Do you now buy your booze in the supermarket?

Over 500 pubs closed in 2023 with this year expected to see many more- due to high prices in pubs.

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00:00 I think it's more of an age thing now, so as I've got older you get more settled.

00:04 But I love, we love going out, don't we? You go out to the mat.

00:07 I go to the mat, so I will spend money in pubs and things like that.

00:12 But I know what you mean.

00:14 So it's a midweek drink and stop a little bit because, well, you want to try and lose a bit of weight.

00:20 It really is a bit of both, and I know it sounds a bit like cliché,

00:23 but if I go out, I'll go out and I'll spend the money and what have you.

00:28 I don't do that often. I'm a mum of five. I'm a nurse, so I don't often go out as such,

00:35 but if I do, I'll go out and I'll spend the money.

00:38 Also, the price is quite exorbitant as well, but you've got to support these pubs,

00:43 otherwise they'll all die. That's the problem.

00:45 Drinking more, don't you? I drink more.

00:47 But we drink, am I allowed to mention a name? No? Yes.

00:52 Wetherspoons. You can't beat it.

00:56 Cheapest chips!

00:58 (laughing)