Broken wheelbarrow

[Big Bob]

Absolute rip off price increase on beer. Pint of Tetleys and San miguel £8.60. Robbing b@stards

[CmonUSexyStylishPies]

Trent Bridge Inn - £4.40 for a pint of Magners and a pint of real ale. I know Notts is obviously going to be a premium £££wise but they're taking the pi55 a bit, also the beer is poor.

[Steward]

I had a pint of San Miguel after the Wigan game 4.60 same price as his golf club. Never again. Navigation from now on. .

[Big Bob]

Too right

[countygump]

Too right

Now then.


Alan Hardy‏Verified account @Bigalanh5 30m30 minutes ago
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Is it anymore expensive than surrounding pubs on the same product? If so, I'll make sure we price match for you 🍺🍺Alan Hardy added,
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@Bigalanh5 Hi Alan, did you see my tweet earlier in day on price for a pint in Broken Wheelbarrow?
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[ALPIECINO]

Absolute garbage in there today. Ten minutes to get served expensive beer served in plastic pots and they've done away with soft drink refills. Deffo finding somewhere else next home match.

[HAPPYMAGPIEHAPPY]

Meadow club and lawtons bar have both gone to pot, over priced and poor service today !

[countygump]

Meadow club and lawtons bar have both gone to pot, over priced and poor service today !



Alan Hardy‏Verified account @Bigalanh5 1h1 hour ago
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£3.80 which is competitive for a venue. Ice Arena £4.50, Nottingham Racecourse £4.30, Dog track £3.70 and Forest £4.00 to £4.50.Alan Hardy added,
Dan @Nottscountydan
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How much is a pint now?
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Alan Hardy‏Verified account @Bigalanh5 16h16 hours ago


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We lost money at those prices last season but was my gift to loyal fans, but can't keep doing that. Plastic glasses is the law unfortunatelyAlan Hardy added,
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But last season was in Glass I'm not having a go I'm asking the question. I just don't understand how can go up 140% for a pint!
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[piewoman]

£3 a pint in the Navi and served in proper glasses. Comparing prices with other stadiums is irrelevant when there are other cheaper places 2 mins away where you are going to lose business to.

[durhampie]

Now then.


Alan Hardy‏Verified account @Bigalanh5 30m30 minutes ago
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Is it anymore expensive than surrounding pubs on the same product? If so, I'll make sure we price match for you ����Alan Hardy added,
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@Bigalanh5 Hi Alan, did you see my tweet earlier in day on price for a pint in Broken Wheelbarrow?
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Its £3.50 in the embankment, no crap stuff like you get in Lawtons or the Wheelbarrow. And they have tills that work....In Lawtons yesterday they had upto 3 people doing the work that one man used to do and all of them were useless...

[ancientpie]

Its £3.50 in the embankment, no crap stuff like you get in Lawtons or the Wheelbarrow. And they have tills that work....In Lawtons yesterday they had upto 3 people doing the work that one man used to do and all of them were useless...

So vote with your feet, unlike many clubs we are fortunate to have plenty of decent pubs within easy walking distance ( I paid £13.50 for 3 pints at the Ricoh last week but had little choice if I wanted a drink) if people keep paying these prices then they will continue to charge them.

[SmiffyPie]

So vote with your feet, unlike many clubs we are fortunate to have plenty of decent pubs within easy walking distance ( I paid £13.50 for 3 pints at the Ricoh last week but had little choice if I wanted a drink) if people keep paying these prices then they will continue to charge them.Never mind minutes in legs, it's all about footfall.

[Notts78]

How stupid are people... ? Notts or any club can not be seen to promote drinking with 'offers'. It is a bit like going to an airport. The prices are more expensive so to act as a deterant, so people DON'T drink to much.
Why is that hard to comprehend?
For some, it is just another way to have a go at the club!

[BigFatPie]

How stupid are people... ? Notts or any club can not be seen to promote drinking with 'offers'. It is a bit like going to an airport. The prices are more expensive so to act as a deterant, so people DON'T drink to much.
Why is that hard to comprehend?
For some, it is just another way to have a go at the club!

Who's going to tell him about the 2 quid a pint offer last season?

[Elite_Pie]

How stupid are people... ? Notts or any club can not be seen to promote drinking with 'offers'. It is a bit like going to an airport. The prices are more expensive so to act as a deterant, so people DON'T drink to much.


What a load of steaming crap. Airport prices are high because they know you've got no alternatives so they rip you off for every last penny. If you believe what you've posted, you'll be telling us next that food in a Wetherspoons in an airport charges double the price of a Wetherspoons in the towns because they want to deter people from eating too much!!!

