Nightclub market shrinking as younger people stay at home, says pub boss

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Nightclub market shrinking as younger people stay at home, says pub boss

Phil Urban, the chief executive of Mitchells & Butlers, said the group would not look to grow in that market because of the challenges it faces.

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Rayquetzalcoatl

lemmy.world

£12 for a vodka coke last time I went out... No thanks 😂

mannycalavera

feddit.uk

I'd imagine £8.50 for a pint is one of those challenges.

Rumbelows

lemmy.world

It’s a mystery. Who can possibly help us uncover the secrets of this social phenomena?

Oh wait, relative to previous generations, they’ve got no fucking money and it costs about five times what it used to.

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ttrpg.network

Yeah I was going to say. It's like that "no take only throw" meme with the dog. Capitalists want us to spend money, but they don't want to pay us enough money. Just spend what we don't have.

If I had a nice job I'd be out spending a lot more money. But they want to replace everyone with AI, or off shore, or whatever.

hector

sh.itjust.works

BrikoX reply

lemmy.zip

I like your priorities. Music and drugs everything else is delegated to "etc...".

hector reply

sh.itjust.works

bedbeard

feddit.uk

Mr Urban said younger people were straying from previous generations who would be more inclined to “go out late night and stay out”. “I think social media means that you don’t have to do that to stay in touch with your friends,” he told PA.

Perhaps Phil should ask a younger person? Or fund some research into this? I think he'd quickly realise it has fuck all to do with social media or home delivery. But no, more sports pubs are the answer.