Wetherspoon boss Sir Tim Martin warns that soaring wage bills and tax rises will force him to charge you more for your pint, with recent hikes hitting pubs far harder than supermarkets View 3 Images Pub-goers should brace for print rises, warns Wetherspoon boss Sir Tim Martin (Image: Getty Images)

Wetherspoon boss Sir Tim Martin has warned that you'll soon have to pay more for a pint in a pub. ‌

A surge in wage bills and taxes is hammering pubs much more than shops. A 10% pay rise adds just 1.5p in a supermarket but puts 15p on the cost of a pint in a pub, he said. ‌

Wage rises hit pubs ten times harder than grocers because staff make up a massive chunk of a pub’s costs. While shoppers simply pick cans off a shelf, pub-goers require several staff members to serve them.

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