Weatherspoons drinks

MonicaMoo

I worked for Wetherspoons for 8 years as a manager. I can assure you that Wetherspoons do not buy alcohol because it is near it's sell by date, the alcohol is exactly the same as your local pub would buy, with a 'normal' sell by time on it. It is a common mis-conception that Wetherspoons 'close to sell by' date drinks and this rumour was going round 10 yrs ago. You have to remember that they have 600+ pubs and have the buying power to buy cheaply and very competitively, and that competitive price is then passed on to the customer. Does anyone remember when they stopped selling Guiness, this was because the cost price Wetherspoons was too high, they soon lowered the price though and we restocked it :beer:

With regards to the out of date stock in the pub you visited, this is a management issue within the pub, obvioulsy too much product ordered that is slow selling, stock is obviously not checked before ordering or stock rotation is not being done. They have strict polices in place with unannouced audits from senior head office staff, and as staff bonuses depend on policy's being adhered to.

If you came in to the pub I ran and mentioned the out of date rumour, I would of gladly allowed you to check the cellar and store cupboards to find any evidence and if you did, i would have given you free food for a week, it never happened in my pub :cool:

lolarentt

griff2010 wrote: »

I've been talking to people on another forum and they tell me that the reason why weatherspoons are able to sell the drink so cheap is because they nearly always buy it very cheaply as a lot of it is close to it's sell by date, I didn't know this before .

Not surprised you didn't know this before as it's not true! They have some 650 pubs with high turnover, because of locations and low prices, and there's no way they could get by on purchasing sell off near dated stock! Their real ales, for which they are justly reknowned, are generally in excellent condition because they turn them over quickly.

griff2010

Monicamoo It wasn't a rumor that the drink was 5 months out of date, It was fact, me and my friend had got through half the bottle when he noticed things floating about and this white stuff kept coming out of the top of it, I never for a second thought of checking the date, Tbh i have never had a problem in weatherspoons before, i have drunk in many all over the uk, When we said to the girl we thought at least we would get a free drink but instead she give us a replacement drink which if had of been buying worked out 60p cheaper per bottle so overall we had drunk half a bottle each which was 5 months out of date and ended up 60p down :beer:

cooki2222

spike7451 wrote: »

Lat time I was in the Weatherspoon's the op's named,it was full of largered up & fighting students from the nearby QUB.I've been to them in England & never had any issues.I think that one the OP mentioned is bad due to it's location in the city.

Very much doubt many students from QUB drink in wetherspoons when the students union is just as cheap prob students from BMC, but go into it on a friday/saturday and its full of belfasts finest spides/millies

tara747

spike7451 wrote: »

Lat time I was in the Weatherspoon's the op's named,it was full of largered up & fighting students from the nearby QUB.I've been to them in England & never had any issues.I think that one the OP mentioned is bad due to it's location in the city.

cooki2222 is right, students don't go to Wetherspoon's that much. I think you'll find it was the locals... delightful young men and women they are! :rolleyes: If I had a pound for every time I've shuddered walking past that place I'd be rich.

I went once (during the day!) with a friend shortly after it opened as I had had good exeriences in their bars in London. It was TERRIBLE. Parents getting !!!!!! up while their children ran around unsupervised, guys shouting all kinds of disgusting things at every girl who walked past them, poor food and dirty toilets. Wouldn't go again if they were giving me free drink AND food. :eek:

ETA: Not that I think all students are angels, some are far from it!

drew2k9

ive always had bad experiences from the exact w'spoons the OP mentioned, i went there a few times for lunch when i worked near it, the food always cane late, the service was awful, it was always dirty on the tables and the floor and there was a funny smell that wasnt nice, then only reason we went there the three times is that it was evry cheap, i suppose you pay for quality, we paid low money for low standards.

wouldnt go back to that one!!

also wasnt it in the news a few times for the huge fights which errupt in it on a regular basis and spill out onto the streets?? i remember there being a lot of damage caused to it, may have been something to do with football, but i still remember it happening!

sleepymy

Yeah, that one down the town is a sh*tehole, miserable looking snarly customers and staff.

spike7451

drew2k9 wrote: »

ive always had bad experiences from the exact w'spoons the OP mentioned, i went there a few times for lunch when i worked near it, the food always cane late, the service was awful, it was always dirty on the tables and the floor and there was a funny smell that wasnt nice, then only reason we went there the three times is that it was evry cheap, i suppose you pay for quality, we paid low money for low standards.

wouldnt go back to that one!!

also wasnt it in the news a few times for the huge fights which errupt in it on a regular basis and spill out onto the streets?? i remember there being a lot of damage caused to it, may have been something to do with football, but i still remember it happening!

The time I was in there was when work broke up for the crimbo break,oh about 5-6 years back,you could hardly move in there & the was a couple scraps.
And the was a lot of student's there largered up,working for NTL in & around the Holylands for weeks prior,I recognised a few.