Wetherspoons to promote in style rival to Guinness for simply £2.99 from at this time
The budget boozer chain is set to introduce a popular Irish stout to rival Guinness for the super low price of £2.99 on average across the UK
A new stout is coming to Wetherspoons(Image: Getty Images)
Wetherspoons has announced the introduction of a popular Irish stout across all of their UK pubs. Murphy’s Irish Stout is being rolled out in some pubs today before it will be available in all before the end of June.
The average price of a pint of the new drink across the pub chain’s venues is set at £2.99. Murphy’s Stout is seen as Guinness’s most popular rival in Ireland.
Wetherspoon founder and chairman Tim Martin said: “We aim to offer our customers the best possible choice of drinks at all times. I am sure they will welcome the arrival of Murphy’s Irish Stout in the pubs.”
It comes as the budget boozer boss locked horns with the head of Ryanair over demands for airports to clamp down on early morning drinking. Mr Martin argued that controlling alcohol consumption at airports is a “Big Brother” tactic that could lead to passengers being breathalysed.
Ryanair chief Michael O’Leary had urged airports to ban people from consuming pints before early-morning flights. The budget airline mogul claimed his company is compelled to divert flights almost daily due to the unruly behaviour of drunk passengers, as reported by City AM.
Earlier this week, O’Leary told the Times: “It’s becoming a real challenge for all airlines. I fail to understand why anybody in airports bars is serving people at five or six o’clock in the morning. Who needs to be drinking beer at that time?”
The Ryanair CEO accused airports of “profiteering” from disorderly conduct which wreaks havoc for airlines and other passengers.
“The ones who are profiteering off it are the airports who have these bars open at five or six o’clock in the morning and during delays are quite happy to send these people as much alcohol as they want,” he said.
However, Mr Martin, who runs large pubs at major UK airports including Heathrow and Gatwick, has fired back. Any restriction on drinking would prove challenging to enforce, he argued: “It is in everyone’s interests to have good behaviour at airports and on flights.
“[But] a two-drink limit would be extraordinarily difficult to implement, short of breathalysing passengers, and would, in our opinion, be an overreaction – especially since many of the problems stem from incoming flights.”
Wetherspoon maintains that food, soft drinks, tea and coffee represent two thirds of turnover at its airport outlets.
