Princess Alice pub Preston

20/03/2026

Well done to our 🃏 cards team for winning the cup ! Congratulations guys 🏆 Sharon O'connor

02/03/2026

Our most expensive pint is Guinness at £4.20 🤗

📣 PUBS ARE SO EXPENSIVE: PART 2! 📣

Following on from yesterday’s post!

A number of people still queried “why pubs are so expensive”…

And a follower, Kyle Michael, has kindly allowed me to share his post below to explain things a little more!

So here goes…

🤔 What is so hard for some to understand?

🤷‍♂️ Pubs are NOT expensive, the perception of cost is being distorted by the lack of disposable income, not the price!

🏛️ Blame that on government, not the publican who has cut and cut and cut his profit to keep going!

⚖️ Let’s compare beer prices to wages!

Prices used below are the average in April each year, together with the minimum wage at the same time.

Year Pint Min wage %

1998 1.87 3.00 62.3
2000 1.99 3.60 55.2
2005 2.41 4.85 49.6
2010 2.94 5.93 49.6
2015 3.44 6.40 53.7
2020 3.72 8.72 42.6 **
2023 4.56 10.41 43.8
2024 4.77 11.44 41.6
2025 5.17 12.21 41.6

** pubs shut in April 2020 so used July figure, but VAT had been reduced so pint price was artificially lower.

📣 If pubs had stayed with the same % as in 1998, an average pint would now be £7.73!

🚨 YEP: SEVEN POUND SEVENTY THREE! 🚨

👌 Time to adjust your minds and expectations and keep things real, or you simply won't have any pubs left.

Sources:
ONS for Beer Prices https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/timeseries/czms/mm23

Business Info for Min wage
https://www.nibusinessinfo.co.uk/content/national-minimum-wage-previous-rates

So what do you think? Are pubs being greedy? Or is it the government? Let me know below! 👇👇👇

02/03/2026

Right.
Apparently, pubs are “too expensive.” 😬🥵💰

I hear it every day. 🤯

Usually from someone clutching a £6 artisan coffee, scrolling TikTok on a £1,200 phone, while explaining how £6 for a pint is daylight robbery. 💎

But sure. The pub is the problem. 👌

Let me explain this slowly…

You’re not paying £6 for “beer”! 🍺

You’re paying for an experience, for a community, for…

💸 The heating being on before you arrive.
💸 The lights staying on after you leave.
💸 The loos being scrubbed (you’re welcome).
💸 The glasses being washed.
💸 The staff being paid.
💸 The licences. The insurance. The rates. The tax.
💸 The little bite the card machine takes every single time you tap.
💸 And the fact that when the cellar floods at 11pm on a Tuesday… it’s me in wellies.

You’re not just buying a drink. 🍷

You’re renting a space to exist in public without being moved on. To socialise. To make friends. To feel welcome. To belong. ❤️

Go and sit in the middle of ASDA for three hours debating VAR and see how long that lasts. Try getting banter from a self-checkout. 😅

Pubs aren’t competing with supermarket booze. 🛒

We’re competing with the idea that community should be free. 🏘️❤️

And here’s the bit I find fascinating…

The same people who mourn “the death of the British pub” are the ones who treat us like overpriced off-licences. 🍾

We don’t sell beer. 🍺

We sell:
👉 First dates that turned into marriages.
👉 Wakes where the real stories came out.
👉 “Ok, just one” that became the best night of the year.
👉 Somewhere to decompress when the world’s had enough of you and you’ve had enough of the world.

We sell a place to not be alone. 🫂

If you want cheap: stay on your sofa with a four-pack of lukewarm cans 🛋️🥵🍻

But PLEASE don’t confuse low cost with value! 🤷‍♂️

Anyway, I’ll be over here - overcharging for heating, chairs, and human interaction. 🔥🪑🤗

Tag a mate who needs to stop being a tight-arse and buy a round! You know the one. 😂👇

02/03/2026

Traditional 'gem' pub in Preston confirms temporary closure - here is when it aims to reopen and its plans for the future 👇👇

01/03/2026

Right guys just in reference to our last post . Yes we are closing , yes we will be looking to open back up however under a new management. We don’t know how long this will take but we are also aware there is a few issues within the pub which we will be looking at fixing IE tvs outside lights etc.

If there is anything you can suggest to help us keep this pub going please drop us a message , we are open to suggestions.

We are staying open on MONDAYS only for the foreseeable to accommodate our brilliant pool team 🎱.

We hope to see you all back in the summer

And try and get it back to be picture below

See you all soon, ❤️

01/03/2026

Thank you to all our customers ❤️
Unfortunately we will be closed until further notice
Please keep a lookout and we will provide any updates when possible
Thank you

27/02/2026

We are open from 11AM tomorrow folks for the preston north end game⚽️

Get yourselves in🍺🍻

21/02/2026

21/02/2026

Don’t forget we have our new game starting today 🤩

20/02/2026

Tonight’s offer between 7-8pm open till late

20/02/2026

Tomorrow we will be playing in for a penny in for a pound 🤩💵💰🤑
We will play as many times at the board fills….
You could win a £50 bar tab for 1p 🍺🍻🍾🥃🍷

20/02/2026

Tonight guys 🤩
Drinks offers to follow 🥳