Our wine consumption has fallen significantly since we became a single income household. We’re now on three bottle a week from about six before Christmas. I gave up beer too for weight reasons more that the money.
I shop up north regularly for drink – 3 bottles of wine for £10 is quite common up there while my local Londis’ cheapest bottle starts at €9.99! Beer is much the same – 18 bottles for £10 is hard to beat.
Why is it that the price of practically everything is falling in this country, but yet the publicans promote their self-adopted price freeze as a ‘good thing’? Ridiculous. It’s time for the pubs to get competitive again. Oh and bring back the 11pm closing time for off-licenses.
Friday 29 May, 2009 at 11:50 am
Our wine consumption has fallen significantly since we became a single income household. We’re now on three bottle a week from about six before Christmas. I gave up beer too for weight reasons more that the money.
Friday 29 May, 2009 at 1:20 pm
the irish government is directly to blame for this by increasing excise duty on wine every budget.
Friday 29 May, 2009 at 2:56 pm
I shop up north regularly for drink – 3 bottles of wine for £10 is quite common up there while my local Londis’ cheapest bottle starts at €9.99! Beer is much the same – 18 bottles for £10 is hard to beat.
Friday 29 May, 2009 at 6:36 pm
Bulmers have dropped the price of their pint bottles.
Saturday 30 May, 2009 at 9:19 pm
Why is it that the price of practically everything is falling in this country, but yet the publicans promote their self-adopted price freeze as a ‘good thing’? Ridiculous. It’s time for the pubs to get competitive again. Oh and bring back the 11pm closing time for off-licenses.