WETHERSPOON is holding a massive January sale with pints from just 99p at hundreds of pubs.
The January sales are usually reserved for shops and online retailers, but this year the pub chain has decided to slash its prices too.
The sale will run from Friday, January 2 until Thursday, January 15 in more than 600 pubs across the UK.
It will start from Saturday, January 3 in Scottish pubs.
Drinkers can get a pint of Worthington’s beer for only 99p, while a 250ml glass of Coldwater Creek wine will be just £2.99.
If you’re more of a spirits drinker, you can get Johnnie Walker Black Label or Tanqueray gin with a mixer for £1.99.
Low and no-alcohol options are also included in the deal.
You can get Guinness 0.0, Corona Cero, Brewdog Punk AF, Stella Artois Alcohol Free, Erdinger Isotonic, Thatchers Zero, Kopparberg Alcohol Free, or Gordons 0.0 Pink Gin for £1.69.
Beck’s Blue and San Pellegrino Aranciata Rossa will be 99p each.
There will be savings on food too, with meals starting from just £4.99.
You can get an 11-inch Margherita pizza or a Crunchy Chicken Burger served with chips or a side salad for £4.99 with a soft drink.
If you want an alcoholic drink with your meal, it’s £6.42.
A choice of six jacket potatoes, plus three new gourmet options, will be in the sale.
A jacket potato with a choice of one filling (from tuna mayo, coleslaw, chilli bean non-carne, cheese, baked beans, roasted vegetables) will cost £4.99 including a soft drink and £6.52 for an alcoholic drink.
Customers can add an extra filling or side salad for 99p.
The gourmet jacket potatoes are new to the menu and will cost £6.49 with a soft drink and £8.02 with an alcoholic drink.
The Loaded Spud is topped with cheese, maple-cured bacon, garlic butter and sour cream.
The Mexican Spud, a vegetarian option, is loaded with chilli bean non-carne, cheese, guacamole, crushed tortilla chips, sliced chillies and coriander.
The Smoky Spud is loaded with pulled BBQ beef brisket, cheese, smoky chipotle mayo and slice chillies.
Wetherspoon founder and chairman Tim Martin said: “Department stores and shops hold their sales in January, so it is the perfect time to have a sale in the pub too.
“The range of drinks and food on sale in the pub is aimed at suiting a wide variety of tastes. We have included a large selection of low and non-alcoholic drinks.
“I believe that the January Sale will prove popular with our customers.”
It’s not yet clear which pubs will be running the promotion.
Prices at 200 other Wetherspoon pubs may vary.
If you’re wanting to head down to a Spoons today, most opened at 8am and will close at their usual Friday time (often 1am).
The boozers will be serving food as usual, after stopping food service on Christmas Day.
Britain’s pubs need saving
The Spoons sale comes as pubs and the wider hospitality industry are struggling with rising costs.
Sir Tim had warned Chancellor Rachel Reeves ahead of her Autumn Budget that boozers are desperately in need of support and are being crippled by high taxes.
But pub landlords claim the axing of a 40% business rates discount in the Budget means they will be paying up to £30,000 more.
It’s now claimed up to 1,000 publicans have banned Labour MPs from their pubs in response.
Rising costs have forced many pubs to push up their prices, with the average price of a pint hitting over £5 for the first time this year.
Pubs are “desperately trying to serve reasonably priced pints, yet barely any profits are earned,” says CAMRA pub and club campaigns director Gary Timmins.
Many are under a huge amount of financial pressure after they were hit by hikes to employer National Insurance (NI) contributions in April.
The industry has also been hit by the rising cost of energy bills.
Publicans will now have to cough up more in wages from next spring as the National Living Wage will rise by 4.7% to £12.71 an hour.
