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JD Wetherspoon Sees Festive Sales Rise

The pub chain has announced that sales in the three months to January 15th rose by 9.9%, noting that trading had remained “resilient”. The chain however, warned that 2012 may see profit margins squeezed by higher costs, with chairman Tim Martin repeating concerns that pubs have to pay a high VAT rate on food.

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