The City, the pubs and women The revolution of the British leisure industry
Honestly, we are innocent. We did not know a thing. That Danone sold Kronenbourg after we had published our 1999 European beer report - pure coincidence. That Whitbread’s and Bass’s beer interests came up for sale after our UK beer report was out - another coincidence. You think that’s too many coincidences? Come to think of it, you may be right. Before Bass, S&N and Whitbread change beyond recognition, let’s stop the wheel of the UK’s pub industry roulette for a moment.
What a year it was that was. Who would have thought that the bedrock names of British brewing, as we have known them for, indeed, centuries, would disappear from the face of the earth in the course of a few months? If the Iron Lady had known the consequences of her deeds ... Or perhaps not......
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