Pub group Marston's was today reporting stronger sales for the past year despite wet weather dampening summer trade.Visit Shots! now
Marston's runs about 1,370 pubs across the UK, many of them popular food-based businesses. The Hollybush, on Wolverhampton's Penn Road, is one of its busiest in the country.Today's trading update was expected to unveil a rise in like-for-like sales as punters continued to drink and dine at its venues despite pressures on consumer budgets.
In July, the company highlighted that sales growth was slightly slowed over the latter four months as wet weather pressed on demand.St John's House at St John's Square, Marston's new head office In July this year, it sold its remaining stake in the cask ale brewer for around £206 million, a move that has now prompted the decision by Carlsberg close its Wolverhampton brewery, with an expansion of its operation in Burton upon Trent.