Wetherspoons is set to slash prices on all food and drink later this month at its pubs in the borough.
The chain is offering customers a 7.5 per cent reduction to celebrate Tax Equality Day, it has confirmed.
The promotion aims to highlight the benefit of a permanent VAT reduction in the hospitality industry. Normally, all food and drinks in pubs are subject to 20% VAT. In comparison, supermarkets pay zero VAT on food.
The chain operates pubs in Arnold, Carlton and Mapperley.
The discounted prices will be offered on Thursday, September 12, and customers will be able to get a large breakfast, which normally costs £9.99, for £9.25 – saving 74p.
A breakfast wrap, priced at £6.21, would cost £5.75 on September 21, saving you 46p.
A pint of Bud Light, priced at £4.42, would cost you £4.09 – 33p less than usual.
And a 500ml bottle of Kopparberg cider, usually priced at £5.64, would cost £5.22 on the day.
Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin claims supermarkets use these savings to “sell alcohol to customers at a discounted price”.
He said the “vast disparity in tax treatment” among pubs, restaurants and supermarkets is one of the “biggest threats” to the hospitality industry.
Mr Martin said: “Pubs have been under fantastic pressure for decades, because of the tax disadvantages which they have with supermarkets. It doesn’t make sense for the hospitality industry to subsidise supermarkets.
“A VAT cut to 12.5% is needed to ensure that pubs, bars and restaurants do not continue to close, but instead thrive, invest and create new jobs.
“Customers coming to Wetherspoon’s pubs on Thursday 12 September will find the price of their food and drinks to be lower than normal. We call on the chancellor to create tax equality between the hospitality industry and supermarkets.”
