Pub 利益（をあげる） 元気づける for Greene King

By THIS IS MONEY
Updated: 16:20 BST, 3 July 2008

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Pub companies have had a 哀れな year, but Greene King is chugging along nicely - all things considered.

With 歳入s for the year to 4 May up 5% at £960m and 利益（をあげる）s up 2% at £142m, the brewer has fended off the credit crunch, higher 税金s and 競争 from the supermarkets.

'Any one of those on their own 代表するd a challenge. Given the costs we had to 吸収する, I think we can be pleased,' said 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある Rooney Anand.

Pub balance sheets have been 荒廃させるd along with their 株 prices, but Greene King is comfortable enough to up its （株主への）配当 14% to 26p.

Landlords might be irritated to see that 利益（をあげる） per pub is up 8%, but Anand 主張するs this is 予定 to 改良s in the 質 of the 広い地所, not from 'squeezing the lemon'.

Greene King also 利益s from its Southern bias, 避けるing the worst of the 経済的な 炉心溶融.