think the prices will stay the same and companies will eat the vat.
Are we serious???? The simpler answer is.... times are changing!!! No one needs to or wants to go to bars now just like no one needs to or wants to go to malls or movie theaters. Come on!!! Seriously. Get on with the times.
Thinking back to when I lived in the UK I would go to a pub regularly for a cooked meal and drink 🍺 but I lived in a cheap flat had no car 🚗and all of the associated expenses that went along with car and home ownership I had a fair amount of disposable income but didn't realise it at the time
I’m sorry for the owners of pubs and restaurants struggling with rising costs. I’m also sorry for consumers like me who can’t afford to enjoy dining out anymore. There are no winners here.
The real pubs with accommodation need to hold out for a bit, we are financially heading back to the mid 1800's, single working men's accommodation will be a gold mine.
Where I live in Canada our neighborhood has a hugely popular bar & grill that always seemed busy until last week when they “temporarily closed” due to “staffing issues”. My group of retired friends used to eat out at a good restaurant at least once a month - now it’s more like twice a year, if that. Otherwise it’s Wendy’s where we can get a junior cheeseburger for $2.79 and a free senior’s coffee. I really feel for the pub owners - it’s a catastrophe not of their making.
£18.50 for haddock and chips at the local pub, £11.50 at the local restaurant. I can buy a glass of wine in both. The restaurant is always busy. Guess which one will close first!
Alot of these pubs are closed due to improper management. Some are being run down to the ground and don't provide any entertainment and the beer prices are close to £7 in local areas in London. A roast dinner is very close to £20. We will expect many more pubs to close down and the only winner is the Witherspoons they always seem cheap and very reasonable.
@@royfontaine5526 Its a corporate chain of pubs in UK. They had a horrible reputation in the 90's as destroyers of independent businesses, but people have softened to them given their reasonable prices for drinks and food, and family-friendly atmosphere.
5 years ago I spent my first time in London and couldn't wait to visit some local pubs. quickly figured out that the menus and beer choices were all the same and come to find out all owned by the same company. kind of disappointing. maybe next time I'll find a way out to the country to really get that pub experience.
Having a place to live is becoming luxury, going to pub is becoming luxury, going to concert is becoming luxury, buying food is becoming luxury. What a time to be alive!
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paying your leccy is becoming a luxury- gassing the car up is bec.....
Called neofeudalism
Place to live, drink, concert and food is still super cheap in Thailand 😊
That is what they voted for
At the end of the day me and my mates can go out and soend £200 between us on a few pints and and poor quality food or we can buy a box of beers each for £20 and spend the rest on a good bbq and dont have to put up with strangers. I think lockdown has taught a lot of people that we dont need to go to pubs or clubs to have a good time with friends.
When I was a young man going to the pub with your mates was never a "luxury". It was a part of social life, it's expense was not a consideration.
It’s £5 a pint at green kings no wonder nobody goes
@@wasteoftime2187 😆😆
Mad isn't it, a days wage to get tipsy 😅
@@wasteoftime2187 Abbot Ale ?
Good excuse to escape the matrix and stop drinking.😮
Went to a pub a few months back, my first time in one since Covid started and I couldn't believe how much the prices had gone up since 2019. It used to be £2.50 for some pints and now it's £5 a pint or more. It's just not worth it anymore to me to be honest. It's cheaper to drink at home and invite some mates round
They want to destroy the pubs as they dont want the public discussing what these criminals are up to...
@@richardbrown9344 I said that back in the late 90's and everyone said I was off me rocker!
@@richardbrown9344 who discusses politics at the pub? What an absolute waste of time 😂
Do it then.
@@acelilumelody4445 usually tits n bits being discussed the politics are kept for the 3am kitchen gatherings.
Was in a pub yesterday in Manchester and no one was buying food . At most one drink just to watch the match. They had bartenders basically going around asking people to buy drinks . This is awful
The government are seriously messing this country up. Poor self employed businesses.
