Beer, pubs and pubcos in the United Kingdom
• Why there has been a decline in the pub industry?
• Why beer was most affected?
• Did tax play a role?
The pubs in the United Kingdom are termed as ‘the heart of England’. The bars in the nation serve drinks as a part of an establishment such as hotels, restaurants, universities, etc. or independently as wine bars, style bars, private membership bars, etc. However, the outfits mainly selling alcohol for consumption on its premises are public houses or pubs (these majorly sell beer).
These pubs can be further classified into;
1. Managed/franchised houses: owned by a pub company (pubco) or a brewery, which employ managers and staff to run a pub (Mitchells & Butlers PLC and JD Wetherspoon PLC)
2. Tenanted/leased
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Free houses; are pubs owned and managed by the licensee, these have freedom to purchase the beer from any pubco or brewery.
The bars and pubs form a part of the British culture and the market in the United Kingdom consists of more than 50,800 licensed public houses. This includes around 10,000 managed, branded and franchised outlets, additionally, 18,000 tenanted and leased and 22,000 independently owned pubs. The industry contributed £22 billion to the British GDP and generated £12 billion in total tax revenue (2014). This sector employs over 900,000 people in the country. In the recent past, the industry has observed a declining trend and this is shown through the below
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This occurred as in tenanted pub model purchase of beer is agreed among pubcos and tenants. Moreover, as higher prices were charged from a tenant by a pubco (although compensated by the lower than market rent), which, in turn, limited the offering (same brewery products) to customers and this declined beer consumption in the United Kingdom. This also led to closure of less profitable establishments. The pubcos in order to counter the revenue decline started focusing on the direct management of pubs and consequent
The restaurants and bars are sale the bottled beers and kegs of beer to serve on draught. The restaurants and bars is across the GTA. The restaurants distribution help to promote the brand to new customers and provide an opportunity to taste the beers. Also, the restaurants provide signage of the beers on draught, featured in-house promotions of their beers or suggested menu pairings. The sale of Amsterdam is 44 per cent in restaurants and
In the article Applebee’s was quoted saying that 14.1 percent of their sales came from alcoholic beverages. That is all most a 1/4 of their gross profit. That can help a restaurant either succeed or fail. The restaurants do not want to take that chance if they can not sell liquor. The article says they want family restaurants like Applebee’s to buy the licenses. The restaurants know there would be some restrictions on the license, such as, no sales after midnight and so fourth. But how many families go out to eat at midnight? The restrictions a reasonable ones. The towns want the restaurants to move in and stop the slumping area from going down any more. The idea that only restaurants having the licenses is a good one. If the town gave the licenses to any business,11 bars could move in. It seems that, the more bars there are in one location, the more problems the towns face. People are there all day and night drinking.
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