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Wetherspoons For Waterford

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    #32
    Trond
    Registered Users Posts: 1,972 ✭✭✭Trond


    Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »
    I thought C&C bought the Church?

    I believe they did, just read that in the main Wetherspoons thread.

    Tells ya what my local bar man knows!!!


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    #33
    anto9
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    Digital Society wrote: »
    They wanted a "Behind closed doors" price fixing agreement to not sell the drinks cheap. Witherspoons turned them down and stopped a 60 million contract.

    If the agreement was on paper they would have been done for price fixing.

    I heard it was because they wanted the owners of Weatherspoon to personally guarantee payment of there delivery's.They never asked for that before ,and as Weatherspoon made 80 million sterling profit last year ,they did not understand Heikekens needing it .

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/leisure/11281845/Wetherspoon-stops-serving-Heineken-in-a-row-over-supply.html

    P.S,Heineken can bully their customers in Ireland ,but may have taken on more than they can chew with Wetherspoon .Now they have lost a huge amount of sales in the UK .


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    #34
    braddun
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    great news 3-4 euros for a beer


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    #35
    bagelbytes1
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    braddun wrote: »
    great news 3-4 euros for a beer

    Majority of their pints are 2.50 actually. They don't have any beers over 3 quid.


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    #36
    anto9
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    Also a pint is just 2 euro ,as i understand it if ordered with a meal .Decent Irish Breakfast for 4.95 too i believe .Whats not to like .


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    #37
    TrustedApple
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    I see this place being huge for students with €2.50 to €3 pints along with cheap food before a night out on the piss.

    Its also going to be a fantastic place in the town as its less the a 2 min walk to the other pubs and nightclubs.

    I hope myself when this opens it will make the other pubs drop there prices a bit. Once paid €13.40 :eek: in Rev for a Double Vodka and Coke so anyone who can give me that for less then 10 euros will have my business.


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    #38
    Max Powers
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    it all sounds reasonably positive and its great to see business opening up, my only concern is that is taken over by rough crowd due to cheap beer.


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    #39
    debok
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    Why talk bout rough crowds before place even opens.


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    #40
    Max Powers
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    debok wrote: »
    Why talk bout rough crowds before place even opens.

    you right, i dont wish to be negative and i really hope my initial thoughts were way off the mark. It seems like the one in Dublin is getting good press so good sign.


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    #41
    Trick of the Tail
    Registered Users Posts: 1,319 ✭✭✭Trick of the Tail


    Unlikely it will be taken over by a rough crowd. Wetherspoons run very respectable houses.

    I, for one, can't wait. It might be a bar in the city that I, as someone over 30, will feel comfortable in.

    I know the following statement makes me officially old, but I was in a bar in town last weekend with some friends I hadn't seen for ages. We wanted to talk. But the music in the place was so loud we had to shout.

    There's no need for that, and I think Wetherspoons' policy of no music will work a treat.


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    #42
    callaway92
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    For some reason, it wouldn't surprise me if Wetherspoons didn't go ahead with this in the end. Have that feeling! :/


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    #43
    Speak Now
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    callaway92 wrote: »
    For some reason, it wouldn't surprise me if Wetherspoons didn't go ahead with this in the end. Have that feeling! :/

    Its going ahead, 40/45 new jobs in the town when they open.


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    #44
    debok
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    Wetherspoons spokesman was on radio this morning said it be open by middle of 2015.


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    #45
    callaway92
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    Jerry Seinfeld wrote: »
    Its going ahead, 40/45 new jobs in the town when they open.
    debok wrote: »
    Wetherspoons spokesman was on radio this morning said it be open by middle of 2015.

    Good to hear!. . . but still. . . .

    I'll wait and see!


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    #46
    Dum_Dum
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    callaway92 wrote: »
    ...I'll wait and see!

    It's not an Irish company - so I believe them.


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    #47
    Paddy@CIRL
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    With Wetherspoons & the new old cinema having reopened, it could breathe fresh life back into the city centre in the evenings. Great news!


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    #48
    thomasm
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    Saw some work happening on the Quayside Tavern this morning. Anything happening there


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    #49
    Geuze
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    anto9 wrote: »
    They have another i believe in Blanchardstown ,Dublin ,which seems more suited ,as its a very working class area.