Food in pubs is hiked up out of all reason.. Average Joe bloggs wont buy it now
I had a 4 course pub meal in Thailand at the old Queen vic traditional cooked as well as any carvery better than Toby carvery 4 course 400 Bhatt. Unbelievable. Just out pricing themselves in UK biggest excuse they have ever had to price hike out of just greed
The reason is people depend on money. Money was created for control. Make people either greedy or dependent. Therefore people aren't free as long as they depend on smth. Free has two meanings but it's so connected. With one can't be another
Don't worry the Brexit Unicorns are now ready to go - we can sell beer to the Pacific now
when my local charged me £14 for a pint and a glass of wine by a stroppy faced teenager back in 2019 that was my last ever visit.
Lies again? Pay Bills Play Books
I dj private functions in pubs for over 20 years. Since the Covid lockdowns and people drinking at home with friends and family, people have seen its cheaper, safer, less hassel, more comfort, no issues getting home, stream sports for free etc so people have been less interested in coming back to pubs, the amout of home parties i now do has nearly trebled. Then to make it worse the cost of living means the people who still went to pubs cannot afford it and not bothered wasting money as pubs are dead now
People who Dj in pubs don’t Dj they just play records and there’s a juke box for that
@@Mt3Dpdrtk I disagree
@@Mt3Dpdrtk What is the difference? DJ's in clubs are just playing someone else's music off a record whilst wearing a set of oversized headphones to make themselves look busy.
Its like home office work given jobs, drink and party at home (like home pubs), nice!
I prefer having private events too. Before I started doing it in April of 2020 I always preferred a club but (for the most part) had to play by their and the government's rules. Having private events we draw more people, and even though we have a bigger overhead we make more money and charge infinitely less.
Yep. In Canada, too. I’m a Canadian career musician and have made my living playing for over 35 years. And that’s essentially over and done. Pubs and clubs are struggling and therefore not hiring acts as they used to…or else they are hiring single acoustic acts (or duos) as they are cheaper. And me being a drummer…it’s hard to find steady work. Covid closures also caused many venues to permanently close their doors.
Was a musician ever a stable job?
This was BIG BUSINESSES' intent all along. They don't care about us, our local businesses or our ability to have healthy social interactions and a network of support through community, family and friends. Time to take our power back and hold on!
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Take the power back how?! Labour are just the same. This country is dying on its arse.
Perhaps start by ditching the binary mindset of conservative vs Labour - 2 cheeks of the same arse for sure…it is now the people vs the system. If only we could unite instead of bashing each other. It’s revolution or bust imho..
@@eighteenfiftynine Well when Tony Blair got in, they made it very clear that this was "New Labour", not Labour. The Labour party became "Socialist Labour", but it was that Labour party who created the NHS and the Welfare system, ran publicly owned utilities- railways, gas, coal, electric, telephone...
The difference between the Tories and New Labour are like jumping from the same old frying pan into the same old fire. And nobody listens when I explain this to them: Labour are not Labour any more!
@@johnallan3590 how many revolutions haven't ended up in a worse situation? Reform is a lot more sensible in most circumstances.
There's also a big change in drinking habits. I don't think young people are drinking as much as younger people 20 30 or more years ago. My local 35 years ago was packed to the rafters 5 nights a week with mainly younger people. I'm an older dad with 18 year old twins and neither them or any of their friends have any interest at all in going to the pub, not because of the cost, more of a 'lifestyle' thing preferring to go to the gym instead.
Believe me we are, just not in pubs because they are a rip off.
Your twins prob go to thw gym to record themselves for onlyfans or something and then sell nudes to simps over the internet. Good luck with that old chap
The gov really push this ‘great British pub’ idea, but for the most part they are grim AF. Full of drunk men with a pass for acting like twats; add to that huge taxation, zero hospitality and uncomfortable furniture its kinda clear that they are on the demise.
@@JohnDoe-nt1sv We aren't though, it's well documented that alcohol consumption in young people has dropped cosiderably.
@@CentaurMoe good for them
UK is in a DIRE state, can’t get anything done, people can’t afford the basics let alone a afternoon or evening in the pub. Shame!
Live within your means.
@@martynblackburn9632 People were...
@@martynblackburn9632 tell that to the banks and the politicians.
I came back to the UK three years ago, couldn’t believe the broken roads - potholes everywhere but they improved as I got to wealthier areas. Now, I realise that nothing works in the the UK anymore, all public services have been broken in the last ten years. I’ve travelled and lived all over the world, the UK seems like a broken developing nation at best. I expect we’ll be kicked out the G7 soon and we are almost bottom of the G20.
