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Nisha Mal

Quick! Wetherspoons is having a 24-hour sale on food and drink

If you are going for a meal, or planning on having some post-work drink tonight, Wetherspoons is a good place to visit.

It's pretty reasonable on any given day, but today (Thursday, 19 September) the chain is having a 24-hour sale on food and drink.

Customers will be able to buy meals and drinks for a cheaper price, 7.5 per cent cheaper to be exact.

The total price of a meal and drink is reduced from £10 to £9.25.

While it isn't a huge saving, Spoons only rolled out a widespread discount once a year for the past two years.

Items on the menu will have the normal price on them, but the discount will be applied when you pay.

Steak and chips at Spoons (Reach Plc)

The sale is on all day and it also applies to breakfast and meals deal, like Curry Club which happens every Thursday.

Wetherspoons has cut the prices in pubs across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland as part of its Tax Equality Day.

The event aims to highlight the benefit of a VAT reduction in the hospitality industry.

Wetherspoon’s founder and chairman, Tim Martin, said: “Pubs suffer a huge disadvantage, paying about 16 pence in business rates per pint versus about two pence for supermarkets.

“In addition, there is a huge VAT inequality and unfairness.

“A reduction in the level of VAT, on a long-term basis, will create a level playing field and generate growth and jobs in the important leisure and hospitality sector and help the high street, of which pubs form an integral part.

“Customers coming to our pubs on Thursday 19 September will find that the price of their food and drinks is lower than normal.

Briar Rose - beer signs on the bar (Graham Young)

“We are keen to highlight the amount customers could save, if VAT in pubs were lowered permanently.

“We’re aiming to make it the busiest day of the entire year in our pubs.”

UK Hospitality’s chief executive, Kate Nicholls, said: “Tax Equality Day is a great way to highlight just how hospitality businesses are disproportionately hit by VAT.

“Pubs are paying around one-third of their turnover in tax, which seriously restricts their ability to invest in their venues and staff and increases prices for customers.

“A cut in the rate of VAT for the hospitality sector could help to address this unfairness and allow pubs and bars to invest in their businesses and staff members, while providing even greater choice for customers.”

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