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Man your pumps, Wetherspoons are coming

Tabnabs · 2013-08-31 13:41:06

Cheap and cheerful or souless and bland. You'll get to decide at a location near you soon enough. http://www.irishtimes.com/business/sectors/retail-and-services/british-pub-chain-wetherspoon-set-to-acquire-dublin-bar-1.1511162

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#2312 22-06-2015 10:29am
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How did we get from a pub that sells cheapish drinks to whether aftershock, an overpriced spirit made from nuclear waste, is sold in tesco?

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#2313 22-06-2015 10:38am
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syklops wrote: »

How did we get from a pub that sells cheapish drinks to whether aftershock, an overpriced spirit made from nuclear waste, is sold in tesco?

For some reason this thread has an awful habit of going off topic. But hey, let's not go there again.

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#2314 22-06-2015 12:16pm
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BeerNut wrote: »

They have a sub-brand called Lloyd's No. 1 which is slightly clubbier: they'll have a dancefloor and sound system, and even space for a DJ, but are otherwise normal Wetherspoons.

I'm not sure what to think of this.

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#2315 23-06-2015 12:14pm
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The new Wetherspoon in Blanchardstown opens today

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#2316 23-06-2015 12:20pm
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BaZmO* wrote: »

The new Wetherspoon in Blanchardstown opens today

There twitter says its previed weekend and main site still says the 30th of june

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#2317 23-06-2015 2:28pm
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They have a facebook page, and there is talk of invites, presumably similar to forty foot where they had free meals given out as sort of staff training.
https://www.facebook.com/thegreatwoodjdw

Erick Eichelkraut Hey great wood , when are the invitations being given out for the opening , cheers best of luck 😀
Like · Reply · 1 · 19 hrs

The Great Wood Thanks Erick. Still being finalised at the moment. Will let you know ASAP.

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#2318 30-06-2015 9:00am
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Just to note that the third JDW in Ireland opens today, 30-June 2015, in Blanchardstown.

See local discussion here;

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057328427&page=6

There is some talk on that thread of Beamish going from 2.50 to 3.50.

Also note that the menus have been pulled from the homepage of the website:

http://www.jdwetherspoon.ie/

Maybe new menus on the way?

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#2319 30-06-2015 9:05am
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Geuze wrote: »

http://www.jdwetherspoon.ie/

Maybe new menus on the way?

I would look like it

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#2320 30-06-2015 9:32am
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Does the View Our Menu 'button' work for anyone else?

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#2321 30-06-2015 10:46am
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oblivious wrote: »

I would look like it

Tabnabs wrote: »

Does the View Our Menu 'button' work for anyone else?

Link seems to be broken but the PDF is still there: http://www.jdwetherspoon.ie/pdf/irish_menu.pdf

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#2322 30-06-2015 10:55am
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hardCopy wrote: »

Link seems to be broken but the PDF is still there: http://www.jdwetherspoon.ie/pdf/irish_menu.pdf

Is that menu out of date? I thought Heineken was gone.

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#2323 30-06-2015 11:06am
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http://www.jdwetherspoon.ie/pdf/FortyFoot2015.pdf http://www.jdwetherspoon.ie/pdf/ThreeTunTavern2015.pdf

The old menus, while they are still there... It looks like the prices have gone up a fair bit. Bottles are now 3.25 instead of 2.45.

http://www.jdwetherspoon.ie/pdf/TheGreatWood2015.pdf

New menu and a quick comparison, price increases across the board.

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#2324 30-06-2015 11:13am
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Stevek101 wrote: »

http://www.jdwetherspoon.ie/pdf/FortyFoot2015.pdf

http://www.jdwetherspoon.ie/pdf/ThreeTunTavern2015.pdf

The old menus, while they are still there... It looks like the prices have gone up a fair bit. Bottles are now 3.25 instead of 2.45.

The 33cl bottles are 2.45 in those links, large bottles 2.95.

I'm looking at the Mar 2015 menue.

Where are you seeing 3.25?

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#2325 30-06-2015 11:19am
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Sorry for the large images. Here are the food increases, if anyone is interested in that. :P

All prices are compared with the latest from Blackrock.

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#2326 30-06-2015 11:19am
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Geuze wrote: »

The 33cl bottles are 2.45 in those links, large bottles 2.95.