All part of the plan
The pub I used to drink in now wants £6 a pint and 20% service charge for bringing it to your table (usually a walk of 5-10 yards).
I was just looking for a comment with the actual prices. Thanks, mate
I saw at least three small businesses shutting their doors here locally, unable to recover from the loss during COVID lockdown. It’s really sad. And the people who were running them were always very kind & pleasant.
“The good ones always suffer and
Life is not fair”
Actually I think its the bad ones that suffer. Pub owners that know how to do things right are more likely to survive, but at the moment they are killing themselves with profiteering....
Life will always be unfair while the five richest criminal families are running this world.
@@MrAvant123 give it a rest smoothbrain
Got nothing to do with covid - and everything to do with going to war with the biggest energy supplier on the planet
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I am sad to say that I cannot afford to go to the pub anymore.. It's not just the pub either though, and I'm certain there are millions of people in the same position. 😢
But didnt your gouvernment promise to support businesses?
Oh. I forgot. They are supporting the big energy companies.... That must do.
And the members of the gouvernment will be rewarded with highpaid jobs afterwards.
Same here man i havent been to the pub in ages and i used to be a regular to a poticular pub. Its mental man, i just cant afford it
Perhaps if people stopped voting to destroy our country
@@foreveremoatheart same boat bro. And it aint worth it. Id rather buy 4 bottles of estrella for eg for £5.50 (less than a fuckin pint) and invite a mate. Or go to the park and drink and chill
Lies again? Play Beautiful Peanut Butter
37,000 Pubs sounds like an over saturated industry to me............
The sad thing is.. for some lonely people, going to the pub for a few drinks Friday and Saturday was a place to chat to a few people. They might not have friends per say. So now they have no drinking buddies anymore.
Much sad wow.
dont mind me...i'm just playing the worlds tiniest violin.......
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Reminds me of a mate of mine that usually invites me to the pub and I cannot join him due to prices and not wanting to pack on more calories
@@barrontrump3943 Trust me take him up on the offer or better yet invite him. Time goes quickly enjoy a pint together.
We have so many pubs in Germany and everyone buys food
Seeing this from the land where pubs come from is just sad
Bullshit. Stop lying.
the UK is broke because they left the EU
I'll be 65 this year. I've managed to keep a roof over my head until now. Might be spending my final years homeless. Oh well, I tried and have good memories
At least they cant take those away, I think.
There are lots of other people your age in similar predicament. Try reaching out to others to see if a roommate situation in whose ever house is cheapest to heat in winter.
Went on a pub adventure in London yesterday, had 1 drink each at each premise and went to 5 different pubs. We both had a really lovely day but agreed at the end that there was no way we could repeat it anytime soon due to the sheer cost of buying a handful of drinks each. It's not just the sheer cost of drinks these days either, after the cost of living crisis there's almost no money left in the bank one way or the other.
Plenty of money for the boatmen being put up in the hundreds of 4/5 star hotels.
@@maratonlegendelenemirei3352 yes we sadly obliged to spend that money. What we should have done is not left the EU and Dublin protocol 😔
I work as a bartender and can say now that covid has really hit hard. It’s only when matches are on we are lucky to sell 2 pints to people.
And I don’t have any time to go to the pub nor any friends or family members either. We are all just too busy trying to keep our home from being torn from us, so no time to have fun anymore.
lol yall are so poor. arent pints like 5 bucks, even if its 10 its not problem for me
All by design. Turning the western world into a 3rd world. Getting rid of old.instutuions...
Wages are not keeping up with inflation
If they did we could afford more drinks, I paid £4.50 for a pint!!!!!
@@wocky7940 and the illegal gimmigrant welfare payments too.
This is true worldwide.
That;s the point Hugh, According to the Institute of Fiscal Studies in 2008 the average annual wage in England was on a par with Germany, Now it's £5,000 a year less.
@Hugh Hanifin I believe it is well understood that delivering millions of mostly unskilled migrants into a developed Western economy, in just a few decades, will stagnate or lower wages in that economy. When more and more workers compete for less and less jobs, those workers lose their industrial power to bargain for improved wages and conditions. In a Capitalist Economy, this is seen as a good outcome. Profits increase, and may continue to rise, while labour costs are contained or reduced.
