Operators go for larger wine serve
Major managed operators are choosing not to offer wine in 125ml glasses.
That's according to a survey by Which?. It comes as calls mount for pubs to offer the smaller serve over fears customers don't understand the alcohol unit content.
JD Wetherspoon and Marston's managed pubs only serve wine in 175ml and 250ml glasses. Mitchells & Butlers only serve sparkling wine in 125ml glasses.
Greene King said there's no standard practice — sizes range from 125ml to 250ml.
Spirit Group told the MA a "small number of its outlets" offer 125ml glasses, adding: "All our pubs provide a safe and controlled environment in which we sell and monitor alcohol consumption."
Marston's Inns & Taverns marketing director Colin Sadler cited a "lack of demand for smaller measures", possibly because people use larger glasses at home and don't like reordering. No customers have ever inquired about smaller sizes, he added.
Wetherspoon's spokesman Eddie Gershon said: "The two wine sizes work for the venues and they are what the customer wants."
Calls for smaller measures come from the Scottish Government and 42 MPs who have signed an Early Day Motion on the subject.