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Consumer price sensitivity : price of pint of beer / lager

By how much would beer/lager have to increase in a pub/bar for you to drink significantly less than now?

A lot of attention is given to beer/lager pricing in supermarkets (at WDR we are as guilty as anyone).

  • However, when British adults go to a pub or bar, how sensitive are they to any changes in the price of a pint?
  • When the Chancellor sticks another 3p on a pint, does anyone drink less as a result?

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Extract from WDR V3 : all drinkers (p62)

Source : YouGov Mar 2010, WDR analysis
Base size : 1,750 British adult drink