Wetherspoon LFL sales up a couple of points

Pubs group JD Wetherspoon has got off to a better start to the calendar year than many expected, but that has not made it any more optimistic about prospects for the full year.

Pubs group JD Wetherspoon has got off to a better start to the calendar year than many expected, but that has not made it any more optimistic about prospects for the full year.

For the 13 weeks to April 22nd, like-for-like (LFL) sales increased by 2.0%, confounding expectations in some quarters of zero growth or even a half point fall.

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