By Spitfire you mean half cider and half light ale is that right?
Got a/h'd on them many a time when I was a waiter a Butlin's during my student days.A very formative experience waiting at Butlin's I would recommend it.
Although I can understand the nothing left to eat stuff, my wife hates shopping and if I don't do it we don't get to eat.Unless it's market day, she doesn't mind a bit of haggling at the market.