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.