J D Wetherspoon plc – Q2 Trading Update

J D Wetherspoon plc announces an update on current trading, before entering its close period for its interim results, for the six months ending 22 January 2017, which are expected to be announced on 10 March 2017.
Current trading
For the first 12 weeks of the second quarter (to 15 January 2017), like-for-like sales increased by 3.2% and total sales by 0.7%. In the year to date (25 weeks to 15 January 2017), like-for-like sales increased by 3.4% and total sales increased by 1.6%.
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