[mickeymag]

£2.80 pint at the Vat and Fiddle. 10 min walk to the Kop good service seating inside and outside Notts fans and a few away fans and a great pint of prize winning Harvest Pale bitter

[tarquinbeech]

330ml beer in Cancun airport....84 pesos (£4)
330ml beer in Cancun carpark bar near the ADO buses....70 pesos
330ml beer in any decent restaurant here on the Altiplano....40 pesos
330ml beer in Mexico City airport............... 35 pesos in the bars (many to choose from).....20 pesos from the shops
330ml - in main Mexico North bus station (3 bars).....25 pesos
330ml in my local bar, music, widescreen tv, beer garden...18 pesos
330ml beer in my local Oxxo store.....11 pesos
330 ml from Walmart 8 cans of Carta Blanca for 55 pesos(named brand here) 4.5% ABV......7 pesos

I'm off on an 18 hour trek cross-country to go Scuba-diving in the Caribbean next Saturday, via Cancun airport, Mexico airport and the bus stations.

As Elite says above, they know you're trapped in the airports so the rob you by up to 11 times the cost of the beer (Mexico City isn't too bad because it isn't a tourist-type airport)....my plan, cooler bag, ice and a smattering of pigeon-Spanish involving the phrase "can you tell me where the nearest Oxxo or Walmart is located"

Back on-topic, I've always been impressed at how reasonable the MLSB prices , compared to the Navvi, Plumtree and Magpies (now bulldozed?) was in the past....it seems like those days are gone........cooler bags anyone?

[CmonUSexyStylishPies]

How stupid are people... ? Notts or any club can not be seen to promote drinking with 'offers'. It is a bit like going to an airport. The prices are more expensive so to act as a deterant, so people DON'T drink to much.
Why is that hard to comprehend?
For some, it is just another way to have a go at the club!

Hmmm, so what you're saying is that Notts actually don't want people to buy alcohol from them?

How stupid are people indeed..

[Elite_Pie]

330ml beer in Cancun airport....84 pesos (£4)
330ml beer in Cancun carpark bar near the ADO buses....70 pesos
330ml beer in any decent restaurant here on the Altiplano....40 pesos
330ml beer in Mexico City airport............... 35 pesos in the bars (many to choose from).....20 pesos from the shops
330ml - in main Mexico North bus station (3 bars).....25 pesos
330ml in my local bar, music, widescreen tv, beer garden...18 pesos
330ml beer in my local Oxxo store.....11 pesos
330 ml from Walmart 8 cans of Carta Blanca for 55 pesos(named brand here) 4.5% ABV......7 pesos

There are similar wild variations in price for exactly the same product over here. Take a pint of Strongbow for example - over £4 in many airports, around £3 in most pubs , some do it for just over £2. When we played Coventry I bought 120 440ml cans of Strongbow* from Tesco for £60 to avoid the parking charge, that's 50p per can which equates to 65p per pint!!!

* It is quite likely I'll be advised to follow a gluten free diet soon - lager and bitter are banned but cider is acceptable, so my days of Worthington E(lite) could well be numbered. Luckily I have cheap taste buds where alcohol is concerned, I even enjoy Taurus cider (Aldi's finest) which works out at less than 57p per pint.

[tarquinbeech]

Hmmm, so what you're saying is that Notts actually don't want people to buy alcohol from them?

How stupid are people indeed..

I'm going to play Devils Advocate here, but yes....there is a certain Brewery model that we tinkered around with in the 90s, where selling LESS beer makes you more money.

Assume beer cost at 2012 prices (sold my last bar then) is £1 pint cost, add VAT then double to cover all staff costs, utilities etc gives you £2.50 pint retail with a healthy net profit of 20% in the old sky rocket.........however, if you treble the cost price to £3.60 you lose SOME customers BUT, you use a lot less staff, less glasses, less wear-n-tear on carpets, seats, less security, less hassle plus you keep the riff-raff away.....obviously if you lose HALF your customers you are back to square one in this case.....so as long as he doesn't lose half his trade, AH is making more money by selling less

[navypie]

What a load of steaming crap. Airport prices are high because they know you've got no alternatives so they rip you off for every last penny. If you believe what you've posted, you'll be telling us next that food in a Wetherspoons in an airport charges double the price of a Wetherspoons in the towns because they want to deter people from eating too much!!!

We where at Birmingham airport last year and promised the wife we would eat in Wetherspoons , saw the prices ( £ 11,45 for a burger I think ) so had a pint and got a meal deal at Boots ! Plane landed at Luton from Geneva around 11.30 yesterday , had a couple of hours to kill before the coach up to Nottingham , was hungry so got a breakfast ( the picture made it look massive ) £8.25 for 1 small banger ,I slice of bacon , a couple of beans and an egg , asked me if I would like toast , £ 2.50 " no thanks " . Glad I still had some pringles in my bag . For the record , I don't normally have a drink down the match but if I do its the Navi for me , the beer in the Meadow Club/Wheelbarrow or the Lawton Bar has always been s***e .

