Overview
- All Wetherspoon pubs will reduce food and drink prices by 7.5% on Thursday, 18 September, equating to a saving of 75p per £10 spent.
- The move is a public push for a permanent hospitality VAT cut to 12.5%, a change chairman Tim Martin says would help keep pubs open.
- UKHospitality, the British Beer and Pub Association and CAMRA have publicly endorsed the one-day campaign.
- Wetherspoon argues the VAT gap lets supermarkets use tax-free food sales to subsidise cheaper alcohol, putting pubs at a disadvantage.
- In Scotland, the discount will apply to food and non-alcoholic drinks only in line with licensing rules.