Wetherspoon
Coverage examines the strategy, trading performance, and estate decisions of one of the UK’s largest pub operators, known for high-volume sites and value-led pricing. Reporting includes updates on site closures and refurbishments, menu and drinks pricing, leadership commentary from Tim Martin, shareholder communications, and operational efficiency measures. Insight is tailored for pub operators and suppliers tracking budget-led models, city-centre trading patterns, and group-level adaptation to inflationary and consumer headwinds.
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Oct- 2018 -4 OctoberApps & Technology
Workers from McDonald’s, Wetherspoons, UberEats, TGI Fridays and Deliveroo hold demonstration
Workers from McDonald’s, Wetherspoons, UberEats, TGI Fridays and Deliveroo are holding a demonstration in Leicester Square from 11am, with some workers on strike. GMB Union regional officer, Steve Garelick, said: “The continued attacks made on workers from rate reduction without consultation to gratuities being hived off show that there is…
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Sep- 2018 -20 SeptemberPeople
McDonalds, TGI and Wetherspoons staff to go on ‘historic strike’ for better pay
Hospitality staff from McDonalds, TGI Fridays and Wetherspoons will be coming together to collectively strike for better pay and union recognition. In what has been described as a “historic move” by the organisers, hospitality workers in the McStrike, TGI Fridays Strike and SpoonStrike [JD Wetherspoon] will stage coordinated walkouts to…
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14 SeptemberBusiness
JD Wetherspoon posts 5% sales growth
Pub group JD Wetherspoon has posted a modest like-for-like sales growth of 5% for the year ending 29 July 2018. The discount pub chain’s revenue increased to £1.69bn from £1.66bn when compared with the previous year. The company’s profit before tax rose to £89m from £76.4m in 2017 and it…
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13 SeptemberBusiness
Brewer and hospitality company SA Brain & Co joins new Welsh hospitality hub
Brewer and hospitality firm SA Brain and Co has joined Hospitality Cymru’s portfolio of high street household licensing names. Hospitality Cymru, part of UKHospitality, was forged earlier this year from a merger between hotels and restaurant representatives, British Hospitality Association (BHA) and the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR). The…
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12 SeptemberBeverages
JD Wetherspoon scraps Jagermeister and Courvoisier for UK and non-EU producers
Pub company JD Wetherspoon is to increase its range of drinks from UK and non-EU producers across its 880 pubs from Wednesday September 26 in the run up to Brexit. As part of this decision, the company’s pubs will stop serving German liqueur Jagermeister French brandies Courvoisier VS and Hennessy…
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Aug- 2018 -20 AugustPubs and Bars
Wetherspoon’s Welwyn hotel and pub plans lead to over 100 objections
JD Wetherspoon’s plans for a 13-room hotel and bar in Welwyn Garden City have suffered a setback after its planning permission application saw over 100 objections. Locals are said to be unhappy with the chain’s insistence to build on the spot after plans for a pub in the location were…
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15 AugustFeatures
Boozer or bust
During a World Cup of dizzy highs and gut-wrenching lows, the British public de-camped from their homes and places of work to our most iconic of locations: the bar, the local, the boozer and, more and more frequently, the gastropub. These are no longer the sole dominion of pork scratchings…
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8 AugustGovernment
Wetherspoon launches Brexit beer mats
Pub group Wetherspoon will introduce beer mats in favour of a no-deal Brexit, signed by its chairman Tim Martin, and outlining 10 points to the leaders of the three main political parties. The mats bear the headline ‘Free Trade (ie no deal) means lower prices’, and Martin said they will…
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1 AugustAwards & Events
Wetherspoon’s to cut all prices by 7.5% for ‘Tax Equality Day’
Wetherspoons has announced it is to cut all of its prices by 7.5% on Wednesday 20 September as part of ‘Tax Equality Day’. The day aims to highlight the benefits of reducing VAT in the hospitality industry. Pubs are currently charged 20% VAT, compared with supermarkets which benefit from zero-rate…
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Jul- 2018 -11 JulyPubs and Bars
Wetherspoon warns of costs increase as it reports uplift in sales
Pub group JD Wetherspoon has reported a 5.2% like-for-like sales increase for the 10 weeks to 8 July 2018, but has warned of cost increases for the next year. The group said it expected business rates, the sugar tax, utility taxes and wages to have an impact on its costs.…
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