'強健な' Wetherspoon still 用心深い

By This Is Money
Updated: 00:00 BST, 20 January 2004

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PUBS 操作者 JD Wetherspoon today said sales were 強健な over Christmas and New Year, but it remained 用心深い about 宣言するing an end to the High Street pubs malaise.

'We had a decent Christmas, but nothing みごたえのある. We've now been keeping like-for-like s ales 増加するs at around the 4.5% to 5% levels for months, which is good, but I don't think we can say things have turned a corner yet,' said managing director John Hutson.

Like-for-like sales in the 25 weeks to 18 January were up 4.9% against the 4.2% 報告（する）／憶測d in November for the first ４半期/4分の1.

With many people taking the week after Christmas off work, the 貿易（する）ing pattern in London was for a strong run-up to Christmas in central pubs, followed by a 減産／沈滞 as people stayed at home. But the group's 郊外の 発生地s 選ぶd up when 貿易（する） on the High Street 緩和するd.