Overview
- Wetherspoon will apply a 7.5% reduction to its menu on September 17 as a one‑day public promotion and advocacy action.
- The offer covers food and alcohol in England, Wales and Northern Ireland while Scottish branches will get the 7.5% cut only on food and non‑alcoholic drinks.
- The 7.5% figure matches the gap Wetherspoon highlights between the current 20% hospitality VAT and the 12.5% rate the company wants introduced.
- The chain says the cut will run at more than 800 pubs and gave example prices such as a large breakfast for about £6.97 and a pint for about £5.09 to show potential customer savings.
- Wetherspoon frames the day as part of a broader push to redress a tax advantage held by supermarkets, arguing a permanent VAT reduction would help protect pubs, support jobs and encourage investment in the sector.