Wetherspoon ( J.d.) Share Discussion Threads

[arja] 03/8/2020 14:57

odd how WTB recovered well today but JDW showing no signs of doing same thing . I always thought the food at wetherspoon was not great but what to expect when you know who is in charge !

[gozzie2] 03/8/2020 14:28

Wow never seen Bolton so dead .I'm going to put shares in this really we have just walked out of wetherspoons my mate has no patience the barman no manners .The menu was so small he couldn't read it and the barman replied he could so it didn't go down well lol .These pubs are dead .Invest for the longterm sure but I've never seen it like this and I've been coming years

[arja] 03/8/2020 11:44

yes tim3, a lot of activity in £8 area and might hold but a trend in motion is hard to stop and the word "momentum" comes to mind . The whole sector is suffering for obvious reasons

[tim 3] 03/8/2020 11:28

EI Yes have gone "dry" a few times it does have its benefits but can get boring but you have to put your health first!

As you say arja £8 is support and pretty good support too will be interesting to see if it holds.

[johnwise] 03/8/2020 11:01

Pub owner hits back at scientists demanding pubs' closure - 'Better trained than NASA'

OWNER Jonathan Downey hit back at the UK's top scientists after members of the SAGE committee suggested pubs may have to close once again in order for schools to reopen in September.

"We've been training our staff better than NASA astronauts for the last few weeks to be prepared to deal with COVID-19 issues.

"I don't see this is an either or question."

[arja] 03/8/2020 10:02

awful looking chart and support at 800 level and almost there today ! But sadly it is quite likely to fall much further and chart just represents the fundamentals in this case I think

[essentialinvestor] 02/8/2020 23:14

Tim, had a bottle of Abbot Reserve last, very nice.
Had to knock regular drinking on the head last year,
if not I would drink that one frequently!.

[tim 3] 02/8/2020 22:20

Yes would probably be half price now!

There were nearly as many staff as customers tonight and it probably their second busiest night.

[essentialinvestor] 02/8/2020 19:09

How much could they have bought Greene King for now!, shareholders who benefited
from that takeover must be thanking their lucky stars - although some may have reinvented the proceeds in the same sector.

[tim 3] 02/8/2020 19:09

The over 50's restrictions seems to be much more likely than closing pubs again if the press are to be believed.

[tim 3] 02/8/2020 19:01

Had a meal at a Greene king Hungry Horse usually packed on a Sunday was nearly empty.Good meal though and spotless clean with good distancing etc

[johnwise] 02/8/2020 16:15

Yet another contradiction. On one hand the government wants people to work to 66. On the other hand, they now want to order people over the age of 50 to be prisoners in their own homes, our younger age group , who seem obsessed with packing onto the seaside beaches and holding raves in the street at night continue to do as they please?

Millions of over 50s could be told to stay at home to avoid a blanket second lockdown under 'nuclear plans' drawn up by Boris Johnson after bubble bursts on easing lockdown

[konradpuss] 02/8/2020 15:30

Essential, Tim is no 'spring chicken'.

When he sells I guess he will sell his 'boat load' and that will lead to a bid for the company.

Now Coke bought Costa - you never know......

Konradpuss looking far into the future in his imaginary crystal ball.

[gozzie2] 02/8/2020 15:26

Yes good guessing can make you money lol .

[essentialinvestor] 02/8/2020 15:07

GOZ, has Tim bought recently?, no he has sold and notice he took very
few in the placing.

I'm guessing he knows the Company better than any of us - yes he still holds a
boatload of shares.

None of us have a crystal ball though, so to an extent this is guesswork.

[gozzie2] 02/8/2020 15:01

The reason I go on about the virus is if you can predict the way it will go you have a good chance of making money in the stockmarket as in march .A vaccine and this will fly .More lockdown and the reverse its that simple .

[gozzie2] 02/8/2020 14:59

Its as I feared at the start in that we will all catch it one day .It can't be stopped unless it was complete lockdown and the army on the streets and then everybody from outside was quarantined and thats not practical. The only reason for lockdown was to not overwhelm the NHS and we just have to get used to an acceptable level of risk and weekly fatalities.

[essentialinvestor] 02/8/2020 14:49

Exactly, if asked to I have no problem with it.

[tim 3] 02/8/2020 14:16

Yes it will include a lot of older people possibly myself included however I am prepared to make that sacrifice if it means that in the longer term we can get through this.I think it is becoming clear that we can not just all go onto lockdown indefinitely as it will just emerge again when we come out.I have friends in Spain who had proper lockdown you could not even go out for exercise and when shopping you had to show receipts to show it was for necessity's only and it had to be your nearest supermarket yet as soon as they can out of lockdown it comes back.

[jfb1510] 02/8/2020 14:07

Gozzie2, snap I will be frequenting my local tomorrow. Popped in yesterday and the number of outside covers had increased by 60 as they had got 10 new 6 seater picnic tables.So tomorrow I can enjoy 3 small plates for £5.50 or a mum with 2 children can have 3 8 inch pizzas for £5.50. Why cook at these prices.

[essentialinvestor] 02/8/2020 13:55

It also includes me!.

[gozzie2] 02/8/2020 13:41

These underlying health problems include a huge proportion of older people .I don't know many of my friends including myself that don't have either high blood pressure or diabetes. When I first thought of underlying problems I thought of people being seriously ill at the time .

[tim 3] 02/8/2020 13:18

Agree you cant just say over 50's I know plenty in that age group who are fit as a fiddle, age has to be just one factor along with other health factors like obesity and existing conditions.

[essentialinvestor] 02/8/2020 13:10

Doubt it would start with all over 50's, it may start at over 50's with particular
medical conditions, or over 70 etc. In any case we dont know how the virus infection rates will progress.

[gozzie2] 02/8/2020 13:05

That maybe the correct approach but for spoons it wouldn't be great .In my local one midweek I would say around 70% would be over 55 .That's a lot of custom down most having meals .