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Drinkers lose up to £114 a year over beer and wine short measures, study reveals (www.standard.co.uk)

submitted 5 months ago by Emperor@feddit.uk to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

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More than two-thirds of beer and wine served in UK pubs and bars is short measured, a survey by Trading Standards suggests.

Officers who visited 77 pubs and bars were served 96 short measures out of 137 orders, meaning approximately 70% were less than the prescribed quantity required by The Weights and Measures Order for pints and half pints and 175ml glasses of wine.

Of the short measures, 41 were under by 5% or more – 29% of the 137 drinks tested.

Some 86% of all beer ordered was short measured, as was 43% of wine.

The average deficit for short-measured beer was 4%, while for wine it was 5%.

For the average beer drinker, this equates to a loss of £1.70 per week, or £88.40 a year, and for an average wine drinker in the UK this jumps to £2.20 per week or £114.40 per year, the Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) said.

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[–] fubarx@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Totally agree. I'm paying for beer, not foamy air. And out in these parts, there are no glasses with measuring lines.

Actually sat down and built a spreadsheet to figure out how much a bar or restaurant profited based on how much foam they pour. The numbers are eye-opening.

I'll have to readjust the tables, though. Met friends at my favorite hangout last night. Overnight, they had bumped the price of a pint by $2 up to $10. May be time to find a new favorite hangout.

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 2 points 5 months ago

I’ll have to readjust the tables, though. Met friends at my favorite hangout last night. Overnight, they had bumped the price of a pint by $2 up to $10. May be time to find a new favorite hangout.

Might be time to move to another city. My local just raised the price of Theakstons by 20p and there was almost murder over it.