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# Lichfield pub to cut food and drink prices as part of campaign calling for permanent VAT reduction
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/lichfield-pub-to-cut-food-and-drink-prices-as-part-of-campaign-calling-for-permanent-vat-reduction/
- Published: 2021-09-13T06:10:46.000Z
- Updated: 2021-09-13T06:10:56.000Z
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Business, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 19:15, News

A Lichfield pub is to cut the price of all food and drink as part of a campaign to highlight the benefit a permanent VAT reduction could have on the hospitality industry.

![The Acorn Inn](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/lichfield_the-acorn-2.jpg)

The Acorn Inn

The Acorn Inn on Tamworth Street will drop prices by 7.5% on 23rd September to make Tax Equality Day.

It will mean a pint of beer costing £1.99 will be reduced to £1.84 and a breakfast costing £3.59 will cost £3.32 on the day.

At present all food and drink in pubs is subject to 5% VAT as a result of the cut in July 2020\. However, this will change on 1st October 1, when the rate will rise to 12.5%, with the Government’s aim of returning VAT to 20% in stages in 2022.

The pub’s manager, Sharon Owen, said:

> “It is unfair that supermarkets pay zero VAT on food, but pubs and restaurants, in normal circumstances, pay 20%.  
>  
> “Pubs have been under fantastic pressure for decades due to the tax disadvantages it has with supermarkets.  
>  
> “Customers coming to The Acorn Inn on 23rd September will find the price of their food and drink is lower than normal. However, as a result of the VAT increase to 12.5% on 1st October, we will have to increase food prices. “Therefore, on 29th September, we will increase prices on our meals by 50p.  
>  
> “We urge the Chancellor to create tax equality between pubs and supermarkets by making the current VAT regime for pubs permanent.”  
>  
> Sharon Owen, The Acorn Inn

The reduction is being applied across JD Wetherspoon pubs across the country as part of the campaign.