19-Oct-2009 By Gemma McKenna
The UK's biggest supermarkets told MPs that off trade alcohol promotions were not responsible for "destroying traditional pubs". Asda, Sainsbury's...
15-Oct-2009 By Tony Halstead
A packet of measures to help pubs and small businesses could be on the way from a future Conservative Government, shadow minister for Culture Media...
Make it the Minimum hits 1,000 mark
13-Oct-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
More than 1,000 people have now added their names to The Publican's Make it the Minimum campaign - designed to bring an end to irresponsible...
Tories would ban supermarket loss leading
24-Sep-2009
Shadow licensing minister Tobias Ellwood has said the Tories will ban supermarkets from selling alcohol as a loss leader if they get into power. In...
Tesco wary of price probe into alcohol
03-Jun-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
A supermarket chief has told The Publican Tesco does sell some alcohol at a loss, but fears industry moves to increase prices could lead to a...
Tesco grilled by MPs over alcohol offers
15-May-2009 By James Wilmore
Tesco has been forced by MPs to defend its policy on where it promotes alcohol in stores, but admitted it does sell some drink at below-cost. During...
Licensee anger at supermarkets' bulk buying ban
07-May-2009 By James Wilmore
Angry licensees have attacked major supermarkets for banning them from buying bulk loads of beer - claiming it proves alcohol is being used as a...
Mark Daniels: Checkout Charlies
27-Apr-2009
Aren't Supermarkets great?No, they really are. I know that, as publicans, we love to loathe the damned places, citing them as a close second to the...
26-Mar-2009 By Ewan Turney
Hugh Bayley has written to the Chancellor urging him to support pubs in the Budget — and called for action over pricing and the pubco-tenant relationship.
Supermarket chief says no to minimum pricing
17-Mar-2009 By Matt Eley Matt
A supermarket boss has hit out at the Chief Medical Officer's recommendation to introduce minimum pricing. Peter Marks, chief executive of the...
Donaldson confirms call for minimum price
16-Mar-2009 By James Wilmore
Plans recommending the government introduce a minimum price on alcohol as an "immediate priority" have been unveiled by Chief Medical Officer Sir...
Mark Daniels: Clubcard Pints!
09-Mar-2009
Following in the business models of giant American retail corporations, who swept through US towns and decimated small businesses in the seventies...
02-Mar-2009 By Ewan Turney
The Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) has backed moves in Scotland to ban supermarkets from selling below cost.
Marc Allinson: Supermarkets rule the world, but only due to our apathy
25-Feb-2009
If you were to go back only 30 years, before the supermarkets grew to the colossal size that they are now, if you wanted groceries, you would go down...
15-Jan-2009 By John Harrington
A scheme has been launched to roll-out the Challenge 25 age-check policy across the off-trade. The Retail Action Standards Group (RASG), which...
08-Jan-2009 By Ewan Turney
Nexum Leisure adopted supermarket-style loss-leader tactics to get punters in to Escapade in Newport for its £5 all-inclusive sessions. The...
Head of Steam boss backs minimum pricing
18-Nov-2008
Head of Steam boss,Tony Brookes, has thrown his weight behind the Make it the Minimum campaign and is calling on other pubcos to do the same.Brookes,...
MPs urge ban on cut-price alcohol deals
10-Nov-2008 By James Wilmore
A group of MPs have called for a ban on on-trade drink promotions and said supermarkets should be stopped from selling alcohol as a loss-leader, to...
ALMR chief rejects calls for minimum pricing
31-Oct-2008
Trade leader Nick Bish has claimed that a ban on below-cost selling, rather than minimum pricing, would be the most effective way to tackle...
Licensees back minimum pricing campaign
22-Oct-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
Licensees up and down the country have been adding their voices to The Publican's Make it the Minimum campaign. We are urging the government to...
22-Oct-2008 By Ewan Turney
Supermarket giant has defended its right to offer huge discounts on alcohol at a Westminster Health Forum debate.
The Publican urges government to act on Minimum Pricing
17-Oct-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
The Publican is today calling on readers to back our new Make it the Minimum campaign to crack down on irresponsible cut-price booze deals.Licensees...
06-Oct-2008 By Ewan Turney
Supermarkets are selling alcohol below 1980s prices, according to an investigation by Scottish paper the Sunday Mail. The paper revealed that Asda is...
For your aisles only
23-Sep-2008
In the leisure industry there is something of a tradition of the out-of-home environment being the focal point for new product launches and...
New trade body boss pledges support for Northern Ireland pubs
09-Sep-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
A new chief executive has been appointed by the Federation of Licensed Trade Retail (FRLT), which represents more than 1,100 pubs, hotels and...
