Why are so many pubs closing?

[gas112]

The old guy that owns sam smiths is a strange one he is worth a fortune but he wont sell empty pubs, at present they reckon half of their pubs are shut and one has been shut for 30 odd years. One in our town has been shut about 5 years building and land are worth a fortune

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

The old guy that owns sam smiths is a strange one he is worth a fortune but he wont sell empty pubs, at present they reckon half of their pubs are shut and one has been shut for 30 odd years. One in our town has been shut about 5 years building and land are worth a fortune

Bit of a tyrant - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Smith_Old_Brewery

I don't recall ever having been into a Sam Smiths pub, I need to find one.

 

[ReganAndCarter]

When one of our cats needed a specialist scan we had to travel to Newmarket Animal Health Trust and stay in area. Had time to kill so went to several Greene King pubs. They looked really nice outside, some character ones and IPA not bad. However inside all the character of the pubs had been stripped out. To be replaced with Formica and sapele doors.

 

[opps]

not only that but no telle`s /juke boxes and no bad language either .
Beside that the drink they sell tastes shyte

Indeed everything on tap is their own shyte.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

When one of our cats needed a specialist scan we had to travel to Newmarket Animal Health Trust and stay in area. Had time to kill so went to several Greene King pubs. They looked really nice outside, some character ones and IPA not bad. However inside all the character of the pubs had been stripped out. To be replaced with Formica and sapele doors.

It was a Greene King which regularly serve badly cooked meals, that I was in on Tuesday. It used to be quite a good pub, the one in the village where everyone congregated. As the village expanded, they more than doubled the size of the pub, now it's lost much of its custom.

 

[erikT]

It was a Greene King which regularly serve badly cooked meals, that I was in on Tuesday. It used to be quite a good pub, the one in the village where everyone congregated. As the village expanded, they more than doubled the size of the pub, now it's lost much of its custom.

Well, here they themselves are to blame for the loss of quality. The question is how managers are trying to solve the situation.

 

[gas112]

Indeed everything on tap is their own shyte.

worse than that you ask for a bottle and its the same shyte in a bottle mind it is rocket fuel and the cider is even stronger

 

[opps]

I miss juke boxes. Me and my oldest lad found a pub with a juke box last year, he’d never seen one before.

It was a proper old school blokes pub.

My pub of choice, the Shanakee (ealing broadway) has the best jukebox that I have ever come across. It has an internet connection so it will download tracks not currently on the hard drive. It is a Jaybox terminal

4 tracks for a quid, and, if being mischievous, I can put on Autobahn by Kraftwerk (22 minutes and 40 seconds long) followed by equally long tracks. I can control the music for nearly an hour and half and it will only cost me £1.

I additionally like the fact that the jukebox will have the original tracks complete with swearing rather than the radio friendly edited versions.

 

[fillyboy]

My pub of choice, the Shanakee (ealing broadway) has the best jukebox that I have ever come across. It has an internet connection so it will download tracks not currently on the hard drive. It is a Jaybox terminal

Looks like a nice watering hole. Good way of testing the jukebox capability is to search for 'I'm in love with Margaret Thatcher' by The Notsensibles.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Well, here they themselves are to blame for the loss of quality. The question is how managers are trying to solve the situation.

Yep - when I have a meal out, I do expect the meal to be at least equal in quality, to what I would expect at home, and be edible, otherwise, just no point to going out. Sadly, many have a take it leave it attitude.

 

[crystal ball]

Used to frequent a pub which had a jukebox that took tanners well into the 80s, records reflected the vintage

Roa Island - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Deleted member 294929]

Well, here they themselves are to blame for the loss of quality. The question is how managers are trying to solve the situation.

The times I've been in pubs and walked out because the football wasn't on or the sound on low.

Seems nuts when they have paid 1000's to screen live sport

 

[erikT]

Yep - when I have a meal out, I do expect the meal to be at least equal in quality, to what I would expect at home, and be edible, otherwise, just no point to going out. Sadly, many have a take it leave it attitude.

You know, yes, we love to complain. I wonder if someone told the manager, or at least the waiter, that the quality of the food left the best. Personally, I didn’t) Maybe if more people said that they wanted better, then the situation would change. Ultimately, your time and money are valuable)

 

[Deleted member 221031]

worse than that you ask for a bottle and its the same shyte in a bottle mind it is rocket fuel and the cider is even stronger

Yeah their lager is far too strong! It’s like chewing a drink

 

[Brigadier]

Yep - when I have a meal out, I do expect the meal to be at least equal in quality, to what I would expect at home, and be edible, otherwise, just no point to going out. Sadly, many have a take it leave it attitude.

For what you claim to pay when you eat out , that's not realistic.
You don't pay yourself a wage to cook and serve, for starters.