    Not open yet, to open in 2015.


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    #50
    Geuze
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    Trond wrote: »
    I heard the Church at the end of Henry St. is a done deal.


    No, just talk.

    The owner got financial support from his bank and C&C instead.

    C&C have entered into an exclusive supply agreement with that pub.


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    #51
    Geuze
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    samapple789 wrote: »

    I hope myself when this opens it will make the other pubs drop there prices a bit. Once paid €13.40 :eek: in Rev for a Double Vodka and Coke so anyone who can give me that for less then 10 euros will have my business.


    Here is the menu:

    http://www.jdwetherspoon.ie/pdf/ThreeTunTavernDec14.pdf


    Double vodka = 5.95 + 1.50 for Coca-cola = 7.45.


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    #52
    mooseknunkle
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    Geuze wrote: »
    Here is the menu:

    http://www.jdwetherspoon.ie/pdf/ThreeTunTavernDec14.pdf

    I wonder how long the gingerman will last when this opens with €2.50 pints


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    #53
    wellboytoo
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    mooseknunkle wrote: »
    I wonder how long the gingerman will last when this opens with €2.50 pints

    Their pints are€2.95 in Ireland £2.50 in the UK


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    #54
    O Riain
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    They are having a laugh if they think Irish people are going to drink Traditional English Ales.

    Everything else about wetherspoons is great though!


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    #55
    gobo99
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    O Riain wrote: »
    They are having a laugh if they think Irish people are going to drink Traditional English Ales.

    Everything else about wetherspoons is great though!

    Yeah, if its not american piss I'm not drinking it.


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    #56
    bagelbytes1
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    wellboytoo wrote: »
    Their pints are€2.95 in Ireland £2.50 in the UK

    No, majority of their pints are 2.50 here, with the remainder being 2.95. Look at the menu posted above.


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    #57
    dzilla
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    mooseknunkle wrote: »
    I wonder how long the gingerman will last when this opens with €2.50 pints

    i think it will have a knock on for the GingerMan and City Arms good and bad. People will look at now going into the city center for a few pints so they may drink in a few places, same goes for TH Doolins if it ever gets going again. It may damage them food wise though because the menu ls comprehnsive casual food wise.
    O Riain wrote: »
    They are having a laugh if they think Irish people are going to drink Traditional English Ales.

    Everything else about wetherspoons is great though!

    I'll drink em lol, you are right though they may not take off with the english ale, however 5 years ago it would have been mad to consider craft beer, german wheat beers and belgian beers that are now very popular!!


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    #58
    irish_goat
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    wellboytoo wrote: »
    Their pints are€2.95 in Ireland £2.50 in the UK

    £1.50 pints of craft ale in Derry. :)


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    #59
    jonnyfingers
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    O Riain wrote: »
    They are having a laugh if they think Irish people are going to drink Traditional English Ales.

    Everything else about wetherspoons is great though!

    Since moving to London I must say I've been converted to ales, I'm even a card carrying CAMRA member now. What's more it depresses me when I come home and only see the usual Heineken, Carslberg, Guinness and mass-produced drivel on tap in pubs. What's more the guest ales are often well below £2 a pint at Wetherspoons, hard to beat that.

    However now that Wetherspoons is ending its deal with Heineken because of hassle over Irish prices it will be interesting to see what they end up with on tap, both in the UK and Ireland, especially stouts. They already don't have Guinness in the Dublin pub, now they won't have Beamish or Murphys either.

    And regarding affecting the Gingerman negatively, I'm not so sure. Wetherspoons is great for some cheap food and drink but there's very rarely much atmosphere that would cause you to stay the night. If anything I could see people starting in Wetherspoons and moving on to nearby pubs.


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    #60
    dzilla
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    jonnyfingers wrote: »
    it will be interesting to see what they end up with on tap, both in the UK and Ireland, especially stouts. They already don't have Guinness in the Dublin pub, now they won't have Beamish or Murphys either.


    They have gotten Marstons Stout in now I believe since last Wednesday


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    #61
    jonnyfingers
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    dzilla wrote: »
    They have gotten Marstons Stout in now I believe since last Wednesday

    Haven't tried that one. Will need to give it a go if I can find it.


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