Pub giant JD Wetherspoon reports growth over the past three months

Yorkshire Post

Pub giant JD Wetherspoon has hailed soaring demand for Guinness from younger punters and recovering ale sales as it reported growth over the past three months.

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00:00 Hello, my name is Greg Wright and I'm the Deputy Business Editor of the Yorkshire Post.

00:06 Here are your business headlines for this morning.

00:09 The pub giant JD Weatherspoon has reported soaring demand for Guinness among younger

00:15 customers and recovering ale sales as it reported growth over the past three months.

00:22 Weatherspoons, which runs 809 pubs across the UK, said its like-for-like sales increased

00:28 by 5.2% over 13 weeks to April 28th compared with a year earlier, with total sales up by

00:36 3.3%.

00:37 The company expects annual profits to be towards the top end of market expectations.

00:46 So positive trading update here from pub giant JD Weatherspoon, which has seen soaring demand

00:52 for Guinness among younger customers.

00:56 My name's Greg Wright and I'm the Deputy Business Editor of the Yorkshire Post.

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