"buy in almost out of date beer and sell it cheap"

They are religious about pumping water through the pipes between barrels and their turnover must be fast enough that the beer's never actually out of date. I've never had a bad pint at a Wetherspoons.

Their "no music" policy might be a cause for concern, but the new Wetherspons at Whittlesey got a temporary music licence for the Straw Bear weekend, so the company is not completely inflexible about that.