Stay strong everyone. As far as I'm concerned this is what they wanted all along.
Absolutely! Smoking ban, ridiculous taxes on pubs vs supermarkets for the same beer, lockdown, having to provide photo ID which is scanned and stored (in London pubs), and now this!
By design for sure.
@@ApriliaRacer14 Absolutely.
@@benjamintaylor3934Yeah bring back cancer, it’s great!!!!!!!
Social Engineering
This is what happens when the government prints £700 billion , that's £14000 /adult and gives it to the richest in society, hyper inflation and a cost of living crisis.
And that's what happens when the people do not put a stop to this insanity!
When the people fear the government there is tyranny. When the government fear the people there is liberty.
I went to a local pub 2 weeks ago and they closed early because there were no other customers
A wise man said: "It's a great pleasure to read books on history, but it's a real horror to live on the pages of these books".
In Belarus we face the same situation, but the reason is different. Lots of pubs, bars and restaurants were closed because of political instability, sanctions, war and people migration, but it's shame for me to compare costs of living in the UK and in my country.
Best wishes and peace to all!
What is the best time to visit Belarus?
@@ChadBrahh Late April - early October, but it depends on the weather. For example, right now it's early spring, leaves have just appeared and fields and forests are getting green.
26 years old, me and my mates have never been able to afford to go to the pub often
31 and its the same. pubs are a British tradition so its kinda sad. but most working class people have been priced out. pubs are for trendy wealthy types these days.
Stop buying crap from Amazon then.
@@MrFrog_ wish I could buy stuff other then food.
And the greed of government on rising the taxes, the petrol price, gas, electricity, food, Counsil tax, cut on jobs…😔🕊🙏🏻
Dont pay any more taxes then.
@@richardbrown9344 Shrink government is a better alternative.
How else can they fund their lifestyle?
I used to go to the pub every day but no more I won't pay the ridiculous prices for a pint of beer I would rather stay at home than be ripped off
Everyday at the pub ? Bloody hell! Maybe a good thing then. But don’t start sitting at home and drinking alone !
Went out into a 'student orientated' city at the weekend. Hundreds of drunk students pre-loaded on cheap supermarket alcohol. Litter and vomit strewn trains. Most inner city pubs are half empty by 8:30 and the students drink and throwing up in bars at this time. It's a sad perfect storm for owners and people who just want good company, tasty beers/ciders and a community feel. Not sure the tax break is enough for pub landlords.
There used to be three pubs within walking distance of my home , all closed down , the police are happy .
The real reason why buissness is bad for small retailers and pubs is because people are spending all their spare cash on food and energy in my case what I spent on energy has tripled
@jf2176 Maybe try reading a book and figuring it out.
When the economy is in crisis, unfortunately hospitality and going out is one of the first things people cut back on.
Biggest problem with pubs is business council rates taking big amounts monthly
And VAT And corporation tax...
And people being too poor to heat and eat, so nothing for a pint.
yeah to fund all the illegal gimmigrants.
Biggest problem is nobody wants to go to shabby pubs. Thing of the past. Move on.
@@SK-kh2rs so u want all modern up market pubs and pay Ten pound pint for the posh environment.. Dont think true drinkers would pay that plus maybe more..
The government only cares about big business.
The fact that people can not afford to go to the pub.
Leads to loneliness, lack of social connections, & is in general bad for the mental health of the nation as a whole because of this...
Those in power see nothing of this, because they are not involved...
The people that put so much pressure on socialising and being able to socialise are typically the same people that bullied introverted people in to becoming more introverted. So I say bud; buck up. Get over it. During the pandemic people cared more about a pint than killing their gran with COVID.
How do people develop social connections in countries that don't have a culture of drinking in pubs? Like Italy and Spain. Yet people there enjoy better relationships than the British, maybe that ought to be the actual concern.
@@oldskoolmusicnostalgia they drink in Spain at all the tapas places. It’s just wine not beer.
