Personally, I am very happy the government didn’t bow to the lobbying from vintners and resteraunt lobby groups.
They are absolutely gouging prices at this point
TheChrisD on
Diddums.
They would never have passed on the reduction to us punters anyway.
funpubquiz on
FG doesn’t care about these types of business.
PhilosopherSea1850 on
They got their reduction during covid and gleefully kept it to them fucking selves.
External-Chemical-71 on
Delighted for them. We actually need to learn to let failed businesses fall on their arse and stop using taxpayers money to prop them up.
No-Negotiation2922 on
Even if it was reduced to 9% there would be no reduction for the customer and then places would still put up their prices on any sight of an increase from their suppliers.
Bidliebidlie on
Let them close , others will emerge if need be .
jhanley on
They should reduce vat rates for single restaurants but not ones with pubs or hotels attached. Small family and small size restaurants are struggling at the mo
elessar8787 on
Zombie companies should be let die
Jean_Rasczak on
They are robbing people blind at the moment, they will get no support from the majority of the public on this so why should the government
TheStoicNihilist on
marquess_rostrevor on
I’m “gravely concerned” at the prices being charged versus the quality on offer.
ghostofgralton on
Never a peep from them about rents…wonder how many of them are landlords/benefit from high rents?
They squawk about stuff that benefits workers quick enough
ResponsibleTrain1059 on
Fuck em.
A entire sector of liars and chancers.
Jellyfish00001111 on
Delighted and well deserved on their part.
Wrong_Setting7178 on
Very good, greedy bastards
DUBMAV86 on
Glad the government didn’t give them what they wanted. They’ve been price gouging for years. .
INXS2021 on
I have no sympathy for the hospitality sector. There, I said it!
FullyStacked92 on
I’d bet all the money in my pocket vs all the money in your pocket that if VAT was reduced to 9% prices would still increase a month for now.
Hotels can get fucked as well, absolute robbery prices most of the time, 2 over a bank holiday weekend can set you back as much as the full cost for 3 night and flights to a city in europe with enough left over to cover dinner on night 1.
WickerMan111 on
Great news.
INXS2021 on
Let them close and we can retrain the staff to build.houses or be guards!
noelkettering on
Fuck them they won’t pay their staff properly or treat them well they’ll have to just cope
Envinyatar20 on
I’m actually sorry for the decent restaurants out there that will struggle but, the hoteliers absolutely gouged the bejaysus out of the public post Covid and it would be politically dangerous for the govt to be seen to be rewarding them.
Garlic-Cheese-Chips on
Fuck. Off.
Your shit service, your price gouging, your miserly servings, your constant cries of wanting more, more, more, more. Get fucked.
theeglitz on
Adrian Cummins whinging again, just as he did the whole way through Covid. I know it’s part of the job, but you’d swear every restaurant is owed success.
Pintau on
The restaurant industry needs to bite the bullet and raise their prices to reflect the massive rise in their wage bills post covid, instead of cutting corners on quality to keep them down. The price of chefs wages have gone through the roof, since so many older chefs and some of the most competent, left the industry over the period of COVID. Instead they penny pinch on ingredient quality, and grind the chefs they do have into the ground, until they inevitably leave too. If we had sense we would realise that eating out is heading back towards a less frequent, more expensive event, as opposed to the daily thing it has become for some, but I fear we won’t, the industry will hit the wall and we will lose decent, viable restaurants, in addition to the raft of shit ones
upthemstairs on
Looking forward to their lobby group’s constant moaning for the next 6 months, then their vanishing act when anyone questions their ridiculous prices during the summer and whenever big events are on
hufflswuffls on
No. This is capitalism. Profits must be made. You can’t survive because your suppliers want to make more money? Tough shit. Everyone is happy to screw others when it suits. YOU were happy when it suited you.
fullmoonbeam on
hospitality can fuck off
AliceInGainzz on
Well it’s been a good 5 years since I’ve been to a café that I’ve been happy to pay for the food/drink I was served, so womp fucking womp.
