Wetherspoon to open up to 25 more pubs as first-quarter like-for-like sales rise 8.2%

Summary

Wetherspoon is to open up to 25 more pubs as sales jump higher, the Evening Standard and The Independent reported on Wednesday 4 November, the chain reporting an 8.2% rise in like-for-like first-quarter sales, with bar sales leading the way with a 9.4% jump and food up 6.8%. JD Wetherspoon hit out at the rising cost of pints in pubs relative to supermarkets, chairman Sir Tim Martin telling shareholders on Wednesday that recent Conservative and Labour governments have worsened the existing price disparity between pubs and grocers, City A.M. reported.

Latest: Wetherspoon is to open up to 25 more pubs after an 8.2% rise in like-for-like first-quarter sales, with bar sales up 9.4% and food up 6.8%, the Evening Standard and The Independent reported, and chairman Sir Tim Martin told shareholders that recent Conservative and Labour governments have worsened the existing price disparity between pubs and grocers, City A.M. reported.

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