@@oldskoolmusicnostalgia people go to the bar a lot here on Spain trust me
most young people rather drink at home. although studies are saying lots of the new generation aren't drinking at all (cant blame them)
Im nearing 30 and i cant be arsed going to a pub, it's noisy, expensive and the staff are miserable
Plus the added risk of being killed
@@ThomasDoubting5 Killed?
@@ThomasDoubting5 Crime has gone down in almost all avenues in the UK. So fear of being killed can't be part of it.
“Crime has gone down in almost all avenues in the UK”
Who could have imagined that raising prices during the cost of living crisis would result in LESS customers?
What a SHOCKING revelation to absolutely no-one.
Fewer
@@charliechristmas5147 It's not considered correct grammar to use a sentence fragment with no punctuation.
@@Nysvarth
he's still right.
it's fewer customers, not less customers.
is english your third language?
@@sabin97 it might be his/her third language but that would make him/her much smarter than the average Brit tho
@@Clickens that's an extremely low bar.
the overwhelming majority of humanity is smarter than the anglos.....not just the brits, but all the anglos.
The government has out priced beer, ruined British social life. People can't afford these prices
That's all part of the agenda
Tim Martin
It's also the big multinationals crushing locally-owned places.
When a local business makes profit, the profits are spent in the local economy, when multinationals make profit, it is funnelled off to the Cayman islands and out of the local pool of wealth.
@@K1lostream Some types of people are glad that the pubs are closing because they don't drink alcohol for religious reasons.
It all about drinking coffee nowadays ay.
When ''ordinary'' ales are £4 to £5 a pint is it any wonder?
Having an ale used to be a cheap option but a £5 is unreal. Can't imagine how expensive it is in London
I find this so sad to hear.
I have to say as an American I have always enjoyed going to a British pub. I am not much of a drinker, but I loved going to them, having a pint and socializing. It is my most cherished memories of visiting the U.K. In my life. I dream of doing it again before I pass this world.
Please do not let it die.
Went to the pub 2 weeks back had a burger and a beer $41. It’s become a treat, no longer a weekly thing. 🇦🇺
A burger and a beer for 41 $ wtf ? Why not buy a burger from a fast food shop and a can beer from the shops ?
@@ivantsang2156 So a fast food burger would be around $18-$25 depending on the venue and a single can of beer about $6-8 dollars. Not really saving much. Welcome to Sydney 🇦🇺
@@davidryan5482 that the cost of a normal burger ? What about Burger King ?
@@ivantsang2156 Never been there but a Mc crap cheeseburger is $4. The cost of living has risen sharply here in the past 2 years. My weekly grocery bill was about $120-$140 now closer to $180. My neighbour pays $1100 weekly to rent a 2 bed apartment. OUCH.
@@ivantsang2156 in aud, $11max for a Burger from the fishnchip shop, can of coopers $5, 750mm long neck $7. In Adelaide Ausfalia.
Sydney is ret@rded. The ABC was blaming the 700000 new immigrants each year. Were not building 700000 new homes each year so the demand is skyrocketing which is inflating rent year on year
not only in the uk... everywhere. small businesses stay strong
Cheaper to drink at home - My locals are empty by 8pm on a Friday/Saturday night as no one stays beyond 2 pints & at £5 a pop is it any wonder?
I paid £16 for 2 pints of peroni and 1 pint of IPA. Then went to a club where it was £5 for a pint of Aspall cider. Far too expensive.
Could easily be more than that in places! Peroni is pretty much £7 alone even here in the north west
Yep, Peroni is about £7 a pint, so £16 for that round is about acceptable. I’d expect it to be £20-21
I started going to the pub when I was 14 years old in Scotland. I was able to go to the pub every Friday night with my mates on a paperboys income. £1.60 for a pint of Tennants lager. I was able to buy 3 pints, and a 10 pack of cigarettes with my salary, and still have a couple of Bob left over for Saturday. I was only making 8 pounds a week back then. Pathetic that nowadays, an adult can’t afford to go to the pub on their salary. How times have changed
My electricity bill will go down here in Germany, yet I dont know how much. But I already received a letter this week from my municipal suppliers.
I dont pay for shareholders and CEOs. Our suppliers are not all privatised .
Maybe that makes a difference?
British voters do not understand this. They always voted for the Tories. Now, they are enjoying the Tories version of making Britain great again.
