Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin says pints could hit £10 'one day,' telling Andrew Marr there's 'no limit' to drink prices
Tim Martin, boss of one of the UK's biggest pub chains, told Andrew Marr on LBC that pints will "quite probably" go up to £8 and when asked if they could one day cost a tenner, said "There's no limit."
Mr Martin, 68, also said it’s a “bad idea” for pubs to start making their beers weaker to save on costs, but added: “We are going to try and avoid doing it [but] we might have to.”Andrew asked Mr Martin: “Everybody at the moment, one way or another is struggling with inflation and rising prices, and some of the big breweries are diluting the alcohol content with their beers to avoid these charges, these extra charges.
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