Dow Jones Newswires
A customer orders drinks at the bar at the London and Southwestern Wetherspoon pub in Clapham on July 19, 2021 in London, England.
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J.D. Wetherspoon PLC said Wednesday that sales for the first half of fiscal 2023 rose on year though remained below prepandemic levels, and said it was cautiously optimistic for the full-year.
The U.K. pub operator UK:JDW said sales on a like-for-like basis for the half-year period ended Jan. 22 rose by 13%, though remained 0.7% below the equivalent period ending in January 2020. Sales on a like-for-like basis over the last 12 weeks rose 18% on year, though remained 2.0% lower than its prepandemic equivalent.
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