Stop drinking. Save money.
It's a damn shame, pubs are the local lifeblood of the community, a place for friends and family to gather and share stories and goings on. This is decidedly intentional to fracture and fragment community and demoralize people. Bless from Arizona USA 🦁
Tim Martin
Pubs are nothing the sort. Just a room to drink alcohol in. It's not a conspiracy to fracture the community. People just don't like going to pubs anymore.
Yanks think they know everything!
For social weasels maybe it's the lifeblood to spread lies and deceit around the community and fighting and generally being horrible .. Pubs are nothing but "adult" youth club's
This is correct, it is designed to destroy any community.
When I was twenty something I went to the pub to socialise on the weekends, the twenty somethings of today go to each others house's. Its emptying out city centres where only the rich will occupy which sounds pretty empty to me, rather fitting because they are the ones that created the problem along with those trying to become rich like politicians. Greedy fools have soaked up all the wealth and made it to expensive for the rest of us to just exist. The isolation effect it will have on society will be profound.
The number of pubs has been in decline since about 1870 - with a short period of increase as women started to drink. Pubs solve a problem that, largely, doesn't exist any more - where to meet friends and smoke and drink together. The rise in home ownership after WW2 meant more people had a comfy place to invite friends. They had a comfy place to not invite them too. When I was young, I went to pubs often and my parents went out every night, but now I hardly go to pubs and young people have greatly reduced their alcohol consumption. There are so many other options now, why would I go to a pub? What do they offer? The music is almost always awful and there's nothing to do. On top of that, 90% of pubs sell only a very limited range of beer - usually bad beer too.
Pubs have not kept up with the times, but they want us to support them out of nostalgia. No doubt the lamplighters and night-soil attendants felt the same way. We move on.
If the government was serious about keeping pubs alive they'd legalize cannabis and allow it to be smoked in (some) pubs.
Welcome to da island man!
The problem is many years ago the government sold the utility companies. As a result, shareholders want a profit. It is not just pubs. Any local businesses from pubs, cafes, backers, and butchers are all seeing higher costs across the board. As an example, this Saturday the town car park was two-thirds full. Normally on a Saturday, cars are waiting to find a parking spot. It was only two-thirds full because the doctor's surgery was open to offering Covid injections. Plus I would point out the car park is free, at that time. It is as empty as when COVID was in its second year. We have a cost of living crises caused by higher fuel prices and the Bank of England lifting the interest rate. I would have included food, but apparently in the rest of the world food has gone back down. So just the middle supplies making a large profit, just like the energy companies.
I feel for the owners struggling. My heart goes out to them. As an American I wasn't a bar guy but a Café guy. I stopped going to cafés all the time 15 years ago because it costs too much. I bought a grinder, espresso machine and learned on my own. Invite family and friends over, so much more cheaper. I think the English people have caught on to this trend of home gatherings.
I make my own coffee and invite my TH-cam friends over to my laptop. I even bypass the family and friends. How life has changed.
@@johnboy6594 interesting. . .very interesting
Yeah, I never understood cafes. I make instant coffee at home with a cozy setup with my computer. Why go out do your way to do your homework/work elsewhere while spending money on coffee and gas.
sorry, but in London 1 pint is now 6.50. Too much
Similar here in the US. Prices have gone crazy so the bars have to charge more and people can't afford to go there. In many areas the only "bars" left are the corporate chain restaurants; the small business owners can not survive. Very sad.
And who wants to meet at an Applebee's or Chipotle for drinks?
The price of a beer is outrageous. The local Whetherspoons and British Legion are still doing well since the prices are reasonable.
Exactly Stan.
Yep, about the only places. Can get a good pint for about £4.20 at Spoons.
£33 a round (4 people) is why I’ve decided to give up on the pub
what? 8 quid a pint???? damnnnnnn!!!
Cheap.
Strange sky didn’t mention the exorbitant amount they charge pubs to show sky. They were were the first nail, of many since, in the coffin of a great British Institution.
Sky sport not news
Haha Good observation
We got the same name
@@stephenpaul4258 Of course, Sky News is worthless, should never be a charge for showing that garbage. Sports is their only content of any value.
