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Originally posted by Hirst View PostPubs themselves can be profitable if they're in a decent location, a major reason for the repeated failure of pubs is greedy PubCos and their "tied house" system where they gradually bleed a landlord dry with slim margins until they give up, then wait for the next sucker to roll up with a bank loan/lump sum/redundancy payment and a dream. The PubCo knows nobody will ever turn the place around, they just keep taking the money.
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Originally posted by Hirst View PostPubs themselves can be profitable if they're in a decent location, a major reason for the repeated failure of pubs is greedy PubCos and their "tied house" system where they gradually bleed a landlord dry with slim margins until they give up, then wait for the next sucker to roll up with a bank loan/lump sum/redundancy payment and a dream. The PubCo knows nobody will ever turn the place around, they just keep taking the money.
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Originally posted by Neon Ignition View PostMany in that trade should take the consideration of shutting up shop, pubs and clubs were dying off before COVID so using it as a reason might look better than dragging it out till the eventual death rattle anyway. We have a corner in town with around 4 pubs/bars and in the last ten years I've lost count how many times they've closed down and been relaunched, it amazes me that anyone looks at a site and thinks "The last nine businesses here were pubs that failed, what this site needs is a new pub!"
We have an area in town that at one point had 4 pubs all within a few metres of each other & they would change hands probably once a year on rotation
Just same old stuff
Originally posted by fuse View Post... did you go to restaurants and/or pubs often pre-COVID? I know you've been quite vocal about wanting to get back to normal, so this just seems to fly in the face of what I was expecting!
Used to do a restaurant maybe once every couple of months as a token thing with the other half but never really cared if I went or not
Never did anything during that eat out debacle
No my main belly aching about getting back to normal is so I can get to do things I genuinely enjoy doing like going to the gym, taking Chloe on actual days out, go into HMV & proper shops again
Couldn't give a **** about pubs
Neil
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To add a counterpoint, I love going to the pub and really miss it. And restaurants, too. I'm lucky enough to live in an area where we've got a pretty decent selection of quality delivery options, which have helped to maintain some variety over the past year, but forking stuff out of boxes and eating it in your jammies, while fun for a while, is not really the same thing as going out somewhere.
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Originally posted by wakka View PostTo add a counterpoint, I love going to the pub and really miss it. And restaurants, too. I'm lucky enough to live in an area where we've got a pretty decent selection of quality delivery options, which have helped to maintain some variety over the past year, but forking stuff out of boxes and eating it in your jammies, while fun for a while, is not really the same thing as going out somewhere.
Can't wait to see my mates again, have some bants, beers and burger the size of a mountain.
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Originally posted by QualityChimp View PostQuickly cancels Neil's post-Covid celebration party at the Lion's Arms
I'd be happier with a garden party
To comment on [MENTION=5490]wakka[/MENTION] I admit we have done click & collect from TGI on quite a few occasions & to be fair with how simple it is it's become my preferred option & going forward likely to be the way we do it permanently
Neil
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Gather the streaming devices in one room so you can have that pub ambiance while getting wasted and gradually pissing all over your jeans.
Ah, the memories.
Hot Chocolate Fest is happening here right now, and usually we would have been to 5 or 6 different places. We've been to and plan to go to zero.
And this is the first year my colleagues seem to want to go! Come on people, make your minds up.
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Originally posted by QualityChimp View PostIt's not just the good grub, it's time with your friends that's all part of the dining experience.
Can't wait to see my mates again, have some bants, beers and burger the size of a mountain.
I don't have friends so the pub etc. Are just something that I do with the other half
The only thing I'm really looking forward to is seeing my brother properly
We cross paths now but when we used to see each other for an evening once a week to watch anime I'm really missing it
Neil
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