US EditionManager of Wetherspoon Sacked for Giving Halloumi Fries Discount - Liverpool Echo
The tribunal ruled the dismissal unfair despite company concerns over discount abuse that caused significant costs, affirming the manager’s 22-year clean record.
- On January 31, 2024, Peter Castagna-Davies, shift leader at the Pontlottyn pub in Abertillery, was dismissed after allowing a colleague a 50% food discount and has won an employment tribunal against Wetherspoon.
- Two months before the incident, the JD Wetherspoon chain limited staff to one free food item and one free drink per shift, with extra items only at half price, and Sarah Newton warned of a crackdown.
- Castagna-Davies approved the staff discount for multiple items, processing two portions each of halloumi fries and chicken breast bites plus two cans of Monster energy drink for Noah Gardiner, and the system flagged the transaction a week later.
- Judge Rachel Harfield determined the dismissal was unreasonable and unfair, emphasizing that `the staff discount system is one built on trust`.
- WalesOnline has asked Wetherspoon if it will review its disciplinary approach, following Judge Harfield's encouragement to seek a settlement before a remedy hearing.
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Wetherspoon manager sacked after giving discount on pub's halloumi fries - The Mirror
Wetherspoons manager Peter Castagna-Davies was fired from the Pontlottyn pub in Abertillery, South Wales, after he put the items through the till for kitchen worker Noah Gardiner
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Wales OnlineWetherspoon manager sacked for giving discount on halloumi fries
The fired employee took Wetherspoon to court and won
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examinerlive.co.ukWetherspoons manager sacked after giving staff half-price halloumi fries
Peter Castagna-Davies had worked for the pub chain for 22 years when he was dismissed
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