Have a friend who was in the UK last month. Hit a ton of pubs. Kept noticing how cold they all were. Sounds like a lot of landlords/landladies are turning the heating off to save money.
Maybe people are learning that drinking yourself to an early grave isn’t worth it.
spending time in pubs is a waste of time and money
I'm pleased I'm not a landlord any more. I use to have a public house, I left about 15yrs ago. Once the smoking ban came into force it destroyed my customer base. Many stay at home. Also with the price of beer being around £5 a pint it's cheaper to drink at home. No worries. Sorry days for the British pub and traditions that go with it. 😢
When the smoking ban came It was a relief for me in my younger days. No more smelly clothes. No more breathing other people's poison. Best thing the government did for social life.
It's way cheaper to buy alcohol at the grocery store.
End of an era. The juice isn't worth the squeeze.
Far too expensive to drink in pubs. Can drink at home for a 1/4 of the price of a pint.
I don’t go to the pubs cuz it’s not my scene, but I recognise a dead canary down the mine when I see one.
I thought this situation was happening only in my own country Greece, but seeing that economic struggle is everywhere across Europe i think it is time for people to stand up and fight back.
Everyone's bills have gone up, and tesco doesn't charge £5 a pint
For the economy to work people need to buy things other than homes and pay rent. The property market has been rigged for years to give the wealth effect but the rest of the economy is dying. My towns pubs used to be busy Thurs - Sun in the 90s . They are empty now Saturday night . House prices are at least 50 percent overpriced.
Been living in the UK for 5 months now. We haven't been to a pub yet. Simply can't afford it. And I'm on a pretty "decent" salary
gentrification, pubs were working class gathering spots.
pubs have been in trouble for 20 years . in my town . ( wallasey wirral ) there are 17 pubs closed in that period . most in seacombe and egremont areas . only 4 are still open in them areas . new brighton used to have loads of night clubs , zero now .
1999 was the last great xmas and new year, down hill very fast after that, shame
@@darkshar100 i have said that for years . the millenium killed it . taxi companies where charging tripple fare in my area . people dont go to pubs anymore . only the ones with food . it was a tradition to go to the pub till 10 / 10.30 , then off to a club . people buy in booze now and watch the telly . it is safer .
@@darkshar100 The rot set in in 2000
I used to have a couple of pints every day of the week but this year I’ve only been in a pub twice and only for one pint in each.
couple of pints daily blimey
Tax the energy companies more. Use the money to help keep the pubs open & the pints affordable!
Why should pub be subsidized
@left_blank wrong. Pubs are important parts of local communities. Remember in lockdown lots of people were saying the first thing they're doing once its over is going to the pub. Its important to have venues where people can chat and socialise.
@@ThunderBuddy They used to be, but even before the pandemic younger people just did not bother to go to the pubs.
Went to a local pub and it was 5.60 quid for a pint of larger where as Weatherspoons its 3quid. dont even know how weatherspoons can offer booze as such low prices.
The local pub is the last bastion for recognising what's left of your community now your outside doors are closed even during the day out of fear. We will hide there and at home until we forget we jokingly called it a refuge and we eventually lose both.
Feel sorry for Pub owners, I recall seeing them on the news wanting more and more money to help them during Covid, but people seem to forget it all needs paying back and it's us the public that have to pay the price.
90% of the ones that have closed we're privately owned. It's almost like the UK doesn't value small businesses. It's the same for breweries. Some of the best independent breweries in the UK have closed their doors in the last 18 months.
Well the reason for pub closures is the inflated price per pint. I was in Brighton the w/e and asked for a pint and they said £7.60 so I said forget it no way in hell i'm paying that much for a pint.
I kind feel the pain of the lady at the beginning of the video, seeing that so many years of work and effort put into a family business could go to the junk yard due to the unsustainable economic conditions is devastating.
This cost of living crisis makes the 2008 financial crisis look like a crukit stamp.
People wouldn't have dared go on strike for job security now they strike for salary security
the experience for the customers is also quiet dire, dont think many will miss out on much if they go bust
We are paying more for less these days, Big businesses and government saying they need to increase prices but end up giving us less back. Greed, greedy CEO's and shareholders squeezing more and more every year and getting record profits year after year.
