No alcohol is consumed in nearly a third of all visits to the pub, with young people driving a trend towards drinking in moderation, new research has showed.
He said: It will continue for a little while. Because even with all of the openings, there still will be a lot of people who don t necessarily feel 100% comfortable going out. And they might just stick to smaller family barbecues to see people.
Fergus Fitzgerald, head brewer at Southwold-based Adnams, said the brewery had been taken aback by the success of the first reopening and is now catching up.
Fergus Fitzgerald, Adnams head brewer
- Credit: Adnams It s been very busy building stock back up, he said. The April reopening went way better than expected so we needed to catch up.
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Before today, the last guests at an Adnams hotel checked out on Boxing Day.
But Mr Attfield said the teams were prepared for the reopening. Our team knew what to expect, they d worked under these conditions before, he said. It s very similar to last summer.
Despite this they have had to replace around 100 lightbulbs in the run up to reopening and even had to fix a showerhead just hours before guests began to check in.
A spokesman for Bury St Edmunds-based brewer, Greene King, said the pub giant was excited to reopen most of its pubs and ramp up beer production.
Pub landlords with their livelihoods on the line say they have been let down as a result of declining government support - leaving the hospitality industry "on its knees".