Business
January 09, 2026
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Beer tax pressure pushes pub sales to supermarkets, Wetherspoons chief warns

A widening gap between pubs and supermarkets Britain’s pub industry is facing a structural challenge that goes beyond changing consumer habits, according to the boss of JD Wetherspoon. Sir Tim Martin has warned that pubs have lost around half of their beer sales to supermarkets as a direct result of what he describes as perverse […]