British pub chain operator JD Wetherspoon Plc (JDW.L), in its Interim Management Statement, said its total sales for 13 weeks to April 28 rose 9.3 percent, while like-for-like sales increased 6.3 percent.
In the year to date, i.e. 39 weeks to April 28, total sales increased 10.1 percent, while like-for-like sales increased by 6.7 percent.
The group said it expects lower like-for-like sales in the final quarter of this financial year than for the year so far, given last year's final quarter like-for-like sales of 6.1 percent.
The Company said it has opened 16 new pubs and sold two since the start of the financial year.
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