NEWS & VIEWS – 18th November 2024
Dynamic Pricing
Lots of grumbling this week about the concept of dynamic pricing which seems like it is here to stay. Highlighted here is Mitchell & Butler who have introduced a price hike from £7.40 to £9.40 for a pint of Punk IPA after 10pm at one of their London pubs.
Lots of grumbling this week about the concept of dynamic pricing which seems like it is here to stay. Highlighted here is Mitchell & Butler who have introduced a price hike from £7.40 to £9.40 for a pint of Punk IPA after 10pm at one of their London pubs.
Happy Hour
Here are the Pub Curmudgeon’s views on the subject. Personally we don’t see the problem, if this is what it takes to keep pubs open. Nobody complains when dynamic pricing works in the customer’s favour, as it does with Happy Hours!
Here are the Pub Curmudgeon’s views on the subject. Personally we don’t see the problem, if this is what it takes to keep pubs open. Nobody complains when dynamic pricing works in the customer’s favour, as it does with Happy Hours!
Gipsy Hill Acquired
At Beer Insider, Glynn Davis writes about Gypsy Hill becoming the latest London independent brewery to be acquired at a fire-sale price, following in the footsteps of Wild Card, Brew By Numbers, Brick etc. Sadly, this was not the outcome any of these breweries imagined when they were launched.
At Beer Insider, Glynn Davis writes about Gypsy Hill becoming the latest London independent brewery to be acquired at a fire-sale price, following in the footsteps of Wild Card, Brew By Numbers, Brick etc. Sadly, this was not the outcome any of these breweries imagined when they were launched.
New York Bar Closures
Finally, here is a sobering article from Bronx Times, looking at the wave of Craft Brewery and Bar closures in New York, as the tide continues to ebb away from the high-water mark of 2017, when the City celebrated the opening of nine new breweries.
Finally, here is a sobering article from Bronx Times, looking at the wave of Craft Brewery and Bar closures in New York, as the tide continues to ebb away from the high-water mark of 2017, when the City celebrated the opening of nine new breweries.
