A Greene King spokesman told the Publican’s Morning Advertiser: “We understand the pressures faced in households across the UK during this prolonged economic downturn.
“We have worked hard to keep our prices competitive by reducing some of our best sellers in many of our pubs, continuing to hold prices in others, pegging any increases as low as we can and delaying the planned annual increase in March for draught beers.
“As a result we remain one of the best value pub retailers with some of the keenest pricing in the sector.”