Editing Wetherspoons (section)

==Food and drink==
[[File:Cask beer pumps on the Bar at the Broken Bridge, Horsefair, Pontefract (4th December 2022).jpg|thumb|right|Cask ale pumps at the Broken Bridge in [[Pontefract]].]]
[[File:WS Rochdale Chicken Katsu Curry Rice.jpg|thumb|right|Chicken katsu curry served in The Regal Moon in [[Rochdale]], as part of 'Curry Club' every Thursday]]
Wetherspoon's low-price food and drink offering is aimed at the mass market. A large standardised menu is available all day in every pub, cultivating a perception of "unpretentious good value".<ref name="cumming"/> Wetherspoons claims to be "the only large pub firm which opens all its pubs early in the morning", serving breakfast and coffee.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jdwetherspoon.com/clubs|title=Quality Food, Great Value – Food Menu |website=J D Wetherspoon|access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref> The food menu has regularly incorporated additional healthier and allergen-friendly options, and displays a calorie rating next to every item.<ref name="cumming"/>

Wetherspoons hosts ale Festivals every March/April and October, during which a larger than usual range of guest ales is available. The chain also hosts a cider festival during the summer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cask-marque.co.uk/cask-matters/wetherspoons-spring-festival-focuses-british-hops/|title=Wetherspoon's spring festival focuses on British hops|publisher=Cask Marque|date=2 February 2015|access-date=16 April 2016}}</ref> The company claims to be the biggest investor in craft beer in the country.<ref name="cumming"/>

Wetherspoons holds different 'clubs' each week, offering discounts against normal prices, such as 'Steak Club' on Tuesdays and 'Curry Club' on Thursdays.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink/wetherspoons-run-curry-club-steak-5549161|title=Wetherspoons to run Curry Club, Steak Club, and Fish Friday on every day of the week|publisher=LeicestershareLive|date=21 June 2021|access-date=1 May 2025}}</ref>

Wetherspoons objected to the [[value-added tax]] (VAT) rates on food sales in pubs and restaurants in the United Kingdom, and the fact they are higher than those paid by supermarkets.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/business_hq/21306795.pub-giant-jd-wetherspoon-slash-prices-thursday/|title=Pub giant JD Wetherspoon to slash prices on Thursday|date=12 September 2022|newspaper=Herald Scotland|access-date=14 September 2022}}</ref> VAT rates on alcoholic drinks were the same in both pubs and supermarkets.<ref>{{cite web |title=VAT rates on different goods and services |url=https://www.gov.uk/guidance/rates-of-vat-on-different-goods-and-services#food-and-drink-animals-animal-feed-plants-and-seeds|website=www.gov.uk |publisher= UK government |access-date=14 September 2022}}</ref>  When VAT was temporarily reduced from 20% to 5% during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] in 2020, Wetherspoons was one of several chains to pass some of that saving to customers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Wetherspoons launches £1.29 pint as VAT rates cut |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/vat-discount-rishi-sunak-beer-cheaper-wetherspoons-discount-a9616096.html |access-date=5 September 2020 |work=www.independent.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>