[News] Wetherspoons

[GT49er]

Interview with Tim Martin



To save you being exposed to Facebook, here's the questions.

1) Why is the beer so cheap?

Come on...we all know why

2) Why do you hate music?

Because he's a twat?

3) Why cant they bring their dog to the pub?

Does not work apparently.

4) What is your favourite drink?

Abbot Ale (I wonder if he drinks this in his own pubs or drinks fresher pints elsewhere?)

To save you being exposed to Facebook, here's the questions...........and here's some completely made up and inaccurate answers.

 

[swindonseagull]

Interview with Tim Martin



To save you being exposed to Facebook, here's the questions.

1) Why is the beer so cheap?

Come on...we all know why

2) Why do you hate music?

Because he's a twat?

3) Why cant they bring their dog to the pub?

Does not work apparently.

4) What is your favourite drink?

Abbot Ale (I wonder if he drinks this in his own pubs or drinks fresher pints elsewhere?)

One man’s dislike of Wetherspoons goes on with false childlike answers

 

[Boroseagull]

Wetherspoons + Tim Martin - 8th highest tax payer in the UK, paying in total £170 million last year.

8	Sir Tim Martin JD Wetherspoon was named after a teacher who couldn't control Martin's class. The publican struggled to keep drinkers under control when he opened his first pub, now there are more than 800 pubs.	▲ 170
9	The Weston family The transatlantic family behind Primark and Fortnum & Mason has also earned well from Ovaltine, Ryvita and Twinings.	▲ 151.8
10	Tom Morris and family Discount chain Home Bargains has made reclusive Morris the richest ever Liverpudlian	▲ 149.2

Our estimates include corporation tax, dividend tax, capital gains tax, income tax, payroll taxes as well as gambling and alcohol duties, according to the most recently filed company accounts by January 10. These are calculated in proportion with ownership of the company in question. Absence from the Tax List does not imply individuals are not paying their UK taxes; simply that the compilers have been unable to estimate how much they have paid.
Table: The Times and The Sunday Times

 

[jcdenton08]

Interview with Tim Martin



To save you being exposed to Facebook, here's the questions.

1) Why is the beer so cheap?

Come on...we all know why

2) Why do you hate music?

Because he's a twat?

3) Why cant they bring their dog to the pub?

Does not work apparently.

4) What is your favourite drink?

Abbot Ale (I wonder if he drinks this in his own pubs or drinks fresher pints elsewhere?)

You’re genuinely obsessed with Wetherspoons. It’s like the girl who bullies the boy in the playground, because she secretly has a crush on him. It’s kind of cute

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

One man’s dislike of Wetherspoons goes on with false childlike answers

Why do you think they’re false?

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

You’re genuinely obsessed with Wetherspoons. It’s like the girl who bullies the boy in the playground, because she secretly has a crush on him. It’s kind of cute

This isn’t play fighting! This is real

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

MSN

"The pub chain - colloquially dubbed 'Spoons' - will remove steaks, mixed grills and gammon from its offerings on Wednesday, May 14."

No more (microwaved) gammon at the 'spoons. The irony.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

MSN

"The pub chain - colloquially dubbed 'Spoons' - will remove steaks, mixed grills and gammon from its offerings on Wednesday, May 14."

No more (microwaved) gammon at the 'spoons. The irony.

Come May 14, let me know your branch and table number and I’ll send you a replacement Gourmet Burger of your choice

 

[Is it PotG?]

MSN

"The pub chain - colloquially dubbed 'Spoons' - will remove steaks, mixed grills and gammon from its offerings on Wednesday, May 14."

No more (microwaved) gammon at the 'spoons. The irony.

Hopefully they'll introduce a nice line in oysters and gizzards pretty soon to replace this tragic loss.

 

[GOM]

One man’s dislike of Wetherspoons goes on with false childlike answers

And not only that, he dislikes them from afar in another country.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Hopefully they'll introduce a nice line in oysters and gizzards pretty soon to replace this tragic loss.

