Perhaps rather than whingeing about the results of the decline of pubs, those pointing the finger at Tesco should be looking at the causes. No amount of tinkering with planning law will save a single pub if the underlying demand is no longer there.
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Down here in the Bristol area, a few pubs have been converted into Tescos and a good few more are in the pipeline. Most of the ones that have gone were failing shitholes which quite frankly aren't missed. However, some of the ones coming up for conversion were decent, well-supported boozers which the pubcos want to offload for short-term cash.
ReplyDeleteNo it won't, but the wider point here is to apply the same regulations to everyone. I can't see what's wrong with that.
ReplyDeleteIndeed, but all that will happen is pubs standing derelict for longer while the wheels of planning grind slowly.
ReplyDeleteAnd the elephant has not yet left the room.
ReplyDeleteNice to see the campIng against lager and poor people drinking is at last a campaign for something.
ReplyDeleteA campaign for boarded up buildings going derelict.
Just because that particular landlord or pub co can't make the pub work doesn't make the pub untenable, it just means that it needs to change to keep up with the demands of the consumers.
ReplyDeleteAdapt or die.
Yes, but given that the size of the beer market in pubs has fallen by nearly two-thirds over the past thirty years, it is fatuous to argue that every single pub is potentially viable with a change of format. There are still simply too many pubs for the level of demand.
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