Major pub chain makes change to how you pay for pints and punters aren’t happy – see the list of areas
A MAJOR pub chain has made a change to how you pay for drinks and food – but some punters have been left bemused.
Greene King is trialling cashless payments across a small number of its boozers.
The chain, which operates around 2,700 pubs, restaurants and hotels across the UK, said it is doing so in establishments where the majority of transactions are already made by bank card.
The trial has been rolled out at boozers in the North West, South East and Midlands.
However, a spokesperson wouldn’t confirm which exact pubs.
They said: “We’re undertaking a trial in a small number of our pubs where card payments make up more than 90% of all transactions.
“This is an ongoing trial and we have not made a business decision to permanently go cashless in this small number of pubs, or any other of our pubs, at this stage.”
The change has been met with anger and bemusement by some customers.
One said on Twitter: “One of my local Greene King pubs has just gone cashless,” adding: “Are you aware that many people only use cash at the moment as it’s easier to monitor cash flow in these hard times?”
Another punter said: “Cash is king. Drink somewhere else that takes cash.”
A third said on Facebook: “It is indeed a beyond sad day when such a major outlet of such beautiful pubs across this country makes the decision, with no consultation of or care for its customers, to go completely cashless.”
Some parts of the UK have gone almost entirely cashless, meaning the vast majority of transactions are made via bank card.
Meanwhile experts have predicted all cash machines will have disappeared across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland by 2037.
But fears have been raised that it could lead to identity theft as people leave their digital imprint after making purchases.
It comes after The Sun visited three UK cities and discovered some of the biggest chains have gone cash-free.
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