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New guide finds UK pub grub is gastronomically expensive
According to recent research in the independent UK publication Good Pub Guide 2004, the average cost of pub food has risen by nearly five times the rate of inflation in the past two years.
An annual guide with over 5000 fully updated entries, the Good Pub Guide 2004 found that, out of 331 pubs in 12 areas of the UK, one in the seven pubs surveyed had bumped up their food prices by 25 per cent or more.
Meanwhile, over the period of the guide’s price comparison – May 2001 to May 2003 – the average rise in the cost of pub food was 13 per cent as opposed to the 2.67 per cent rise in the Retail Price Index (RPI) over the same period.
Editor of the guide, Alisdair Aird, explained the survey: “For each pub, we took one typical dish, then compared its price now with that which the pub was charging for it two years ago. At a time when other high street prices have bee n almost at a standstill, price increases on the scale we found do get noticed – and do hurt customers’ pockets.”
Elsewhere in the guide, the cheapest area for drinks was found to be Nottinghamshire, which clocks in at 1p cheaper than Lancashire. The latest edition of the guide has also introduced awards for a variety of different pub subjects. Highlights included pub of the year, which was revealed as a 14th century inn situated in Harome, North Yorkshire called The Star while pub group of the year was named as Brunning and Price. Details: www.goodguides.co.uk
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