[tarquinbeech]

There are similar wild variations in price for exactly the same product over here. Take a pint of Strongbow for example - over £4 in many airports, around £3 in most pubs , some do it for just over £2. When we played Coventry I bought 120 440ml cans of Strongbow* from Tesco for £60 to avoid the parking charge, that's 50p per can which equates to 65p per pint!!!

* It is quite likely I'll be advised to follow a gluten free diet soon - lager and bitter are banned but cider is acceptable, so my days of Worthington E(lite) could well be numbered. Luckily I have cheap taste buds where alcohol is concerned, I even enjoy Taurus cider (Aldi's finest) which works out at less than 57p per pint.

Since 2012 I've been plagued by gout....an absolutely horrible pain and swelling starting in my big toes, spreading to other areas of the ankles etc. It got to the point where I was in absolute agony at night, tears rolling down my chubby cheeks like a girl, using a walking stick, crawling to the bathroom etc
Finally went to Long Eaton clinic where they advised me to stop drinking....hahaha, and gave me steroids and anti-purine tablets for a ridiculous rip-off price.....£4.40 I think.
Moved to Mexico, the same tablets, Alopurinol, are available over-the-counter for £1 for 20, buy 5 packs get 1 pack free.......1 tablet every morning, (plus 30 degree heat apparently help break up the crystals in your joints)....not had a twinge in 2 years now....remarkable.

[SmiffyPie]

How stupid are people... ? Notts or any club can not be seen to promote drinking with 'offers'. It is a bit like going to an airport. The prices are more expensive so to act as a deterant, so people DON'T drink to much.
Why is that hard to comprehend?
For some, it is just another way to have a go at the club!Stop talking like a tit (probably get in trouble for that with PC Plod). Prices at airports/service stations/venues are high simply to extract the maximum from a captive audience.

Wonder if there is anyone in the trade on here who could tell us the mark up?

[mickeymag]

Whats all this talk about airports we're not playing that bad yet.
What we're on about is a good watering hole before the match around the lane. Celebrite or drown sorrows.
Getting served & enough beers before the mighty pies

[JoePass]

I'm going to play Devils Advocate here, but yes....there is a certain Brewery model that we tinkered around with in the 90s, where selling LESS beer makes you more money.

Assume beer cost at 2012 prices (sold my last bar then) is £1 pint cost, add VAT then double to cover all staff costs, utilities etc gives you £2.50 pint retail with a healthy net profit of 20% in the old sky rocket.........however, if you treble the cost price to £3.60 you lose SOME customers BUT, you use a lot less staff, less glasses, less wear-n-tear on carpets, seats, less security, less hassle plus you keep the riff-raff away.....obviously if you lose HALF your customers you are back to square one in this case.....so as long as he doesn't lose half his trade, AH is making more money by selling less


Some are whinging about a couple of quid extra for drinks. Go to London Canary Wharf then whinge.

[SmiffyPie]

Some are whinging about a couple of quid extra for drinks. Go to London Canary Wharf then whinge.Perhaps some feel the squeeze at an extra couple of quid you dick! WTF has Canary Wharf got to do with NCFC?

[60YearsAPie]

Since 2012 I've been plagued by gout....an absolutely horrible pain and swelling starting in my big toes, spreading to other areas of the ankles etc. It got to the point where I was in absolute agony at night, tears rolling down my chubby cheeks like a girl, using a walking stick, crawling to the bathroom etc
Finally went to Long Eaton clinic where they advised me to stop drinking....hahaha, and gave me steroids and anti-purine tablets for a ridiculous rip-off price.....£4.40 I think.
Moved to Mexico, the same tablets, Alopurinol, are available over-the-counter for £1 for 20, buy 5 packs get 1 pack free.......1 tablet every morning, (plus 30 degree heat apparently help break up the crystals in your joints)....not had a twinge in 2 years now....remarkable.

You from the Long Eaton area, Tarkers? I was born there many years ago. My folks moved to West Bridgford when I was 8 or I might have ended up a Rams fan.

Strangely, I suffer from gout as well and take Allopurinol. I get mine for £1 a packet less than you pay though!

[i961pie]

Some are whinging about a couple of quid extra for drinks. Go to London Canary Wharf then whinge.

Maybe everyone isn't as well off as you Joe or will put up with anything Notts throw at you.

[tarquinbeech]

You from the Long Eaton area, Tarkers? I was born there many years ago. My folks moved to West Bridgford when I was 8 or I might have ended up a Rams fan.

