Jeremy Clarkson has opened up about his business woes, revealing his pub is routinely targeted by petty thieves who are allegedly pocketing glassware. The former Grand Tour favourite claimed 400 glasses were getting stolen from his newly-opened establishment on the regular. This summer, hundreds of people flocked to the Cotswolds to become one of the first to taste the delights of 64-year-old Jeremy’s new pub, the Farmer’s Dog.
Situated in Asthall, near Burford in Oxfordshire, the establishment was formerly known as the dilapidated Windmill by town locals but is now earning its stripes for serving up British grub and traditional Sunday carvery’s. The pub is set in five acres of land and reportedly cost the father-of-three “less than £1 million” to initially purchase. But since it opened on August 23, Jeremy’s journey as a pub landlord has been anything but smooth.
The presenter previously admitted he was possibly losing £10 for every customer who walked through the door, telling The Times : "I asked an AI program to work out what the average price of lunch in a Cotswolds pub is and just charged that. “It's possible that for every customer who comes through the door, I'd lose about £10.” Now it appears things have gotten worse, with the BBC alumnus announcing people are actually stealing from the establishment.
Jeremy used his weekly column in The Sun to touch upon how he has become a victim of theft, as well as other various food-related issues that have re.