If your new to an area it is often hard to make friends. Our friends scheme is not a dating agency. It is not intended to be, It is just a means of allowing people who don't like drinking alone to meet other people who enjoy a drink and a chat. The difference with our scheme is that landlord to acts as a moderator. The idea is to a special night perhaps every couple of months when you hold a FRIENDS NIGHT. You then ask everyone including the staff to wear a conference style badges with their names on them.
That way everybody knows everybodies name and the stranger isn't a stranger anymore.