zxrlocost
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| posted on 2/4/07 at 11:16 AM |
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Pint of Beer Can of beer
Hi
heres a thought
a Can of Beer basically fills a Pint Glass and costs 80p-£1
The same Pint of Beer from a pump in a Pub costs £2-2.50
If you asked for a pint of fosters and they got a can out of the fridge and filled your pint glass with it we would be in uproar as you can get that
can for X amount from the shop..................
Diet coke 1.20 for a cans worth in a pub from the nice pump
if they filled it out of a 2 litre £1.40 bottle
and charged you £1.20 for a glass youd probably moan
its no different to the pump stuff basically though is it.....................
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tegwin
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| posted on 2/4/07 at 11:18 AM |
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Just goes to show how much of a proffit the pubs/bars are actually making doesnt it!!!
The fact that they are buying in bulk means that they are porberably paying less than the supermarket price that you pay in the first place
Such is life!
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Volvorsport
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| posted on 2/4/07 at 11:20 AM |
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under weights and measures act , they cant get away with it , unless people are drunk enough to buy it .
if theyre selling a pint you should get a pint , take it back and ask them to fill it up .
one of our local pubs sold ale out of an automatic dispenser , always got loads of head , i refused to pay for it , or fill it up - i ended up walking
out .
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nitram38
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| posted on 2/4/07 at 11:20 AM |
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Except that a pub has big overheads, provides entertainment and has to wash your glass etc.
Also your local corner shop has probably bought the stuff off some bloke who does the Calais Run! 
You can always sit at home like Billy no-mates!
[Edited on 2/4/2007 by nitram38]
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 2/4/07 at 11:25 AM |
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or bring your own cans 
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smart51
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| posted on 2/4/07 at 11:25 AM |
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The price you pay in a pub reflects the cost of the rent on the premises plus heating and lighting, The cost of the bar staff and the kid who cleans
the glasses ...
The can / bottle that you open in your house doesn't. Add to this that supermarkets buy from the manufacturer wheras pubs buy coke and things
from a wholesale middleman and its no wonder.
Pubs make a huge markup, especially on soft drinks, but the cost of running them eats much of that profit.
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Keith Weiland
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| posted on 2/4/07 at 11:26 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Volvorsport
under weights and measures act , they cant get away with it , unless people are drunk enough to buy it .
if theyre selling a pint you should get a pint , take it back and ask them to fill it up .
one of our local pubs sold ale out of an automatic dispenser , always got loads of head , i refused to pay for it , or fill it up - i ended up walking
out .
Automatic Dispensers give a pint every time but the pubs that use them use oversize glasses as with the head they could overflow and lose the benefit
of the exact measure.
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DIY Si
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| posted on 2/4/07 at 11:26 AM |
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This is precisly why I drink in the local social club. Nice atmosphere, pool table with plenty of room and Guiness is £2.10 a pint. Hooky's even
cheaper at £1.80. Or just get some mates round, buy in the beer and pizza and you're done for £10 each. And you can't get kicked out for
being drunk or ill in the corner!
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caber
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| posted on 2/4/07 at 11:32 AM |
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Tied pubs have to pay well over the odds for the beer, soft drinks and spirits from the brewery they are tied to. Its not just the landlord who is
screwing you mthe breweries are as well! Free houses fare a little better as they can set one brewery off against another but still they are probably
paying more a pint than you can get it in the supermarket. Real Ale at a pub is a totally different product to that found in cans and bottles and is
probably worth it. Fizzy ale, lager and guiness however are the same stuff blown out with CO2 and the real rip off!
Caber
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andyps
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| posted on 2/4/07 at 11:33 AM |
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You will actually find that if you buy Coke or similar it actually only costs the pub a few pence as they buy a syrup and water it down - soft drinks
are very profitable for pubs and restaurants when they buy like this. Another area is Resaurants and bottles of wine - typically the price is 3 times
the shop price, but if the restaurant charge less than this the inland revenue will question their profit margins.
