Just flat out stopped drinking pints in pubs. Too expensive, too expensive to buy in store either. I go up the north, buy a rake of alcohol as necessary and that does me for ages. I spent 150 quid on some drinks (Beer, a few spirits) at the start of the year and I haven’t been back because it has lasted me so long.
LopsidedSituation189 on
Just for context, Baileys and Jameson are cheaper in the Netherlands and many other countries in the EU. That’s because of local taxes. In Tesco I have to pay 26 euro for 12 bottles of beer 330cl, which cost 9 euro in the Netherlands. Thats fucking criminal.
MarlboroMan1999 on
Treasure Island as they say,
I only go maybe twice a month, but the trend of extremely overpriced pints is just continuing to make me curtail my pub trips
MtalGhst on
Heineken could take advantage of this by marketing the shit out of Murphy’s and Beamish and keeping them at a lower price point. But they won’t.
Top_Possession_8099 on
“”The announcement by Diageo is not just disappointing, it’s a critical hit to an industry on the brink. Publicans have been navigating a storm of rising costs, including the increase in minimum wage, additional mandatory sick days and the impending pension auto-enrolment scheme,” VFI’s CEO Pat Crotty said”
Oh poor public and having to pay staff minimum wage.
Funny how you never hear these people talk about the price of rent and insurance pubs pay, it’s always just an issue to pay their staff.
Pat can go fuck himself
dave-theRave on
Come back Islands Edge!! All is forgiven.
(Not really though)
iHyPeRize on
Slowly killing the industry. Less and less young people are drinking now, and more people are opting for non alcoholic alternatives or just simply not drinking.
Constant price increases are just going to drive people away.
Head over to Portugal or Germany for the weekend good weather and pints for €2/3. Can guarantee you’ll be lucky to get a pint for under €7 in Dublin by summer. Crazy.
RevTurk on
This means nothing to me, I more or less stopped drinking 5 years ago, I didn’t quit, I just seemed to lose interest in it.
Pubs hold no appeal to me now, I get no enjoyment by being in them, they are just loud, full of drunks and if you don’t want to get drunk there’s really no reason to be there as far as I can see.
Standing there shouting at other people, holding an overpriced drink, listening to music I don’t like, just isn’t a good time anymore.
Floodzie on
Our biggest tourist attraction is owned by these c*nts.
Time to nationalise Guinness!
Rover0575 on
what input costs are rising? surely with electricity prices falling back 25/30% any other possible input costs rising would be covered with the fall in electricity bills?
publicans will definitely pass it on aswell but they’ll be crying the poor mouth over it for a few weeks.
ArUsure on
Ill have to remortgage my imagery house to drink the way its going
TheStoicNihilist on
How much now? I remember complaining about a pint being £2.55 in the West Wicklow.
TheNotoriousPigeon on
It’s time for us all to switch to Forged Irish Stout.
Pas-possible on
Came here for the action… like Americans and gun control … Irish and price of a pint
Ok_Course_6757 on
Beamish is a better pint anyway
AUX4 on
>We continue to experience rising input costs across our Irish business operations
Annual reminder that the main ingredient in most of the beers ( aside from water ) is barley – which is still the same price as it was 10 years ago
This is price gouging/profiteering.
warpentake_chiasmus on
This is sure to attract drinkers and help pubs in the long run.
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Its a fucking disgrace joe
So expect 7 quid pints in some pubs in Dublin. Really is a joke when the drink is made in the city
Well he wanted to be more like Denmark, Norway and Sweden 😂
I really hope publicans start offering more non Diageo products, Murphy’s/Beamish, even more micro stuff.
Surprised they haven’t started selling us half litres and telling us they’re pints.
>Publicans will be faced with the dilemma of whether to pass the increase on in full or absorb some of it……….
Will they fuck, and tbh, why should they?!
That 6c will be a 10c increase at the bar.
The 9c on a 0.0 will likely be a 15c increase at the bar.
Sure we’ll keep buying it so they may as well.
Seems fair
I always get jealous when I go to places like Germany and their native beers brewed in the country are like 2-3 EUR for a pint.
Guinness is so propped up as this bastion of Irish culture, but we pay a fortune for it.
god damn foreigners are to blame for this
[Ode to Diageo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IKbmQ4Cs08)
Simple. Drink Murphys or Beamish instead.
Just flat out stopped drinking pints in pubs. Too expensive, too expensive to buy in store either. I go up the north, buy a rake of alcohol as necessary and that does me for ages. I spent 150 quid on some drinks (Beer, a few spirits) at the start of the year and I haven’t been back because it has lasted me so long.
Just for context, Baileys and Jameson are cheaper in the Netherlands and many other countries in the EU. That’s because of local taxes. In Tesco I have to pay 26 euro for 12 bottles of beer 330cl, which cost 9 euro in the Netherlands. Thats fucking criminal.
Treasure Island as they say,
I only go maybe twice a month, but the trend of extremely overpriced pints is just continuing to make me curtail my pub trips
Heineken could take advantage of this by marketing the shit out of Murphy’s and Beamish and keeping them at a lower price point. But they won’t.
“”The announcement by Diageo is not just disappointing, it’s a critical hit to an industry on the brink. Publicans have been navigating a storm of rising costs, including the increase in minimum wage, additional mandatory sick days and the impending pension auto-enrolment scheme,” VFI’s CEO Pat Crotty said”
Oh poor public and having to pay staff minimum wage.
Funny how you never hear these people talk about the price of rent and insurance pubs pay, it’s always just an issue to pay their staff.
Pat can go fuck himself
Come back Islands Edge!! All is forgiven.
(Not really though)
Slowly killing the industry. Less and less young people are drinking now, and more people are opting for non alcoholic alternatives or just simply not drinking.
Constant price increases are just going to drive people away.
Head over to Portugal or Germany for the weekend good weather and pints for €2/3. Can guarantee you’ll be lucky to get a pint for under €7 in Dublin by summer. Crazy.
This means nothing to me, I more or less stopped drinking 5 years ago, I didn’t quit, I just seemed to lose interest in it.
Pubs hold no appeal to me now, I get no enjoyment by being in them, they are just loud, full of drunks and if you don’t want to get drunk there’s really no reason to be there as far as I can see.
Standing there shouting at other people, holding an overpriced drink, listening to music I don’t like, just isn’t a good time anymore.
Our biggest tourist attraction is owned by these c*nts.
Time to nationalise Guinness!
what input costs are rising? surely with electricity prices falling back 25/30% any other possible input costs rising would be covered with the fall in electricity bills?
publicans will definitely pass it on aswell but they’ll be crying the poor mouth over it for a few weeks.
Ill have to remortgage my imagery house to drink the way its going
How much now? I remember complaining about a pint being £2.55 in the West Wicklow.
It’s time for us all to switch to Forged Irish Stout.
Came here for the action… like Americans and gun control … Irish and price of a pint
Beamish is a better pint anyway
>We continue to experience rising input costs across our Irish business operations
Annual reminder that the main ingredient in most of the beers ( aside from water ) is barley – which is still the same price as it was 10 years ago
This is price gouging/profiteering.
This is sure to attract drinkers and help pubs in the long run.
Guinness is for the elites now.