The price of a pint would have to go up by “ridiculous” amounts to match the increase in pub running costs, it has been claimed.
Tom Stainer, the chief executive of the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) group, told the Daily Star that some pubs were seeing their bills go up by 500% to 600%. A Camra survey this summer found that more than 50% of the British public think the cost of a pint is already unaffordable, meaning customers would be put off by a £15 or £20 pint.
"What you can say with surety is you can't possibly pass on these energy increases and you can't increase the pint by 500%," Mr Stainer told the paper. "It just isn't viable for pubs to pass (price hikes this big) on to consumers because people wouldn't come drink at pubs anyway."