Overall though, the comments about the overheads are very valid - sure, we pay more, but running a pub is not cheap. Go and ask your local landlord
what the percentage profit is after covering all costs. Alternatively if you think they rip you off, buy a pub and sell the beer and coke for
supermarket prices - once we have all visited your Locost pub you will not even have £250 left to build a car with
[Edited on 2/4/07 by andyps]
Andy
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 2/4/07 at 11:43 AM |
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i used to drink lager and lime and my local started charging 40p for a dash. the whold bottle of cordial probably didn't cost that much
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zxrlocost
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| posted on 2/4/07 at 11:55 AM |
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Im not on about profits Im on about how we think as people
the can is the same stuff as the pull
but if they poured our pint out of a can we would look on in disbelief
I know what I mean
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jimgiblett
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| posted on 2/4/07 at 01:09 PM |
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Only very few tinned lagers taste as good as on draught (the little tins of Bud I have dound are an exception) as for brown beers D.Diamond is the
only tinned version that comes close IMHO.
Bottles are quite acceptable though infact people a premium.
Now youve made me thirsty
- Jim
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Pezza
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| posted on 2/4/07 at 01:37 PM |
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£1.50 a pint of Carlsburg cold at my local  or £2 for a guinness/stella
You couldn't pwn your way out of a wet paper bag, with "PWN ME!!" written on it, from the "pwned take-away" which originally contained one
portion of chicken tikka pwnsala and the obligatory free pwnpadom.
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trogdor
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| posted on 2/4/07 at 02:16 PM |
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i miss being back up north, remember the days of £1.80 pints of guiness extra cold and £1.20 pints of foster............
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tks
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| posted on 2/4/07 at 03:05 PM |
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salary
i always wonder what is the salary in the UK?
Here in spain i think its arround 900euro's per 40hours week.
sow in UK pounds that would be 600Pounds.. Due to the fact that the UK has higher prices i think you will earn more
how much? is the unanswered question..
Tks
[Edited on 2/4/07 by tks]
The above comments are always meant to be from the above persons perspective.
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James
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| posted on 2/4/07 at 03:38 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by tks
i always wonder what is the salary in the UK?
Here in spain i think its arround 900euro's per 40hours month.
sow in UK pounds that would be 600Pounds.. Due to the fact that the UK has higher prices i think you will earn more
how much? is the unanswered question..
Tks
You mean 900euros per 40hr week right? Or otherwise.... get off your arses you lazy Spanish gits! No wonder you need all that money from the EU!
Average salary in the UK is about £25,000 if I recall correctly. Can't seem to find a reliable website with it stated though.
Cheers,
James
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907
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| posted on 2/4/07 at 04:14 PM |
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My local landlord (free house) says he pays a little under £70 for a firkin of bitter (GK IPA)
so by the time he's pulled it through that's a pound a pint.
My only gripe is that shandy is the same price as beer. 
Draught lemonade has got to cost about 10p a pint.
And they have the cheek to say Gordon should reduce the taxes.
Must go. A couple of hours in the garage then I'm off down the pub.
Paul G
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Peteff
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| posted on 2/4/07 at 06:27 PM |
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As they say round here when they get a short pint, "Is there room for a whiskey in there?" If the answer's yes fill it up with beer.
The wife and I got fed up of going to the pub, all the trouble and fights. We stay in and fight now. When the local supermarket had lemonade at 15p
a bottle all the landlords were coming out of the place with trolleys full of the stuff to keep in the cellar, tied or not.
yours, Pete
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caber
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| posted on 2/4/07 at 09:04 PM |
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Yes and when I worked in a tied house we did runs to the cheapest offy to get whiskey and voddy for filling up the optics, mostly to replace the
freebies handed out by the over generous manager and drunk by his over consuming wife
Caber
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 3/4/07 at 12:48 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by zxrlocost
Im not on about profits Im on about how we think as people
the can is the same stuff as the pull
Possibly for that weak fizzy lager stuff
If you drink real ale from a barrel nothing from a tin can touch it
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