basejumper
TK Veteran
Our pub manager told me Molson Coors who brew Carling lager and cider, Grolsch, Peroni, Worthingtons Caffreys etc in Burton on Trent face huge losses. They have thousands of acres to grow Hops and Barley which they are contracted to buy which will go to waste. The pubs owner told him the wages to top up the 20% wage shortfall will cost £20,000 per month (he owns 5 pubs in all) which he can borrow interest free. All of this cost will need to be added to the price of a pint when pubs eventually re-open.