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Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin reveals why his pubs don’t allow dogs

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Updated 15:41 18 Mar 2025 GMTPublished 13:31 20 Feb 2025 GMT

Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin reveals why his pubs don’t allow dogs

In an interview with Sky News, JD Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin explained why dogs are banned from all his pubs

Tom Earnshaw

Tom Earnshaw

Tim Martin, the boss of JD Wetherspoon, has revealed why dogs are banned from all of his pubs across with United Kingdom.

Pretty much everyone has sipped a pint or two in a Spoons at some point or another. With more than 800 of them found across the country, it's an establishment that fiercely competes with the traditional pub for your spare change earmarked for the boozer.

It's got a famously cheap pricing strategy, and punters have for years wondered how Martin earns a profit.

It's a wonder that lasts for a few seconds, mind, as attention turns to supping those cheap drinks happily purchased.

Now, in a new interview on the subject matter, 69-year-old Martin has revealed exactly how he keeps prices so cheap. But alongside this, he's also been asked to explain why dogs are banned from every Spoons in the country.

Why are Wetherspoons prices so low?

Asking if the low pricing strategy was due to the beer being close to its expiry date, Martin labelled the claim an 'urban myth'.

Instead, he said it was because they keep their profit per drink as low as possible, with a focus on huge supply turning over handsome profit margins.

"We sell a lot and have been doing for years," Martin explained.

"Our margins are low."

Why is music banned in Wetherspoons?

Tim Martin with one particular former UK prime minister (HENRY NICHOLLS/AFP via Getty Images)
Tim Martin with one particular former UK prime minister (HENRY NICHOLLS/AFP via Getty Images)

With music also banned in JD Wetherspoon establishments, Sky asked Martin why he 'hates music'.

"I don't hate music, I love it actually. But it's quite divisive.

"In the first pub we had music and I'd go to the loo and come back and The Strangers were playing at top volume so i thought in the end, with a lot of people you don't need music.

"You can choose your own when you go home, as I do myself."

Why are dogs banned in Wetherspoons pubs?

No dogs allowed (Getty Stock Images)
No dogs allowed (Getty Stock Images)

Asking why people can't bring their dog in to a Spoons pub, Martin revealed the ban wasn't initially in place.

"At pub number one I had a dog, a very nice Doberman Pinscher, but he was very frightened of other dogs and barked like hell whenever another dog came in.

"It's also a divisive issue. Some people like them in big pubs like ours, but with lots of children at half term like at the moment, it doesn't work very well."

Martin also revealed his favourite drink in his own pubs, saying Abbot Ale is his favourite labelling it the 'nectar of the Gods'.

Think I'll stick with Guinness.

Featured Image Credit: BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images

Topics: Alcohol, Cost of Living, Dogs, Instagram, Music, Pubs, Social Media, UK News, Viral, Wetherspoons

Tom Earnshaw
Tom Earnshaw

Tom joined LADbible Group in 2024, currently working as SEO Lead across all brands including LADbible, UNILAD, SPORTbible, Tyla, UNILAD Tech, and GAMINGbible. He moved to the company from Reach plc where he enjoyed spells as a content editor and senior reporter for one of the country's most-read local news brands, LancsLive. When he's not in work, Tom spends his adult life as a suffering Manchester United supporter after a childhood filled with trebles and Premier League titles. You can't have it all forever, I suppose.

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