Survival Of The Biggest In Faltering Pub Industry

摘要

The UK pub industry has been in decline for a number of years. Regulationrn(such as the ban on smoking) and the ubiquity of buying alcohol fromrnlow-cost supermarkets and off-licenses (both substitutes for drinking out)rnhave been two of the main negative catalysts that have re-shaped therneconomics of the industry, though neither is a new development. Foodrnhas traditionally been used as a way to draw in crowds, and some pubrnoperations, namely JD Wetherspoon, have successfully made headwayrnin the breakfast trade, meaning they could in fact sell more coffee thanrnbeer over the next few years.