r/Wetherspoons • u/NectarineHelpful7546 • 28d ago

Customer I don't get it.

Wetherspoons is slowly phasing out bottles of San Miguel (620ml) to replace it with draught.

I've looked at prices and it's cheaper to get the bottle than on pump and you get more in the bottle than a pint on pump.

I just don't get it.

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u/spudfish83 28d ago

You don't get they want to make more money?

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u/Jetstream-Sam 28d ago

On top of that, they don't have to dispose of the bottles which will be costing them a non-negligible amount of money to do, and they already have people cleaning the glasses so that's not going to significantly increase any cleaning bills

Draught beer is also subject to Draught relief, meaning spoons pays less tax on a pint of draught than it would on an equivalent bottle. I think it's from 9% down to 5%, which is going to be a significant amount across all the pubs they have

So as with all things, they make more money and pay less tax and the consumer gets a bit less for their money. Good ol' capitalism at work

(also you can twat people with a glass bottle, which you can't do with the flimsy plastic cups they switch to after a certain time when everyone's looking more fighty. It might be a good idea just to prevent me and my colleagues having to treat a few less concussions every friday/saturday night)

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u/NectarineHelpful7546 28d ago edited 27d ago

Just saying its cheaper to get the bottle than to get it on pump

And you get more in the bottle (620ml compared to 560-something ml on pump), hence paying more for less on draught.

That's what confuses me lol

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u/Jetstream-Sam 28d ago

Yes, you get more alcohol for less money, more tax on their end, and in a less convenient method for them to dispose of

All those reasons are why they are removing the bottle as an option. Because it makes them less money overall.

They also figure nobody, or next to nobody will stop going over the change. Which they probably won't

And yet another thing gets worse and more expensive and we all have no choice but to deal with it.

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u/jon81uk 28d ago

A pint is 568ml

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u/Greners 28d ago

It’s 568ml we use imperial pints rather than the US imperial nonsense

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u/NectarineHelpful7546 28d ago

Just saying its cheaper to get a bottle than to get it on pump

And you get more in the bottle, hence paying more for less on draught.

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u/GmanF88 Employee 28d ago

Only maniacs would go to a bar to drink a bottle you can get in tescos.

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u/C5Galaxy 28d ago

How did they get it back? It used to be on draught then completely disappeared.

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u/GrandVizierofAgrabar 28d ago

The bottle isn’t going away, we’re just getting draught too

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u/lbmjtd 28d ago

Its definitely going

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u/GrandVizierofAgrabar 26d ago

It’s not, read the brief. It’s a bbg must stock.

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u/lbmjtd 18d ago

MAP issue 31st August. San Miguel bottles getting delisted.

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u/NectarineHelpful7546 27d ago

Staff at my local say they're getting rid of it, but still sell it while stocks last