Dawn of the £8 pint in London for first time as inflation bites - Evening Standard

The price of a pint has passed £8 in London for the first time as pubs are hit by spiralling inflation.

Drinkers paid £2.30 on average for a pint in 2008, but soaring ingredient costs pushed that to £3.95 this year. This represents a 72 per cent increase since the financial crash, according to hospita… [+1462 chars]

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