Price of pint ‘needs to be €20’ to make a profit

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  1. Lol, imagine being 40yrs in the business and coming up with this kinda brown.

    Or, rather, imagine thinking an 80c increase in the minimum wage won’t allow you to profit.

  2. I can’t read as it is paywalled. I presume the headline should actually be “Rent, energy prices and rates need to be lower to make a profit.”

    *price of subscription needs to be €1 per month for me to be able to afford to read article.

  3. God this owner is some bogey.

    Same guy charges 15 euro for a caesar salad starter in a pub and worst thing is it’s not even a caesar salad it’s just the same salad that comes on the side with any main.

    Honestly this guy needs 15 euro a pint because there’s about 10 better options of places in Tramore

  4. >If we were to maintain, say, the price margin that I had, say, two years ago, I would need to sell a pint in around €15 or €20

    Maybe your margins from 2 years ago were too high?

  5. In the last few days I’ve read

    Farmers should be making a wage of 55 euro an hour from government subsidies because that’s what plumbing companies charge before costs.

    The price of a pint needs to be 20 euro to make a profit.

    Jonathan Dowdall was corrupt here’s a picture of him with Mary Lou please ye can’t vote for anybody else other than what we have.

    It’s like the owner of that paper is a FF/FG TD with a pub and a farm and no actual news to report. Maybe it’s a group of FF/FG TDs with pubs and farms and no actual news to report.

    No news to report because the blinds are closed over at their country club echo chamber.

  6. You gotta head it to the Condtruction industry and the vintners lobbyists.
    They are quick of the mark to come cap in hand when the outlook is not looking good.

  7. Considering how packed every pub is here in Galway, even on a quiet night, I find it hard to believe that these places aren’t reeling in the dough, even with costs raising.

  8. I would support lowering the tax on alcohol bought in hospitality. The fact of the matter is that the industry is really struggling and no amount of demonising will change that.

  9. Booze is now just part of a night out along with a meal or show,movie.
    People have copped on to the physical damage it does and the crazy prices pubs charge, even a few years ago. Maybe he was overpriced to begin with.

  10. “I support a home and an overly priced gastro bar in Tramore and only charge €15 for a caesar salad. Let me tell you, try it sometime!”

  11. Fuck him and fuck all pub owners. You reap what you sow, take the MUP and shove it up your arse you greedy cunts.

  12. I’m in NY was chatting with a bar owner here when I was out with some friends, although this was an izakaya style place with improted japanese beers, he said Covid kinda crushed them, then with the increased cost of importing beer, they were losing a few dollars for every pint they sell. They can’t just increase the price of pints for obvious reasons. He said something like they’d be recovering from Covid for the next 20-30 years probably. I’ll be honest didn’t read the article here and not saying this anecdote is relative to what’s there but I was thinking damn it must be fucking hard to be a bar/restaurant owner.

  13. I was out last week for first time in about 6 months.
    6.50 for pint of smithwicks
    30 € taxi home was 25 last time.

    Guy came in asked for a cordial € 3.50 basically water

    Id say be another 6 months before I want venture out

  14. Every citizen should get a yearly beer ration. Issue out little stamp booklets. I probably drink about 250 gallons/year. Yes that’s right I’m advocating nationalizing a brewery!!!! Bwahahaha

  15. Wait what? The VAT is going up???! We already have the highest VAT in the world. Government literally laughing at us telling us to eat cake. Time to order those guillotines from the French.

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