Strangely, I suffer from gout as well and take Allopurinol. I get mine for £1 a packet less than you pay though!

;D Benefit scrounger....I'm coming back as soon as I hit the magic number.....is it 65, 66 or 67 now......every year on my birthday they move it forward a year...it's a conspiracy I tell you.

ps Yes, the kids went to Friesland.....apart from the smart one, I sent him to Trent College, £12,000 a year....I'm still waiting for him to repay me!!

[navypie]

Some are whinging about a couple of quid extra for drinks. Go to London Canary Wharf then whinge.

I could try explaining London Weighting to you but I am not sure it will sink in .

[jonnyt1]

What a load of moaning minnies.

I'd think you would expect to pay four quid plus for a pint at the vast majority of Stadiums up and down the Country.

[SwalePie]

You from the Long Eaton area, Tarkers? I was born there many years ago. My folks moved to West Bridgford when I was 8 or I might have ended up a Rams fan.

Interesting parallel. I was born in Long Eaton many years ago and my parents also moved to West Bridgford, although it was when I was just two years old. We could both have ended up as Rams fans! Interesting that we both chose the correct side of the Trent though.

[Bridg4d_Pie_]

You from the Long Eaton area, Tarkers? I was born there many years ago. My folks moved to West Bridgford when I was 8 or I might have ended up a Rams fan.

Strangely, I suffer from gout as well and take Allopurinol. I get mine for £1 a packet less than you pay though!

That's the benefit of living in West Bridgford though and there are those who still call it the Island, little do they know 60 Years. ;D

[Oldstripy]

[QUOTE=tarquinbeech;38620705];D Benefit scrounger....I'm coming back as soon as I hit the magic number.....is it 65, 66 or 67 now.

Tarkers, prescriptions are free for the over 60's.

[kill_the_drum]

I find the prices at Notts similar to anywhere else I would have a drink, and certainly in line with other stadiums. I'd much rather put my money into the club.
My issue with Notts is the service. Whether it be in the Broken Wheelbarrow or in the kop, It takes forever to get served by staff with bad attitudes and no rush in them. I no longer have a pint at half time as it's impossible to get served without missing part of the game!

[barmaidalex]

If you're coming to Wycombe on Saturday then our Fosters and Carling is just £3.60 a pint, which is what we charge every day! (Sorry though, we do have to use plastic glasses on match days) The White Horse is the 'away fans' pub and has 'exotic dancers' every afternoon from 1.00pm. (You don't have to watch - there's Sky and BT Sport on the telly) but if you do its the usual £ in the pot. Lap dances too!) On West Wycombe Road (satnav: HP11 2LR) - about a mile from the town centre going West towards the ground on the main A40. Some parking, more nearby. About 25 minutes brisk walk or plenty of cabs. Sorry, no one under 18 years old.

[Old_pie]

I find the prices at Notts similar to anywhere else I would have a drink, and certainly in line with other stadiums. I'd much rather put my money into the club.
My issue with Notts is the service. Whether it be in the Broken Wheelbarrow or in the kop, It takes forever to get served by staff with bad attitudes and no rush in them. I no longer have a pint at half time as it's impossible to get served without missing part of the game!

Meanwhile AH is having a bitch on Twitter that he had to wait 25mins for service at KFC #getyourownhouseinorderfirst

[CmonUSexyStylishPies]

Meanwhile AH is having a bitch on Twitter that he had to wait 25mins for service at KFC #getyourownhouseinorderfirst

A millionaire and eating at KFC?!

[eyepie]

That's how you get to be a millionaire. Look after the golf balls and the footballs will look after themselves.

[The-Mac pie]

That's how you get to be a millionaire. Look after the golf balls and the footballs will look after themselves.

Like it eyepie.
Very sharp

[countygump]

Like it eyepie.
Very sharp


Hmmmmmmmmmmm, picked this up offa Facebook. Anyone know owt???


Lawton bar was closed after Chesterfield game with no explanation Alan Hardy wont explain why or if it will reopen, anyone know what is happening? I heard the guy who worked behind the bar was made redundant, if thats true then it could be closing permanently.

[SmiffyPie]

Hmmmmmmmmmmm, picked this up offa Facebook. Anyone know owt???


Lawton bar was closed after Chesterfield game with no explanation Alan Hardy wont explain why or if it will reopen, anyone know what is happening? I heard the guy who worked behind the bar was made redundant, if thats true then it could be closing permanently.I heard it was because AH was introducing cashless beer pumps.

[countygump]

I heard it was because AH was introducing cashless beer pumps.


That's what I heard. You queue to get/pay for a token, for the amount of lounce you require, then you queue again to get served. I mean, what's the harm???