tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post4106112402179233957..comments2024-03-29T07:17:26.082+00:00Comments on Tandleman's Beer Blog: Cheeky or Correct?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-70705982867074548172008-03-13T12:15:00.000+00:002008-03-13T12:15:00.000+00:00Ah ok. Well as you suggest in your post title, of ...Ah ok. Well as you suggest in your post title, of course, Martin is a fine one to talk about competition!Stonchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15927490011165896353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-35398931066203557882008-03-12T10:20:00.000+00:002008-03-12T10:20:00.000+00:00StonchI meant thathe is right that competition wil...Stonch<BR/><BR/>I meant thathe is right that competition will be reduced, not the Amstel bit. I should have made that clearerTandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-18977049611057906152008-03-11T15:40:00.000+00:002008-03-11T15:40:00.000+00:00Is he "undoubtedly right"? I'm not so sure.I don't...Is he "undoubtedly right"? I'm not so sure.<BR/><BR/>I don't see why the anecdote he tells about Heineken not wanting their Amstel brand trashed by 'Spoons can be built up into some kind of conspiracy theory involving the S&N takeover.<BR/><BR/>In reality lots of foreign brewers are wary of their products appearing in Wetherspoons, as it tends to devalue them in the eyes of consumers.Stonchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15927490011165896353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-46117614288435958922008-03-11T13:04:00.000+00:002008-03-11T13:04:00.000+00:00He's clearly taking a leaf from the Michael O'Lear...He's clearly taking a leaf from the Michael O'Leary book of business PR.<BR/><BR/>The phrase in these parts is "a neck like a jockey's bollocks".The Beer Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-84680317614079435942008-03-10T23:02:00.000+00:002008-03-10T23:02:00.000+00:00I always find it funny when the proponents of the ...I always find it funny when the proponents of the "free market" turn round and squeal about it. Of course, he's right, but I think there will be little sympathy in the trade for him, given his company's record.Sat In A Pubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08123038980796000837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-60204064777609075882008-03-10T20:19:00.000+00:002008-03-10T20:19:00.000+00:00Well, he is in a great position to know if it's tr...Well, he is in a great position to know if it's true or not. It probably carries more weight coming from him than from most other people in the trade.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com