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by Stuart Mills

Milk vending machine a great hit at pub

A licensee in Staffordshire has installed a vending machine outside his pub after the local council refused him permission to open a shop on the premises.

 

Vending machine: selling 40 gallons of milk a day

Peter Wilkinson, of the Raddle Inn in Hollington, believes that “pubs need to diversify” to survive cheap alcohol deals in supermarkets and attract younger customers back in.

The vending machine, which is monitored by CCTV, serves bread, milk, eggs, bacon and butter. Wilkinson told the Publican’s Morning Advertiser it is currently selling 40 gallons of milk per week.

“Pubs need to offer something different with supermarkets selling cheap drink”, said Wilkinson.

He added: “A lot of young people don’t see the pub as a meeting place anymore because they can contact each other using their mobile phones.”

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by Stuart Mills

Hurray for the Sunday Mirror’s campaign to save the Great British Pub

Save Our Pubs: The Sunday Mirror’s campaign to save the Great British local from extinction

They have been at the heart of our communities for centuries – but now Britain’s pubs are under threat.

Six close down every day and those still open face a constant struggle to survive.

The local is in crisis.

So today the Sunday Mirror calls on PM David Cameron to honour his election promise that his Government would be “pub-friendly and take the urgent action needed to protect a treasured national institution”. Click here to read more.