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Alahna Kindred

Wetherspoons punters set to pay more for pints as chain hikes up prices

Wetherspoons customers will have to pay more for their pints after the pub chain reportedly increased its prices.

For most parts of the UK, pints are said to have increased by 10p but Londoners will be paying an extra 20p for each pint.

This is about a two per cent increase in the UK - and a four per cent increase in the capital.

The prices went up at the beginning of the month.

A Wetherspoons spokesperson told Somerset Live : "Occasionally Wetherspoon does increase the price of its drinks. We always aim to keep our prices as competitive as possible.

Prices have increased 10p a pint outside London and 20p in the capital (Adam Gerrard / Daily Mirror)

"Prices on drinks in the majority of our pubs have increased by an average 10p from Tuesday March 1, with an increase of 20p in pubs in and around London.

"This represents an average two per cent increase in the majority of Wetherspoon pubs and four per cent in pubs in and around London.

"We believe that our drinks offer still represents great value-for-money."

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One Spoons punter who visited The Power Monkey in Exmouth, Devon, reported seeing the price of Ruddles increase from 99p to £1.49, DevonLive reports.

They said: "I went in on Monday night with £2 in cash expecting to buy a couple of cheeky Ruddles before meeting my wife when she finished her exercise class, but when I get there, I discovered the prices appeared to have all gone up.

The increase is about two per cent for those outside London and four per cent for those in the capital (AFP via Getty Images)

"It is still cheaper than anywhere else around, but it did mean I had to get my card out for the second pint.

"It didn't ruin my evening, but it was something I wasn't expecting."

The Mirror Online has contacted Wetherspoons for a comment.

It comes as Wetherspoons has stopped selling Russian beer following the country's invasion of Ukraine.

The much-loved pub chain has said bottles of Baltika Lager - which is brewed in St Petersburg, the birthplace of Vladimir Putin - has been axed for its 870 boozers.

All bottles of the Russian beer - which cost £2.99 - will be returned to distributor Carlsberg.

Wetherspoons said: "In light of the situation in Ukraine we just felt that we could not stock it anymore.

"As of today all those beers won't be available in any Wetherspoons pub and either have been or are in the process of being returned to the Carlsberg distributor.

"We are not implying in any way that anyone involved with the brewery is directly involved with what's going on but we thought in light of the current situation our pubs don't want to be serving Russian beers."c

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