Wetherspoons customers have been left baffled over the chain's new prices – but there’s a simple explanation behind it all.
Pubgoers have been scratching their heads after getting their first look at the new prices on the chain's menus. Wetherspoons new pricing sees a bowl of soup cost £4.03, nachos £5.54, but a panini and a drink costs £5.27.
The Mirror reported on one TikToker who shared her confusion after her most recent visit to one of the pubs. She was left wondering if she’d had more to drink than she realised when she looked at the menu.
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The social media user @brodie_bites_ said: "Can someone please explain what on Earth has happened to Wetherspoons prices? We went to Spoons on the way home from Glasgow the other night just to grab something to eat because we had been drinking and realised we hadn't actually eaten yet.”
She added: "The point of this video is because for the first time in ages we've been to Spoons and normally it's like £1.29 for coleslaw, £10.59 for a burger and a drink – what the hell is this? It continues throughout the whole menu, such bizarre pricing and even the side dishes, it's 81p for a side of chilli and £4.03 for chips, like I just don't understand it."
Others in the comments agreed and voiced their own confusion over the prices when they had been to their closest Wetherspoon. But there is a pretty simple explanation behind it all.
While the prices seem completely random, there's a method behind the madness. Last month the chain, which runs 843 pubs in the UK and Ireland, announced they were increasing their prices by 7.5% – and they've done exactly that.
For instance a pint of Carlsberg that was £2.39 is now 7.5% more at £2.57. The price of Stella Artois has similarly risen from £3.35 to £3.60 and Leffe from £3.85 to £4.14.
Pub chain spokesman, Eddie Gherson, told the Daily Star: “Wetherspoon has increased prices on food and drink by 7.5%. We believe that our prices are still very competitive in all the locations that we trade."
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