The Scottish Beer & Pub Association, the leading trade association representing brewers and pubs in Scotland, has today revealed that Scottish pubs will miss out on 1.2 million in sales of pints and 350,000 in sales of meals due to the lockdown of pubs this Mother’s Day.

Pubs across Scotland will remain closed and unable to serve takeaway beer on Mothering Sunday – which falls on Sunday 14th March this year – because they remain in lockdown.

Pubs were also forced to shut for Mother’s Day in 2020, which fell on 22nd March and shortly after the first UK lockdown on March 16th.

It means for the second year in a row, Scottish families have not been able to celebrate the occasion in their local with a Sunday lunch.

According to the SBPA, this Mother’s Day alone will result in the trade losing out on £8 million in sales which would have been crucial to the sectors recovery. More importantly though, it said, was the fact that thousands of communities across Scotland were unable to celebrate Mother’s Day with loved ones in their local for the second year in a row.

Despite being unable to open and serve their communities at the pub, operators have done all they can to ‘Save Mother’s Day’ and provide the pub experience at home this Sunday.

The BBPA said pubs across Scotland were offering takeaway roast dinners and cook-at-home kits to enable Scots to get the Sunday pub roast experience at home for Mother’s Day. It encouraged people to ask their local if they were offering such a service.

Emma McClarkin, Chief Executive of the Scottish Beer & Pub Association, said:

“A pub Sunday Roast on Mother’s Day is one of life’s simple pleasures, yet for the second year in a row, families will not be able to celebrate the occasion at their local.

“The pub is the place where we connect and spend quality time with one another, so it is a great shame they are not open for Mother’s Day again.

“From a trade perspective, it does mean our pubs will miss out on some much-needed support too. On a typical Mothering Sunday they would expect to sell some 1.2 million pints and 350,000 meals. That’s £8 million in trade which they really could do with right now.

“As ever, our locals are still doing all they can to serve their communities despite the lockdown, safely. This has seen pubs innovate and create ‘makeaways’, cooking kits and more traditional takeaways. Although it isn’t quite the same as being in the pub, it is the next best thing.”

The Scottish Beer & Pub Association, the leading trade association representing brewers and pubs in Scotland, has today revealed that Scottish pubs will miss out on 1.2 million in sales of pints and 350,000 in sales of meals due to the lockdown of pubs this Mother’s Day.

Pubs across Scotland will remain closed and unable to serve takeaway beer on Mothering Sunday – which falls on Sunday 14th March this year – because they remain in lockdown.

Pubs were also forced to shut for Mother’s Day in 2020, which fell on 22nd March and shortly after the first UK lockdown on March 16th.

It means for the second year in a row, Scottish families have not been able to celebrate the occasion in their local with a Sunday lunch.

According to the SBPA, this Mother’s Day alone will result in the trade losing out on £8 million in sales which would have been crucial to the sectors recovery. More importantly though, it said, was the fact that thousands of communities across Scotland were unable to celebrate Mother’s Day with loved ones in their local for the second year in a row.

Despite being unable to open and serve their communities at the pub, operators have done all they can to ‘Save Mother’s Day’ and provide the pub experience at home this Sunday.

The BBPA said pubs across Scotland were offering takeaway roast dinners and cook-at-home kits to enable Scots to get the Sunday pub roast experience at home for Mother’s Day. It encouraged people to ask their local if they were offering such a service.

Emma McClarkin, Chief Executive of the Scottish Beer & Pub Association, said:

“A pub Sunday Roast on Mother’s Day is one of life’s simple pleasures, yet for the second year in a row, families will not be able to celebrate the occasion at their local.

“The pub is the place where we connect and spend quality time with one another, so it is a great shame they are not open for Mother’s Day again.

“From a trade perspective, it does mean our pubs will miss out on some much-needed support too. On a typical Mothering Sunday they would expect to sell some 1.2 million pints and 350,000 meals. That’s £8 million in trade which they really could do with right now.

“As ever, our locals are still doing all they can to serve their communities despite the lockdown, safely. This has seen pubs innovate and create ‘makeaways’, cooking kits and more traditional takeaways. Although it isn’t quite the same as being in the pub, it is the next best thing.”