Anyone with the most basic of cooking skills will throw together something better at home and save a nice bit doing so.
GrandFated on
perrycoxdr on
My local village has 4 independent coffee shops, 2 horsebox-type ones hanging on from covid attached to GAA club and GAA training ground plus a Costa, Dunnes cafe and Maccers. Not sustainable at all.
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Personally, I am very happy the government didn’t bow to the lobbying from vintners and resteraunt lobby groups.
They are absolutely gouging prices at this point
Diddums.
They would never have passed on the reduction to us punters anyway.
FG doesn’t care about these types of business.
They got their reduction during covid and gleefully kept it to them fucking selves.
Delighted for them. We actually need to learn to let failed businesses fall on their arse and stop using taxpayers money to prop them up.
Even if it was reduced to 9% there would be no reduction for the customer and then places would still put up their prices on any sight of an increase from their suppliers.
Let them close , others will emerge if need be .
They should reduce vat rates for single restaurants but not ones with pubs or hotels attached. Small family and small size restaurants are struggling at the mo
Zombie companies should be let die
They are robbing people blind at the moment, they will get no support from the majority of the public on this so why should the government
I’m “gravely concerned” at the prices being charged versus the quality on offer.
Never a peep from them about rents…wonder how many of them are landlords/benefit from high rents?
They squawk about stuff that benefits workers quick enough
Fuck em.
A entire sector of liars and chancers.
Delighted and well deserved on their part.
Very good, greedy bastards
Glad the government didn’t give them what they wanted. They’ve been price gouging for years. .
I have no sympathy for the hospitality sector. There, I said it!
I’d bet all the money in my pocket vs all the money in your pocket that if VAT was reduced to 9% prices would still increase a month for now.
Hotels can get fucked as well, absolute robbery prices most of the time, 2 over a bank holiday weekend can set you back as much as the full cost for 3 night and flights to a city in europe with enough left over to cover dinner on night 1.
Great news.
Let them close and we can retrain the staff to build.houses or be guards!
Fuck them they won’t pay their staff properly or treat them well they’ll have to just cope
I’m actually sorry for the decent restaurants out there that will struggle but, the hoteliers absolutely gouged the bejaysus out of the public post Covid and it would be politically dangerous for the govt to be seen to be rewarding them.
Fuck. Off.
Your shit service, your price gouging, your miserly servings, your constant cries of wanting more, more, more, more. Get fucked.
Adrian Cummins whinging again, just as he did the whole way through Covid. I know it’s part of the job, but you’d swear every restaurant is owed success.
The restaurant industry needs to bite the bullet and raise their prices to reflect the massive rise in their wage bills post covid, instead of cutting corners on quality to keep them down. The price of chefs wages have gone through the roof, since so many older chefs and some of the most competent, left the industry over the period of COVID. Instead they penny pinch on ingredient quality, and grind the chefs they do have into the ground, until they inevitably leave too. If we had sense we would realise that eating out is heading back towards a less frequent, more expensive event, as opposed to the daily thing it has become for some, but I fear we won’t, the industry will hit the wall and we will lose decent, viable restaurants, in addition to the raft of shit ones
Looking forward to their lobby group’s constant moaning for the next 6 months, then their vanishing act when anyone questions their ridiculous prices during the summer and whenever big events are on
No. This is capitalism. Profits must be made. You can’t survive because your suppliers want to make more money? Tough shit. Everyone is happy to screw others when it suits. YOU were happy when it suited you.
hospitality can fuck off
Well it’s been a good 5 years since I’ve been to a café that I’ve been happy to pay for the food/drink I was served, so womp fucking womp.
Anyone with the most basic of cooking skills will throw together something better at home and save a nice bit doing so.
My local village has 4 independent coffee shops, 2 horsebox-type ones hanging on from covid attached to GAA club and GAA training ground plus a Costa, Dunnes cafe and Maccers. Not sustainable at all.
Cry me a fucking river