Wetherspoons has left customers asking 'what the hell is going on?' after a nationwide menu change took effect. The blanket change has been rolled across all Wetherspoons pubs, but it's left some customers feeling confused.
Last month, the budget food and drink chain became a little less budget-friendly as it increased its menu prices by 7.5%. Prices had originally been rounded up, but after the increase, there are odd numbers across the menu.
This hasn't gone down well with some customers. Now people are demanding answers.
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One TikToker shared her confusion after her most recent visit to one of the pubs in a video that’s since gone viral. She was left wondering if she’d had more to drink than she realised when she looked at the menu.
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.
"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? £4.03 for soup, £5.54 for nachos - like what? £5.27 for a panini and a drink - what is actually going on?
"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 per cent - and they've done exactly that, reports the Mirror.
For instance a pint of Carlsberg that was £2.39 is now 7.5 per cent more at £2.57, Stella has similarly gone 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 percent. We believe that our prices are still very competitive in all the locations that we trade."
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