BrewDog: yet another hip company using 'rebel' language to sell its stuff
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hiraethified
But they're not, by any measure, facing a 'total wipeout' as you suggested unless everyone, everywhere suddenly refuses to buy any more of their punk (LOL) produce.
I said the industry is facing total wipeout, which it is. While brewdog may be in a stronger position than many (I've no idea about this tbh - they've expanded very rapidly in the last few years and may well be overextended financially) they are facing having to close a lot of bars and make a load of people unemployed if they don't work out some way of keeping them open. Of all the things to be moaning about this week, a bar offering a drive-through service is... not one of them.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Giving it away AND paying duty on it so it's costing them well over £20 a litre. I'd be very surprised if all the firms switching production to sanitisers for the NHS aren't given a break on the duty though.
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hiraethified
Maybe if you lived in one of the most polluted areas of London you might get worked up about a business encouraging even more people to drive. And airborne pollution is very relevant to people's health, even more so right now.
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hiraethified
Or they could just abandon the whole drive-through concept, close the bar and instruct their loyal family of fake punks to buy the beer online or from an off licence or supermarket, rather than encouraging them to drive a car to the bar.
oh.
and sack all of their staff - London living wage is pretty expensive after all
great work
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hiraethified
How does discouraging them to proceed with their polluting 'drive through' initiative lead to "all of their staff" being sacked, please?
But here's what's more important that a fucking novelty, profit-driven 'drive-thru' beer dispensary: Air pollution responsible for more deaths than smoking, study says
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hiraethified
Presumably you wait outside spewing out exhaust and they trot out to hand you your precious cargo of overpriced beer.
T & P
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I’m pretty sure that would not be legal on a street like Coldharbour Lane even if there happens to be a single yellow line painted outside their premises. Certainly not calling it a drive-through. Do they have premises elsewhere, perhaps in one of the archers in the area?
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hiraethified
Their press release categorically says that you can pick up from their Brixton bar:
And their website says:
Maybe they can add a bit of extra polluting congestion as the cars have to wait outside and create a traffic jam behind. Awesome!!HOW TO ORDER
1. Download the Hop Drop app. 2. Select which bar you’re collecting from. 3. Take your pick from our mouth-watering food menu or range of drinks. We’ll even can your chosen draught beer fresh from our taps! 4. Enter your Drive Thru code at the checkout and place your order. 5. Drive to your chosen bar and a member of our awesome bar crew will drop your food off at your car.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
It's a pick up job. Order on the app then pick it up from Brixton Brewdog. It'll probably be used mostly by people who don't live in Brixton but can pass through on their way back into London from the south. Keep the engine running, grab your beers and you're away, boom! No need to spend any longer in Brixton than absolutely necessary.
Proper Tidy
Arsed
Maybe I'm missing something but I would've thought there was a more obvious problem with a drive thru pub than pollution or parking
klang
klang
few years ago in Bavaria they passed the glorious law that petrol stations were only allowed to sell beer to drivers, not pedestrians. that regulation was abandoned after a few weeks and never mentioned again.
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hiraethified
You've certainly missed the post where your exact point has already been made, but you'd be ill advised to play down the impact of air pollution, which kills millions every year.
Encouraging people to drive in Brixton - an area that is in the top 20% in London for levels of traffic and pollution, but in the bottom 20% in London for car ownership - in the name of profit seems pretty reckless to me.
Air pollution responsible for more deaths than smoking, study says
‘EU lagging a long way behind’ in tackling toxic air, say researchers as study shows pollution deaths double previous estimates
www.independent.co.uk
Proper Tidy
Arsed
I've read every post and none mention that having a drive thru pub could be seen to be encouraging drink driving tho
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
There is a pub at the Beaconsfield services on the M40.
First motorway pub 'offers deadly temptation to drivers'
Opening of Wetherspoon's at M40 services alarms campaigners but chain says: 'We do not live in a nanny state'
discobastard
Well-Known Member
That’s because it’s utter bollocks.
Proper Tidy
Arsed
What's utter bollocks, that brew dog are promoting drive thru pubs or that drive thru pubs promote drink driving?
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Promoting DD I reckon. It no more encourages drink driving than picking up booze from and offie or supermarket in a car.
Proper Tidy
Arsed
Who knows but it's how it will be perceived. Could well cause licensing problems. Do drive through maccie ds promote eating burgers in your car, think it would be reasonable to conclude that yes they do
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
I don't think so. Not if it was dangerous and illegal. The type of dick who would drink and drive just because he got the booze from a drive through is the type of dick who would drink and drive anyway. Let's face it, all that's happening here is that someone's bringing your (sealed and packaged) booze out to the car instead of you going in to pick it up. This is just Brewdog doing what they do best and hyping the brand with something a bit controversial to get people discussing them. Don't be surprised when these 'drive throughs' quietly disappear after a while.
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Proper Tidy
Arsed
Might just be selling take out but they are marketing it as a drive thru. Imagine there is a reason we have drive thru coffee and burgers and banks but not pubs tbf
it'll disappear from this weekend when london gets locked down. They just need to clear as many perishables as possible and make a few last sales before shuttering.Don't be surprised when these 'drive throughs' quietly disappear after a while.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
The problem is not that it causes drink driving, but that it causes driving. It's obviously better to drive sober than to drive drunk, but either way it's selfish and kills people.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
I don't care if it encourages driving in Brixton though because I don't live there any more. I do drive through it every weekend in the summer though, so the additional congestion may be a bit irritating but as I mentioned before, this is marketing hype which I doubt will last long.
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