Tesco is first off-trader recognised under BII scheme
15-Aug-2008
Supermarket giant Tesco has become the first off-trade retailer to be recognised by the BII for its training scheme, including its policy on underage...
High rents swamp rural publicans
31-Jul-2008
Rural publicans have spoken out against high rents and supermarket loss-leading sales.Their opinions form part a new survey by South Norfolk...
Hamish Champ: Disappearing petrol stations and government help for pubs
21-Jul-2008 By Hamish Champ
To those many of you noticing the growing number of pubs boarded up across the country I ask this; is it just me, or have you also spotted a sharp...
The Guv'nor Dennis Griffiths
10-Jul-2008
Stopping below-cost sales would help us all As any regular reader of this column will know I am not a massive fan of supermarkets. But I am, if...
MP hits out at 'immoral' supermarkets
12-Jun-2008
Supermarkets are "immoral" and "irresponsible" for selling alcohol below cost, according to an MP. Asda and Tesco were attacked on their policy of...
Supermarkets branded "immoral" over loss leading
05-Jun-2008 By James Wilmore
Supermarkets have come under fresh fire in Parliament for selling alcohol as a loss leader - with one MP branding the practice "immoral". During a...
04-Jun-2008 By Ewan Turney
MP Patrick Mercer blasts supermarkets over cheap deals
Health Secretary hints at action on supermarket deals
02-Jun-2008 By James Wilmore
Health Secretary Alan Johnson today confirmed the government is willing to take "mandatory action" against supermarkets that sell alcohol as a loss...
Supermarkets bigger threat to pubs than smoking ban
23-May-2008 By Matt Eley Matt
Cheap supermarket booze is now a bigger threat to the future of pubs than the smoking ban, according to the chief executive of Martson's. Speaking...
15-May-2008 By The PMA Team
Bar Sport, the sports bar operator founded by Scott Murray, is to offer a franchise. The company believes it can expand to about 100 sites in the...
30-Apr-2008 By Ewan Turney
Supermarkets will be allowed to continue to sell alcohol below cost after receiving the all-clear from the Competition Commission (CC). The news...
Supermarkets let off hook on below-cost selling
30-Apr-2008 By James Wilmore
The Competition Commission will not take action against supermarkets selling alcohol at below-cost, despite a two-year inquiry into the grocery...
'Asda boss slams alcohol duty rise'
16-Mar-2008
Andy Bond, the chief executive of Asda, the UK's second biggest supermarket, has hit out at Alistair Darling, the Chancellor, over increases in...
LETTERs
06-Mar-2008
Supermarket smoke screen Re: "Scrap cheap deals - now" (MA, 28 February 2008), Asda and the other supermarkets need to go much further. For...
Liver Trust slams "pocket money prices" for alcohol
29-Feb-2008 By James Wilmore
The British Liver Trust has launched a petition calling on the government to legislate to set a minimum price for a unit of alcohol. The group has...
MP calls for action on under-age drinking
29-Feb-2008
A Tory MP has called on the government and police to seek more prosecutions against youngsters trying to buy alcohol under-age. Philip Davies, MP for...
ASDA gets tough on alcohol sales
25-Feb-2008 By James Wilmore
Supermarket giant ASDA has unveiled a series of hard-hitting measures to limit access to alcohol in its stores - including a ban on post-midnight...
Reaction to Tesco's move on alcohol prices
21-Feb-2008
Why not add your voice to the debate? Click on the link to the right and have your say...Andy Bond, CEO of ASDA "We are already talking to government...
21-Feb-2008 By Ewan Turney
The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers has slammed Tesco for ducking its responsibilities
THE GUV'NOR
14-Feb-2008
Dennis Griffiths The licensee of the Miners' Rest, Barnsley, provides a new slant on the supermarket pricing debate It has not been a good start to...
'Stop supermarket promotions' say Irish medics
01-Feb-2008
Pressure on supermarkets to stop deep discounting is increasing after a leading Irish research body called for a "radical overhaul" of the way...
18-Jan-2008 By Ewan Turney
ADZs must be scrapped or at least a level playing field on charges introduced
17-Jan-2008 By Ewan Turney
The Government is considering a ban on cheap supermarket booze, according to the Daily Mail. The paper reports that the joint Home Office and...
08-Jan-2008
ALMR urges licensing minister to take action on cheap supermarket booze
Fresh call for action on supermarket booze deals
08-Jan-2008 By James Wilmore
A trade group is ramping up the pressure on the government to tackle supermarkets selling alcohol at below cost. The Association of Licensed Multiple...
