As Wetherspoons opens a new branch in Spain, many people will be wondering just how much it costs for a pint and pub grub
Punters visiting Wetherspoons’ new pub in Spain face paying more than they would at home.
While many of the dishes and drinks are still decent value, they are typically above what they are in the chain’s high street branches.
The reason, say bosses, is that it costs more to operate pubs in airports. They point out that its prices at the new Spanish pub are comparable to its existing sites airports and railway stations in the UK.
A large breakfast is 10.25 euros (£8.84) in Spain but just £5.09 on average in the UK.
To see how they stack up, the Mirror compared other prices at the Alicante pub with those at Wetherspoons’ Solihull pub in the West Midlands, and at Gatwick Airport.
To complicate matters, some of the products are not exactly the same in terms of size and ingredients.
Here are some examples
FOOD
Margherita pizza
- Spain (11 inch) – 11.95 euros (£10.42)
- High street ( 8 inch) – £6.21
- Airport (11 inch) – £13.85
All day brunch
- Spain (without drink) – 12.95 euros (£11.30)
- High street – (with soft drink) – £10.02
- Airport (without drink) £14.40
Classic burger
- Spain (without drink) 12.95 euros (£11.30)
- High street (with soft drink) – £8.29
- Airport – £14.42
Chicken, eggs and beans
- Spain (without drink) 11.95 euros (£10.42)
- High street – (with soft drink) £8.03
- Airport (not available but ham, egg and chips – £14.05
DRINKS
Pint of Stella Artois
- Spain – 5.95 euros (£5.19)
- High street – £3.99
- Airport – £6.90
Asahi beer
- Spain (330ml) – 3.50 euros (£3.05)
- High street (660ml) – £4.63
- Airport – N/A
Pint of Greene King Abbot Ale
- Spain (550ml can) – 5.95 euros (£5.19)
- High street – £3.20
- Airport – £5.15
Guinness 0.0
- Spain (440ml can) – 4.95 euros (£4.32)
- High street (538ml) – £2.73
- Airport (538ml) – £4.50
Coca Cola/Pepsi (398ml)
- Spain – 2.95 euros (£2.57)
- High street – £1.89
- Airport – £3.10