I'm looking at the Mar 2015 menue.

Where are you seeing 3.25?

The second menu on the right hand side of the screen shot he posted.
Big increases according to that.

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#2327 30-06-2015 11:22am
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I had pictures of the menu about a week or so ago and had wondered would those prices but final. It looks like they are and the increases are dramatic across the board with little new items on offer.

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#2328 30-06-2015 11:59am
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Thanks, interesting.

What I can't understand is the UK ales staying at 2.50.....surely with the weaker euro these would have to rise as well???

Beamish up from 2.50 to 3.50...brutal..........it was suggested in the D15 thread that this is linked to a new deal with Heineken.

Paddy whiskey for 5.25........is this a joke? Sure it's 4.00 approx in typical pubs in provincial towns.

Sixpoint cans from 2.45 to 3.25, that's a 33% rise.

Irish 33cl bottles - are these 3.25 or 3.75? It's not clear? It seems like 3.25.

The Irish 50cl bottled stout are 3.75, it seems.

Erdinger from 2.95 to 3.95 - again, a 33% rise.

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#2329 30-06-2015 12:00pm
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Redbreast has jumped from 5.75 to 7.75.............what the hell...........

Okay, you can double it for 2.00 more, meaning under 5.00 per shot.

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#2330 30-06-2015 12:01pm
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My big question;

why cut prices by about 33% in October 2014 approx, and now increase them by approx 33% in some cases????

Odd.

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#2331 30-06-2015 12:06pm
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One of the regulars on the D15 forum was there over the weekend for their soft opening and posted this:

I got talking to one of the managers. He told me that the pint of Beamish would be E3.50. I thought I had misheard him and asked did he mean E2.50 like in the Blackrock weatherspoons. No 3.50 was the correct price. He said that they had made a mistake in their pricing in Blackrock and would be soon putting up their prices in line with Blanch.

Not sure how you can "make a mistake" of that magnitude with your pricing tbh.

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#2332 30-06-2015 12:09pm
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It wasn't a great success in the beginning and then prices were lowered after the first few weeks of the Three Tun Tavern. It wasn't long ago that Tim Martin said the prices are artificially low for the entry into the Irish market and they would gradually increase as more pubs opened, but this seems like a bit too much of a jump. You'd of at least expected them to get Heinkien back now or offer some more products.

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#2333 30-06-2015 12:11pm
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maybe its local pricing with different prices around the country/region.

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#2334 30-06-2015 12:13pm
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Zaph wrote: »

Not sure how you can "make a mistake" of that magnitude with your pricing tbh.

Yes, exactly, given that they have 900+ pubs.

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#2335 30-06-2015 12:13pm
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kooga wrote: »

maybe its local pricing with different prices around the country/region.

Maybe, but that would suggest D15 should be lower than Blackrock?

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#2336 30-06-2015 12:18pm
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kooga wrote: »

maybe its local pricing with different prices around the country/region.

They've taken down all the menus off their website. It'd be madness to have different pricing with only three pubs. I'd imagine they view the Irish operation as one.

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#2337 30-06-2015 12:25pm
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3.50 for a beamish is nothing special if you compare it to existing cork prices..................

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#2338 30-06-2015 12:29pm
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I knew the low low prices coundn't last.

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#2339 30-06-2015 12:31pm
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Wines don't strike me as particularly good value, given they're on draught ?

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#2340 30-06-2015 12:43pm
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kooga wrote: »

3.50 for a beamish is nothing special if you compare it to existing cork prices..................

I agree, considering you can buy a pint of Beamish for as little as €3.10 within pissing distance of the Linen Weaver, €3.95 for Tuborg is ridiculous. Never seen it over €3.50 anywhere in Munster.
Looks like Wetherspoon's have become more Irish than the Irish themselves.
Tim Martin said on the radio last year that their food offering would be cheaper than the Uk due to the lower Vat rate, looks like the Treasure Island mentality has taken hold.

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#2341 30-06-2015 1:12pm
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kooga wrote: »

3.50 for a beamish is nothing special if you compare it to existing cork prices..................

Yes.

I pay 3.30.

In Galway city centre it's 3.80 in Murphy's on High street.

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