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Pub Figures Up Despite Smoke Ban
http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/07092007/140...smoke-ban.html
Pub Figures Up Despite Smoke Ban JD Wetherspoon has shrugged off the effects of the smoking ban and revealed a 5.6% rise in sales for 2007, up to £62m. Although sales were hit by the ban, the slowdown in bar sales was counterbalanced to some extent by strong food sales, chairman Tim Martin said. |
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Pub Figures Up Despite Smoke Ban
Jugdish wrote:
http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/07092007/140...smoke-ban.html Pub Figures Up Despite Smoke Ban JD Wetherspoon has shrugged off the effects of the smoking ban and revealed a 5.6% rise in sales for 2007, up to £62m. Although sales were hit by the ban, the slowdown in bar sales was counterbalanced to some extent by strong food sales, chairman Tim Martin said. ROFL, talk about misleading reporting. Wetherspoons banned smoking in all their pubs in May last year, which meant they got a niche boost, by getting the publicity of banning, while other places still allowed smoking, meant the pool of people who didnt like smoking congregated to Wetherspoons. With a full ban this year however, non smokers can go where they like. What happened to Wetherspoons is a fantastic example of why a criminal ban was not necessary. Gaz |
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Pub Figures Up Despite Smoke Ban
Jugdish wrote:
http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/07092007/140...smoke-ban.html Pub Figures Up Despite Smoke Ban JD Wetherspoon has shrugged off the effects of the smoking ban and revealed a 5.6% rise in sales for 2007, up to £62m. It is just September. the law came into force on the 1st of Jučly did it not? I think therefore that these figures (for the first two quarters no doubt) do not reflect the current situation. Although sales were hit by the ban, the slowdown in bar sales was counterbalanced to some extent by strong food sales, chairman Tim Martin said. That seems possible as many people do not like eating in a smoky atmosphere but that doesn't help pubs that don't do food or where it is only a very minor part of their turnover. |
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Pub Figures Up Despite Smoke Ban
hahahaha funny martin, enjoying with his pal michaelspammernewport
"Martin" a écrit dans le message de ... On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 11:25:56 +0100, "Gaz" wrote: Jugdish wrote: http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/07092007/140...smoke-ban.html Pub Figures Up Despite Smoke Ban JD Wetherspoon has shrugged off the effects of the smoking ban and revealed a 5.6% rise in sales for 2007, up to £62m. Although sales were hit by the ban, the slowdown in bar sales was counterbalanced to some extent by strong food sales, chairman Tim Martin said. ROFL, talk about misleading reporting. Wetherspoons banned smoking in all their pubs in May last year, which meant they got a niche boost, by getting the publicity of banning, while other places still allowed smoking, meant the pool of people who didnt like smoking congregated to Wetherspoons. With a full ban this year however, non smokers can go where they like. What happened to Wetherspoons is a fantastic example of why a criminal ban was not necessary. I wonder how the publicity about them selling Zebu will effect profits. Maybe, Tim Martin meant Zebu when he said "strong food". -- Martin |
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Pub Figures Up Despite Smoke Ban
On 7 Sep, 20:25, "John of Aix" wrote:
Jugdish wrote: http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/07092007/140...smoke-ban.html Pub Figures Up Despite Smoke Ban JD Wetherspoon has shrugged off the effects of the smoking ban and revealed a 5.6% rise in sales for 2007, up to £62m. It is just September. the law came into force on the 1st of Jučly did it not? I think therefore that these figures (for the first two quarters no doubt) do not reflect the current situation. Although sales were hit by the ban, the slowdown in bar sales was counterbalanced to some extent by strong food sales, chairman Tim Martin said. That seems possible as many people do not like eating in a smoky atmosphere but that doesn't help pubs that don't do food or where it is only a very minor part of their turnover. Pubs that don't do food are suffering (something like 75% of pub regulars are smokers) - the chains and pubs that do food have turned it into an art form - very cheap and children's menu. Clever. In our town, one pub attracts customers by having a billboard with a menu and the price compared to Wetherspoons! I reckon it will be worse in the winter when people won't be happy to have to pop outside for a ciggy - they'll just take tins round one another's houses or something. |
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