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JD Wetherspoon has said soaring demand for Guinness from younger punters and recovering demand for ale helped the UK pub chain to higher sales over past three months. (Photo by Victoria Jones/PA Wire)

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Founder and chairman of JD Wetherspoon Tim Martin. PIC: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire

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Pub group JD Wetherspoon has reported higher recent sales and said it was being boosted by a slight easing back in energy costs. (Photo supplied by Press Association)

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Pub chain JD Wetherspoon has seen its sales jump ahead of pre-pandemic levels as chairman Tim Martin said he looks forward to “ferocious” inflationary pressures easing up across the pub industry.

Pub chain JD Wetherspoon's sales jump ahead of pre-pandemic levels

JD Wetherspoon has revealed that its sales at the end of 2022 were far higher than the previous year, after a particularly strong Christmas, but still lagging slightly behind pre-pandemic levels.

Wetherspoon’s sales jumped over Christmas but still lag behind pre-Covid figures

JD Wetherspoon has revealed slowing sales and said it is facing “substantially higher” costs across the group.

Pub chain JD Wetherspoon faces 'substantially higher' costs across the group

Wetherspoon is facing “a momentous challenge” to persuade pubgoers back into its bars after they got used to drinking cheap supermarket beer during the pandemic, the company’s boss has said.

Wetherspoon faces 'challenge' to persuade pubgoers back into its bars

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Pub operator J D Wetherspoon has said it will keep its 851 pubs and 57 hotels open, despite the impact of rising energy costs on the hospitality sector.

Wetherspoon pubs and hotels to 'remain open at all times' despite energy crisis

Prices at JD Wetherspoon could climb this year to battle soaring labour, food and energy costs, but they will still remain lower than competitors, analysts say.

JD Wetherspoon could see more punters opting for cheaper pints amid costs battle

The biggest threat to companies in the hospitality, tourism and related sectors is the possibility of future lockdowns and restrictions, according to Tim Martin, the chairman of pub chain JD Wetherspoon.

'Biggest threat to hospitality and tourism sector is future lockdowns'

The biggest threat to companies in the hospitality, tourism and related sectors is the possibility of future lockdowns and restrictions, according to Tim Martin, the chairman of pub chain JD Wetherspoon.

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Tim Martin, chairman of JD Wetherspoon, said: “Following a traumatic two years for many businesses and people, the ending of Covid restrictions has brought a return to more normal trading patterns in recent weeks."

Pub giant JD Wetherspoon reports a “return to more normal trading patterns"

Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin said: “With no music in Wetherspoon pubs (apart from 46 trading as Lloyds), a material proportion of our trade comes from older customers, some of whom have visited pubs less frequently in recent times."

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Tim Martin, chairman and founder of Wetherspoon, said: "The company continues to expect to make a loss for the year ending July 25."

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File photo of founder and Chairman of JD Wetherspoon, Tim Martin

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Wetherspoon founder and chairman Tim Martin visits his Beckett's Bank pub in Leeds city centre, to talk about the economic advantages of leaving the EU without a deal. Picture Jonathan Gawthorpe 5th December 2018.

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JD Wetherspoon favours more UK products as we move towards Brexit

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File photo dated 03/01/18 of social media app icons, as JD Wetherspoon is closing down its Twitter, Instagram and Facebook accounts for all its 900 pubs and head office with immediate effect following the trolling of MPs and others. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Monday April 16, 2018. The pub chain said that the move also takes account of recent concerns over the misuse of personal data and the addictive nature of social media. See PA story INDUSTRY Wethers. Photo credit should read: Yui Mok/PA Wire

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JD Wetherspoon, at Leeds City Station.

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JD Wetherspoon, at Leeds City Station.

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Undated handout photo issued by Mitchells & Butlers of a waiter pouring a drink at an All Bar One, whose owner signalled it may have to hike prices as it faces soaring staff costs from the national living wage. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Tuesday November 24, 2015. Mitchells & Butlers, which employs more than 44,000 workers across nationwide chains including Toby Carvery and O'Neill's, said it would look at ways to increase customer spend, including "tactical price opportunities" across some of its pubs and restaurants. See PA story CITY Mitchells. Photo credit should read: Mitchells & Butlers/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.

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JD Wetherspoon chairman Tim Martin called for a level playing field for pubs after revealing his firm paid £600 million in tax over the last year.

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