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Re:UK Pub chain JD Wetherspoon shuts its social media accounts by bengale on Monday April 16, 2018 @06:05AM (#16847846)
Yeah this is a huge part of it, also the public nature of complaints on social media wasn't helping them. They were referred to as the mcdonalds of pubs elsewhere here but the food quality is much worse; its all microwaved packets from filthy 'kitchens'.
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Re:UK Pub chain JD Wetherspoon shuts its social media accounts by north_east_dev on Monday April 16, 2018 @06:07AM (#16847852)
> filthy 'kitchens'

Where are you getting that from? I know lots of people who've worked there and the stories of the over-the-top cleaning were constant from all.

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Re:UK Pub chain JD Wetherspoon shuts its social media accounts by isostatic on Monday April 16, 2018 @06:10AM (#16847866)
93% of weatherspoons have a 5/5 food hygiene rating
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Re:UK Pub chain JD Wetherspoon shuts its social media accounts by tim333 on Monday April 16, 2018 @06:14AM (#16847878)
Also having eaten there I'd say mostly not microwaved.
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Re:UK Pub chain JD Wetherspoon shuts its social media accounts by timrichard on Monday April 16, 2018 @06:53AM (#16848036)
I used to know people working at their branches, and it's mostly microwaved. The exceptions are a few items like steak, of course.
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Re:UK Pub chain JD Wetherspoon shuts its social media accounts by matthewmacleod on Monday April 16, 2018 @06:54AM (#16848043)
Yeah – I mean, the food is generally _awful_, but that's because it's bargain-basement stuff, not because of any inadequacy in food safety.
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Re:UK Pub chain JD Wetherspoon shuts its social media accounts by setquk on Monday April 16, 2018 @06:29AM (#16847944)
At Trowbridge, a rat stole someone's food off a table a couple of years back.
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Re:UK Pub chain JD Wetherspoon shuts its social media accounts by letsgetphysITal on Monday April 16, 2018 @07:00AM (#16848063)
Meanwhile, in the other just under 1000 locations across the UK, nothing untoward of merit occurred.

One sample does not data make.

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Re:UK Pub chain JD Wetherspoon shuts its social media accounts by setquk on Monday April 16, 2018 @07:12AM (#16848108)
Not so sure. Check the lowest bidding suppliers as well https://www.food.gov.uk/news-updates/news/2018/16850/action-...

They pulled half the menu at 900 locations due to that.

Also it’s pretty easy to get a 5 food hygiene rating with a static menu. It’s mostly procedural stuff which is easy on large scale places.

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