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No more pubs all for sale.
Sense all makes no that at.
Strange old Brains company are
I recognise most of those Cardiff pubs, however, where is the 'Pear Tree', Roath?
Would that have once been the 'Yellow Kangaroo', although I always thought that was a free-house?
Yeah, it's the corner one by Wellfield RdQuote:
Originally Posted by Rock_Flock_of_Five
But the 'Yellow Kangaroo' was just off Newport Road, a stone's throw from the 'Clifton'?Quote:
Originally Posted by JamesWales
Oh sorry, no...the yellow kangeroo is now The Four Elms - The same small chain that owns The Queens Vaults in town. It's as good a local as you could wish for.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rock_Flock_of_Five
https://www.jwbpubs.com/
The Pear Tree is on Wellfield Rd/Albany Rd and it was formally an Aussie themed bar, so when you said Yellow Kangaroo I thought you meant that.
was it bar billabong?Quote:
Originally Posted by JamesWales
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Originally Posted by JamesWales
The Yellow Kangaroo, was The Four Elms for years before they changed the name
Thats the one..Quote:
Originally Posted by Rjk
It would seem that the 'Yellow Kangaroo' has reverted back to its former name. I'm surprised it's not a solicitors office or a double glazing showroom already - a very strange clientele used to get in there.Quote:
Originally Posted by JamesWales
Ah, when you said the 'Pear Tree' used to be an Aussie themed bar on Wellfield Road, I know where you mean now.
Cheers for that!
I guessed that may have been the case, but didnt know.Quote:
Originally Posted by BLUETIT
Like The Bluebell..back to the future
You beat me to it.Quote:
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Have a good quiz night there.Quote:
Originally Posted by JamesWales
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Originally Posted by JamesWales
Loved the bluebellQuote:
Originally Posted by JamesWales
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Originally Posted by AfricanBluebird
No past tense needed, it’s still open
And it was originally named 42nd Street. Shit name and all that.Quote:
Originally Posted by JamesWales
If AfricanBluebird no longer visits the Bluebell, the past tense is quite appropriate to use.Quote:
Originally Posted by BLUETIT
Marston took the operation over , got a feeling they didn't want to pay the money Brains wanted for the properties, hence the half deal and side running them now realiise a lot of these pubs are no longer attractive and youngsters don't bother with pubs.
Lots of Brains pubs are in attractive development areas ie Pontcanna, Llandaff, Whitchurch , Pentyrch etc , we may end up with flats instead of pubs and Marstons may cherry pick the sites they want.???
The best Pub business model in the UK is weatherspoons
If a business is doing well competitors tend to pinch ideas and use them to enhance their respective business
Sadly NOT Brains
Weatherspoons sold 50 million coffees- 24 million breakfasts and more Curry than any other restaurant in the UK and that was according to my google search, in 2015.
Weatherspoons has 8 pubs in and around Cardiff and they’re all busy.
Brains pubs have languished in the past.
Does anyone know exactly how much the developers paid Brains to move from its prized prime real estate plot in town?
It would have added lots of Zeros to the families bank balances for sure.
Covid has obviously played a part but in my opinion of only speeding up the sale of its estate.
the strong is force in thread this
Wetherspoons do ok as well:hehe:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sunnysideup
I haven’t read but assume this is a sale and leaseback scheme, not closing all pubsQuote:
Originally Posted by life on mars
Maybe they will listen to individual offers selling some outright if it makes financial sense
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Originally Posted by WJ99mobile
Marstons have already taken over the tenancies of the pubs, Brains just wanna sell them now and pass over to new owners