Bishop Owner sells to Green King's pub estate

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Might mean 1) Green King IPA on tap 2)Green King IPA on tap - wOhOO!

[StraferJack]

Big thread about this already in the business section

[Sue]

Greene King is one of the worst ales ever :-S

[Peckhamrye]

Agree with Sue - even Fullers would have been better and Greene King have an awful record over the last 20 years of destroying breweries...and the beer ain't that great...

[Mick Mac]

Are they going to rename it The Foresters ?

Have we taken a step back in time or have Greene King got a forward thinking strategy ?

[ClareC]

Can't say as though I welcome the news. Wonder if they will the management team in place or plan to change the pubs to their way of doing things. Hopefully the former...

[JessieW]

Sad, sad news.... new local is officially going to be that new pub THe Crooked Well.... new fav for sure!

[picapica]

Not sure The Crooked Well qualifies as a pub... Make the most of it while its there. Your starter for 10: how many incarnations has this site gone through since the demise of the Kerfield?

[Jeremy]

picapica - while in this case history would seem to support your opinion, I'd like to think that a restaurant can survive in an awkward location if it's good enough.

[KestonKid]

Peckhamrye - "even Fuller's"!!? London Pride = Nectar!

[Otta]

ClareC Wrote:

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> Can't say as though I welcome the news. Wonder if

> they will the management team in place or plan to

> change the pubs to their way of doing things.

> Hopefully the former...

I think the plan is to keep things more or less as they are, for now.

34 pubs in some of London's more upmarket areas,

Not talking about the ones in ED and Peckham obviously.

[SCSB79]

Oh, I thought the bishop was owned privately??

[Otta]

It used to be owned by a chap who built up a little collection of pubs, but he joined forces with capital a while ago.