Pubs reopening June 29th

How dependant are ye foe Diagio on things like Gas?

Rumours a few years ago they monopolised the delivery so pubs had to stock Diago or not get gas deliveries.

Apparently the Abbot Ale House fellas had an awful time and were helped out by friendly neighbours for Swaps of Gas for Kegs.

Could have been bollocks now too obviously
Not really ,they stopped providing free gas and wwe all now mostly go to BOC ,it’s a nightmare ,
Again another cost that simply wasn’t there 10 years ago ,
However a pint in a pub is still 30 % roughly behind its 1981 price in real adjusted terms ,
2 years ago it was 40% cheaper ,I’m not making any excuses but people have way more commitments beyond rent and mortgage as if that wasn’t bad enough ,
It’s a global phenomenon,small businesss folding And the backlash is being felt politically everywhere (except here )
 
If that €30m improves the quality of the 0,0 product then I'm all in favour of it.

If they got that up to a really good level it'd be a game changer. It still tastes a bit meh to me.

Heineken 0,0 is spot on and IMO nicer than regular Heino.
 
Heineken got fierce grief about a year or two ago about upping their prices. Your man in Counihans had note up in front of taps asking customers to consider another brand.
Diageo seem to push these increases through with just a few low level grumbles when they move first.
Irish market a bit of a cash cow for Diageo. Their share price has tanked in a rising market in recent times and Irish/UK on-trade sector one of the few bright spots for them.
One of their big private-equity shareholders flogged his full holding in the company last week.
I’ve a feeling this time may be different for Diageo ,they will lose ground
 
I’ve a feeling this time may be different for Diageo ,they will lose ground

I'd say Guinness is already losing ground in Cork as Beamish is just so popular, and cheaper.

The trend of younger people drinking Guinness is different in Cork, in Cork younger people are turning to Beamish and they're loyal to it.

Beamish a far more consistent pint in Cork than Guinness IMO. I find the quality of Guinness in Cork to be generally quite disappointing.
 
My local got that letter too, they're devastated. I met the owner earlier and she said they're really trying to see if they can get away without increasing their prices.

They're lucky as they're currently at €5.80 so have a bit of breathing space between there and the dreaded €6.

She said if they do put the prices up, it'll be 10c.

€5.90, still one of the cheapest pints in town.

Diageo are awful cunts.
€5.00 in my two locals for Guinness and Murphys, they agree to sell drink at the same price.
 
i didn't think we'd still be at €5.00 for a pint in our local, it went from early 4's to €5 fairly quickly but in fairness they haven't increased it now i'd say in nearly two years roughly
 
Usually when this happens there are calls from VFI members to take Diageo products out of their pubs.

Could this be the time? This is going to send a lot of Cork pubs north of €6 a pint, and fuck knows what a pint will cost in Dublin.

Rather than lose customers who will no longer come in, will pubs now start to push cheaper alternatives, so they can lose Guinness but not lose their Guinness drinkers?
 
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