The trade body has written to Ofgem, the regulator, and to the chairs of two influential Westminster committees calling for an investigation.
The intervention came on the same day that another pub group warned of the impact of energy costs on its business.
The group also said it had lost just shy of £1m-worth of sales due to industrial action, a day after Fuller's tagged their own missed revenues in the £4m region.
Another round of strike action is due next week.
However, it wasn't all doom and gloom in the sector. Pub and hotel operator
The historic Londonlisted firm said like-forlike sales were up 12.9 per cent on Omicron-affected 2022 for the 16 weeks to 21 January. The firm added it had successfully hedged energy prices across the year.
"Whilst we still have certain cost challenges to navigate in 2023, we are well-positioned to continue to progress our strategy and are encouraged by the level of consumer resilience experienced to date," boss
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