Oh god….as if these people haven’t been given enough. Grants, loans, VAT reductions they never passed onto customers. Can we stop throwing good money after bad?
It was the government stimulation that caused the inflation in the first place. I think there was a lot of opportunistic price rises that have not helped.
@@TheRealMrLaserCutter well ppl were very happy when they were getting support during covid. Then why cry now then .
That happened in my country, government decreased vat to restaurants and that didn’t translate In lower prices, now they are decreased vat from 6% to 0% on 44 essential food items and I also think the prices will stay the same and companies will eat the vat.
$7 for a pint in the US at watering holes. Absolutely stupid.
£4.50 for a bottle of Newcastle Brown Ale, last time I was out in Newcastle city centre. That was in one of the cheaper independent pubs, too!
Here in Glasgow its 6 per pint easy. Maybe I should go to Newcastle to go to the pub.
A tennet for two beers is absolutely disgusting. I'd love to go down the pub once or twice a week to mert mates but it's just not affordable.
Are we serious???? The simpler answer is.... times are changing!!! No one needs to or wants to go to bars now just like no one needs to or wants to go to malls or movie theaters. Come on!!! Seriously. Get on with the times.
The times suck!
They've been killing pubs since the smoking ban.
rubbish
Gov policies and Power costs have destroyed hundreds of pubs in the UK
Thinking back to when I lived in the UK I would go to a pub regularly for a cooked meal and drink 🍺 but I lived in a cheap flat had no car 🚗and all of the associated expenses that went along with car and home ownership I had a fair amount of disposable income but didn't realise it at the time
most sensible people got out of running a pub years ago
I’m sorry for the owners of pubs and restaurants struggling with rising costs. I’m also sorry for consumers like me who can’t afford to enjoy dining out anymore. There are no winners here.
The real pubs with accommodation need to hold out for a bit, we are financially heading back to the mid 1800's, single working men's accommodation will be a gold mine.
I bet coffee shops are doing well. Its more to do with change of lifestyle than just cost of living crisis.
Exactly what I was thinking.
Too many pubs in the UK anyways, too much cheap alcohol and too many drunks.
Energy crisis? Pandemic? That was all deliberate.
Yup.
9-11, Wars, Economic Crash 2008, Brexit, Covid, Mass Immigration, Inflation. all going to plan.
@Jessica Jones and it sucks
Yes I agree. This was deliberate from the elites to eventually get us to drink less alcohol. They won. We lost
precisely, its all part of their great plan.
Where I live in Canada our neighborhood has a hugely popular bar & grill that always seemed busy until last week when they “temporarily closed” due to “staffing issues”. My group of retired friends used to eat out at a good restaurant at least once a month - now it’s more like twice a year, if that. Otherwise it’s Wendy’s where we can get a junior cheeseburger for $2.79 and a free senior’s coffee. I really feel for the pub owners - it’s a catastrophe not of their making.
Smoking ban destroyed the pubs.
Yes and I'm not Smoking
The smoking destroyed the customers.
@@LL-vk9zc Name one!
@@LL-vk9zc personal responsibility.
@@LL-vk9zc so did/does alcohol and pub food.
£18.50 for haddock and chips at the local pub, £11.50 at the local restaurant. I can buy a glass of wine in both. The restaurant is always busy. Guess which one will close first!
Getting drunk is NOT a necessity.
Alot of these pubs are closed due to improper management. Some are being run down to the ground and don't provide any entertainment and the beer prices are close to £7 in local areas in London. A roast dinner is very close to £20. We will expect many more pubs to close down and the only winner is the Witherspoons they always seem cheap and very reasonable.
Working student here in London, whenever we go to a Pub - it is 99% of the time our local Spoons.
WTF is Witherspoons?
@@royfontaine5526 Its a corporate chain of pubs in UK. They had a horrible reputation in the 90's as destroyers of independent businesses, but people have softened to them given their reasonable prices for drinks and food, and family-friendly atmosphere.
@@mshara1 ah, Wetherspoons then? Not Witherspoons!
5 years ago I spent my first time in London and couldn't wait to visit some local pubs. quickly figured out that the menus and beer choices were all the same and come to find out all owned by the same company. kind of disappointing. maybe next time I'll find a way out to the country to really get that pub experience.