JD Wetherspoon

“like-for-like sales had dipped 0.8% in the 13 weeks to 25 April”

“Its shares down 47 pence, or 8.7%, to 496.5p”

“Wetherspoon now runs 767 pubs in the UK”

“In the current financial year, it has opened 26 new pubs and closed two”

“it said it planned to open a total of 45 new outlets”

“Total sales - which include the new outlets - grew by 3.6% in the 13-week period”

“down slightly from the 4% growth seen in the financial year to date”

“price increases in January (in respect of higher VAT) and at the end of March (in respect of a punitive increase in excise duty for pubs)”