JD Wetherspoon
Reporting focuses on the operations, strategy, and financial performance of one of the UK’s most prominent pub chains, including estate changes, menu pricing, leadership commentary, shareholder updates, and brand positioning. Coverage provides insight into high-volume hospitality models, value-led trading, and how large-scale operators respond to market pressures and consumer trends.
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Jul- 2020 -16 JulyFood and Drink
CAMRA brands Wetherspoon poster as ‘misleading’
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) and Society for Independent Brewers (SIBA) has branded JD Wetherspoon poster promoting lower alcoholic beverage prices as “misleading”, following Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s announcement of a VAT reduction last week. The poster, which includes the CAMRA logo and features the slogan “Sunak’s Specials” says: ‘Rishi…
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Apr- 2020 -30 AprilCoronavirus
JD Wetherspoon targets June reopening
JD Wetherspoon has stated its intention to reopen the group’s pubs and hotels “in or around” June despite the ongoing nationwide lockdown. It comes one day after McDonald’s said it will begin operational trials for a “potential and limited reopening”, though JD Wetherspoon has not yet outlined how it plans…
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30 AprilBusiness Bites
Coronavirus treatment hopes push stock markets up, and ‘Spoons to reopen in June
Investors are chirpy this morning amid hopes of a new coronavirus treatment that has been described as promising by the USA’s top infectious disease official, Dr Anthony Fauci. The experimental drug, called remdesivir, is produced by an American biopharmaceutical firm called Gilead Sciences, and is reckoned by US regulators to…
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Mar- 2020 -26 MarchPubs and Bars
JD Wetherspoon boss bows to pressure and agrees to pay staff
The boss of JD Wetherspoon has bowed to public pressure, including calls from over a 100 MPs, and has agreed to pay his staff before his company receives financial support from the government’s wage reimbursement scheme. Yesterday (25 March) the government urged JD Wetherspoon founder Tim Martin to support his…
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25 MarchCoronavirus
Government urges JD Wetherspoon to support employees
The government has urged JD Wetherspoon founder Tim Martin to support his employees after reports he claimed they would face delays in payment and “should consider getting a job at Tesco instead”. Martin said the company would not cover wages from this week and employees would have to wait to…
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Jan- 2020 -22 JanuaryPubs and Bars
Wetherpsoon sales jump 4.7% in Q2 results
JD Wetherspoon has reported a 4.7% increase in like-for-like sales for the first 12 week period ended 19 January. The pub giant also reported an 4.2% increase in total sales. For the 25 week period to 19 January 2020, like-for-like sales increased by 5% and total sales by 4.9%. Since…
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8 JanuaryPubs and Bars
Wetherspoon expands plans for Wolverhampton project
JD Wetherspoon has submitted plans to expand its current £7m redevelopment scheme for its Wolverhampton pub and hotel site, The Moon Under Water. The “ambitious redevelopment” will see the pub chain establish its national Heritage Centre at the site, as well as convert the upper floors into a hotel. The…
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Dec- 2019 -11 DecemberPubs and Bars
Number of UK pubs increases for first time in 10 years
The number of pubs in the UK increased for the first time in 10 years in 2019. Hospitality industry software firm Stampede analysed new statistics from the ONS which reported 39,135 pubs at the end of March 2019, an increase of 320 compared with the previous year. The group said…
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10 DecemberPubs and Bars
JD Wetherspoon reveals £200m expansion plan
JD Wetherspoon has announced an investment of over £200m in order to develop new pubs and hotels, as well as expanding existing ones in the UK and Ireland, creating about 10,000 new jobs. The pub and hotel chain said the majority of the investment will be channelled into developments in…
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Oct- 2019 -14 OctoberFood and Drink
The Meatless Farm Co to offer vegan alternatives at JD Wetherspoons
British food company, The MeatlessFarm Co, has launched its plant-based burgers in the JD Wetherspoon pub chain across the UK. The burgers will be fully branded on the menu and available in as many as 877 branches. The roll out follows a successful trial across several Wetherspoon outlets, and the…
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