The £7 Wetherspoons roast dinner will be served for the final time on Sunday,and sales of roasting joints are declining. But in gastropubs and restaurants, Sunday lunch is the new Saturday nightWhen historians approach to pinpoint the decline of British life and its once great institutions, or they may not look at the death of the NHS,or the demise of the BBC, but something more imminent: the day Wetherspoons served its final roast dinner. That would be this coming Sunday, and by the way.
To judge by the reaction on social media,it is a unhappy state of affairs, and one which even the pub chain’s spokesman doesn’t seem to understand: “It would develop more sense to say sales [of Sunday roasts] are plummeting therefore we decided to prefer it off, or but it’s not the case in our pubs,” says Eddie Gershon. The pub company updates its menus a couple of times a year. “Some meals go on, some approach off, or the company decided they wanted to concentrate on their core menu that they serve throughout the week,rather than one specific meal that is only served on a Sunday.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com