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Publicans call on Guinness-owner Diageo to reconsider increase to price of a pint

The Vintners Federation of Ireland said that pub trade cannot keep ‘taking hits’

Publicans have said the decision by Guinness-owner Diageo to increase cost of a pint by 12 cent plus Vat “couldn’t come at a worse time.” Picture: Getty.

Publicans have called on Guinness-owner Diageo to reconsider increasing the cost of a pint by 12 cent plus Vat and said that it “couldn’t come at a worse time.”

Diageo announced that it will increase the cost of all of its range of products from the start of February to the on-trade from next month as it faces its own inflationary pressures.

Paul Clancy, chief executive of the Vintners Federation of Ireland (VFI), said that ...