It is in the interests of the pub industry to be flexible on pricing.
Jump to full article: Electronic Telegraph (uk), 2009-05-13
Intro: A combination of cheap alcohol from supermarkets and shops, the ban on smoking in public places and changing lifestyles has conspired to place immense pressures on the traditional pub.
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In such circumstances, one would expect the pub industry to be straining every sinew to make their operations as attractive as possible to a dwindling customer base.
Not a bit of it, if today's report from the Commons business and enterprise select committee is anything to go by.
The MPs have found that the way pub firms compel their tenants to buy their alcohol from them is pushing up prices and leading to an "ever-increasing disparity" between beer prices in pubs and those in supermarkets, thereby undermining the viability of pubs.
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