Throw in some bone marrow and I might consider it.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

And not only that, he dislikes them from afar in another country.

AKA informed and worldly view

 

[jcdenton08]

I can say hand on heart that I never think of Wetherspoons on a day to day basis. The only time I am reminded they even exist is when I’m in one, walk past one, or when @Herr Tubthumper advertises them.

I’m convinced this is all a guerrilla advertising campaign…

 

[dazzer6666]

MSN

"The pub chain - colloquially dubbed 'Spoons' - will remove steaks, mixed grills and gammon from its offerings on Wednesday, May 14."

No more (microwaved) gammon at the 'spoons. The irony.

The real irony would be persistent negativity on here from someone who claims never to go in there so won't be affected anyway.....................

 

[schmunk]

I’m convinced this is all a guerrilla advertising campaign…

Worked well for Cadbury's.

 

[hart's shirt]

It's always good to see managers connecting with fans.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c62geqjmvn6o


Vitor Pereira walks up the stairs of a pub in Shropshire, sits and puts his pint down.

"I'm in a good mood today, the weather is good, more beer, please," jokes the Wolves head coach, who adds that he enjoys a pint of Stella.

Pereira is holding court at a round table upstairs in a country pub just outside Wolverhampton, five months into his reign at Molineux.

This is not some gimmick he has done before at other clubs. The relationship with media in other countries - Pereira has worked in Portugal, Brazil, Greece, Turkey, Saudi and China - is very different.

But if interviewing a Premier League manager in a pub sounds both highly unusual and also a throwback to the 1980s, the setting makes more sense given the 56-year-old's habit of celebrating wins by "being with the people".

"First the points, then the pints" was a phrase coined by Pereira which has transferred to the stands, with the words now adorning a banner at Molineux.

It came as Wolves battled the drop, but a run of six straight wins, their best in the top flight for 55 years, has the club now safely mid-table in the Premier League.

Pereira has endeared himself to Wolves supporters, and the town, with his desire to understand them and the area.

Trips to the local Wetherspoons near the train station after victories have become a fixture - with Molineux serenading him with 'We'll see you in 'Spoons' during Saturday's 3-0 win over Leicester.

"What do we do in Wolverhampton after a game? If I lose the game I stay home and drink my beer alone. If I win the game, I go with the supporters to celebrate," Pereira tells BBC Sport.

"The connection with the people is stronger when we suffer together and, when you are in a situation where you are fighting for survival, you feel this connection.

"In the moments we are suffering, you feel we are suffering together. In the moments of celebration, you need to be with them.

"In Wolverhampton, where do you want me to go? I must go to a pub, because this is the culture and where people go.

"When I go to a pub it's not about the beer. Of course I like the beer but I go to be with the people, to feel that I'm doing something to make them happy, to make them proud.

"Work, home, then we go to a pub just for a beer or two beers and finish. This is our life."

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

"When I go to a pub it's not about the beer.

Just as well

 

[hart's shirt]

Just as well

I had a feeling you might pick up on that line! I briefly considered editing it out, but the bait was just too tempting.

Now in fairness, he did go on to say that he liked the beer.

High-brow, low-brow, folk can take their pick. But fair play to Pereira for connecting with the fans. His appreciation of camaraderie is refreshing to see.

 

[Weststander]

Tim Martin, I was surprised, came across well in a recent long interview on ITV’s Peston. He’s certainly knows how to run a business and talked a lot of sense about the hospitality industry. Still wrong about Brexit though imho.

They pay at least the national living wage and mindful of the UK issue of our day are going to make a huge spend on new loos that don’t upset any gender. Perhaps, despite this binary social media world, people aren’t always either loathsome or deities?

 

[jcdenton08]

Just as well

Like a moth to a flame.

You LOVE Wetherspoon’s!!!