Greed

What companies will do for an extra buck.  The Times reports:

If winning on penalties wasn’t enough of a shock for England fans last night, they were in for a further surprise after one of Britain’s biggest pub groups said it had added up to 50p to the price of a pint on many match days.

Stonegate Pubs, which runs 690 venues around the country, including Slug & Lettuce and Yates pubs, said that it has been boosting the price of some drinks by between 10p and 50p in order to cover the cost of extra staff and plastic glasses.

Pubs and bars were expected to receive a World Cup windfall even without a price rise, with the British Beer and Pub Association predicting that an extra six million pints would be consumed during England’s clash with Colombia. During England’s first three matches transactions in bars increased 126 per cent, according to figures published last week.

Disgraceful.