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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2008 10:16:19 GMT
89p a pint – but margin is only 2p By Paul Collins 18/07/2008 10:56 New licensee Belal Hussain is serving pints for 89p after buying in bulk to earn big brewery discounts. The landlord of the Marksman, in West Bromwich, has seen a full house at his pub every night since he opened at the beginning of July. The former trainee accountant said: “The deal has exceeded all my expectations. About 80% of my customers say they have chosen to come to my pub instead of JD Wetherspoon.” Hussain bought the pub from Tattershall Castle Group in May — it had been on the market for £750,000. He takes deliveries six days a week. His offer extends to pints of Carlsberg, Kronenbourg, John Smiths, Strongbow and Guinness. He admitted the aim of the deal is to “bring the pub back to the people” during the economic downturn, but says his own profit margins are not great. He said: “We’ve been selling up to 3,000 pints a day, but making 2p per pint.” Police feared the deal on cheap beer would encourage binge drinking, but Hussain and his staff have been strict about limiting the amount of alcohol each customer has. Hussain said: “The police weren’t happy at first, but they are impressed with how well we have managed it. “I tell every person as they order their first pint that four is the maximum and then they must have two soft drinks.” At busy times, when unable to keep an eye on everyone in the pub, Hussain temporarily halts the deal. --- Wish it was local  |
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Post by Cityfullergoals on Jul 20, 2008 10:29:03 GMT
Any chance of him buying a petrol station round here as well
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Post by Pretty Little Boother on Jul 20, 2008 11:33:58 GMT
That's the sweetest thing I've ever heard.
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Post by rhodesy on Jul 20, 2008 11:36:50 GMT
That's still 6 grand though. He could have made it 90p without to much uproar from customers! That's an extra grand a night  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2008 14:08:50 GMT
Can you just imagine what the other pubs in the area must be like!!  |
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Post by jonesinamillion on Jul 20, 2008 14:12:26 GMT
3000 x 2pence is only £60 a day, he'll have to pay staff £30 a shift + other overheads, don't think he'll be in business to long unfortunatley ;(
Unless he sells bags of crisps at a fiver a go ;D
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Post by Birchesheadpotter on Jul 20, 2008 14:15:40 GMT
“I tell every person as they order their first pint that four is the maximum and then they must have two soft drinks.” Id imagine the pubs around it aint doing too badly, only allowed 4 pints?? Im sure people begin to care less about the price of the drink, and more about how much of it they can get after 4 pints. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2008 15:21:56 GMT
“I tell every person as they order their first pint that four is the maximum and then they must have two soft drinks.” Id imagine the pubs around it aint doing too badly, only allowed 4 pints?? Im sure people begin to care less about the price of the drink, and more about how much of it they can get after 4 pints. I think he is being politically correct there mate! |
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Post by Time4aPINT on Jul 20, 2008 19:30:20 GMT
I'd save a fortune on beer but the taxi home would cost about £40. I think I'll give it a miss.
A lot of pubs around Stoke are charging £2.50 a pint and struggling. Expensive beer means less customers in your pub. A pub with only a few customers is avoided by drinkers because the pub then lacks atmosphere which means even less customers until the pub shuts down. Cheap beer is the future. If pubs and brewerys halved their profit mark ups maybe they could sell three to four times more beer.
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Post by Huddysleftfoot on Jul 20, 2008 20:20:02 GMT
Can you just imagine what the other pubs in the area must be like!! If you knew West Bromwich town centre, you'd know it's very much like your picture! ;D |
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Post by robdog on Jul 21, 2008 8:48:03 GMT
Pittshill Workingmens club is £2.36 for a pint of Carling
That is disgraceful for a workingmans club
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Post by Soi Cowboy on Jul 21, 2008 9:02:27 GMT
That's only what he makes on the beer though Jones
Having owned a pub the mark up on soft drinks was our real income ( and the women but wont go into that ;D)
Agree with the above- even at 99p a pint still a bargain- it is West Bromwich though so limiting them to 4 pints a night hardly necessary -think about it, how many are going to spend their week's wages of 3.56 in one night?
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Post by jeffers on Jul 21, 2008 11:21:42 GMT
89p, not bad at all! 4 pints is pathetic though
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Post by shoey100 on Jul 21, 2008 17:24:13 GMT
Is it anywhere near Brazil's ground? Might root it out for the trip down this season
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