UK pubs have been forced to pour a massive 87 million pints of beer down the drain during the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to data produced by an industry association, through the Press Association, pubs have no choice but to throw out their waste beer, with locations closed due to the ongoing nationwide lockdown.
The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) estimates that this could add up to a incredible £ 331 million in losses, based on the national average price of £ 3.81 per pint.
Estimated loss could amout to a massive 331 million pounds (over 454m USD)
The hospitality industry continues to be hit hard by lockdown restrictions, with BBPA Chief Executive Emma McClarkin claiming that a "wave of closures and employee losses" is inevitable with further government funding.
“Our industry is in limbo and at various times over the past 12 months, pubs and breweries have had to effectively waste their earnings,” she said.
“We have no idea or clarity from the government when we can reopen.
“Without support (after the end of March), there will be no pubs or brewers to brew and serve beer when we can reopen”.
The UK government has confirmed that it plans to draft a lockdown easing roadmap later this month, with detailed dates for certain sectors to reopen, but the Covid-19 government advisers are likely to propose an early return for pubs.
Dr Marc Baguelin, of Imperial College London, who operates as a government advisor as part of the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modeling (SPI-M), has claimed that reopening pubs before May would be a 'bump' in UK transmission speeds. can cause. .
The BBPA conducted a survey of its members - who brew 90% of UK beer - to estimate how much has been wasted since the start of the pandemic.
