Bitter over pumped up pub prices; BEER.BIG pub chains are facing a probe by consumer watchdogs over claims they are overcharging drinkers. The Office of Fair Trading The Office of Fair Trading or OFT is a non-ministerial government department of the United Kingdom, established by the Fair Trading Act 1973, which enforces both consumer protection and competition law, acting as the UK's economic regulator. has been handed a study by the GMB GMB (in Britain) General, Municipal and Boilermakers (Trade Union) union showing drinkers are paying up to 80p a pint pint: see English units of measurement. more at pubs tied to specific breweries. A pint of lager costs up to pounds 3.06 on average at tied pubs in the South and South East - 80p more than at Wetherspoon free houses in the region. The national average price is pounds 2.50 for a pint of lager and pounds 2.24 for bitter, the survey claims. But the British Beer & Pub Association said it was "misleading" to use only Wetherspoon prices as a comparison. It added: "Tenanted pub prices are not higher than those of free houses.'' |
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