Wetherspoon sales slow

Pubs group JD Wetherspoon served up a 1.1% increase in first quarter like for like sales as consumers continue to tighten their purse strings.

Pubs group JD Wetherspoon served up a 1.1% increase in first quarter like for like sales as consumers continue to tighten their purse strings.

The group, which owns 823 pubs, said total sales in the 13 weeks to 23 October 2011 increased by 7.3%. The operating margin was 9.3%, down around 0.2% from the same period last year.

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