JD Wetherspoon has come to an agreement with Heineken to stock a range of its products in its UK and Republic of Ireland pubs.
It follows its decision in December to delist all Heineken products from its 926 pubs – see our article of 9 December
Wetherspoon’s pubs in the UK will serve Heineken, Fosters, Kronenbourg 1664, Strongbow, John Smith’s Extra Smooth and Amstel.
In the Republic of Ireland its pubs will serve Beamish, Fosters and Symonds Cider.
However, the Republic of Ireland pubs will still not serve Murphy’s or Heineken. Heineken had refused to supply Heineken lager (Ireland’s biggest-selling draught beer) and Murphy’s stout to Wetherspoon’s new pub in Dun Laoghaire in the Republic of Ireland and also demanded personal guarantees from Wetherspoon chief executive, John Hutson, in order to supply any other products for the Dun Laoghaire pub.
Wetherspoon Commercial Director Paul Hine said: “We are pleased to have reached agreeable commercial terms with Heineken.
“In the Republic of Ireland we will serve the three Heineken products at prices in line with our other products.”