If you've recently checked your bank account and noticed that your life savings is down to a meager $1.26, then it comes as no surprise that the record gas prices are raising the cost of nearly everything we buy. While we could organize revolts against The Man for allowing oil tycoons to smoke cigars made from $100 million bills (What, never heard of that? You have to rip the American public off for at least $5 billion per year to get sent these special treasury notes!) At BeerMagnet.com, we believe in doing something that is both legal and fun.
A recent article written by Bill Fleckenstein titled "$4 a gallon means more for a beer" finally struck us where it hurts. In it, he claims that soaring gas prices will raise the cost per hour of farmers selling hops, and that would indicate a 25 cent per pint increase on beer at your local brewpub. Now, a little known fact is that all BeerMagnet staff is required to drink nothing but beer. We drink beer, our kids drink beer, grandma drinks beer. It's a way of life – for us – and many other Americans.
So how do we, as a beer loving (nay, worshipping!) society, combat this situation? How do we help both the consumer and the pub, club and grub industry? Beermagnet.com!
In the car industry, some dealerships make a little money per sale on many sales per month, while others make few sales with a high profit margin per sale. Currently, the escalating price of beer follows the latter model. Perhaps by joining together, and selling (and drinking!) more beer, we can switch it to the former. Selling more beer at a smaller profit margin per beer allows everyone to win! The bars and clubs will receive more profit, and the consumers obtain The Golden Juice Of The Gods in the vast quantities they deserve.
But it can't happen, right? Wait! Don't leave, we're just joking. It CAN happen. Bars do it all the time – they're called specials! The problem with having specials is that people have to know about them to take advantage of them. You can either use the ancient art of telepathy, or bravely step into the 21st century and use www.beermagnet.com!
Help BeerMagnet.com help you by getting your favorite bars and clubs to post their specials on BeerMagnet.com, and tell all of your friends (your enemies too, we're not morally opposed to luring your arch-nemesis into a nearby pub and getting him a little happy) to use BeerMagnet.com to check out all of the Hot Spots in their area. If we can get BeerMagnet.com to grow fast enough, we can make going out for a good time a true escape from the hardships of rising gas prices!
Although BeerMagnet.com wholeheartedly believes that the relation between beer and www.BeerMagnet.com might allow you to put your children through Harvard, it is not recommended that you empty your children's future into the nearest pub.
Unleash your Pubtential(TM)!
