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Marstons

September 2010

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  • Epic Code:
  • MARS
  • Price:
  • 93p
Aided by the favourable weather Marstons has announced slightly improved trading in Q3 with managed pubs like-for-like sales rising 2.7% in the 11 weeks to 31 July while for the first 43 weeks they are up 1.7%. The 0.6% increase in operating margins seen earlier has also been maintained. Meanwhile, in its tenanted / leased pubs division, underlying profit trends have improved slightly with like-for-like profits down 4% compared with 4.5% as at the interim results in May. Within Marstons beer company, own-brewed ale volumes were in line with last year. A spokesperson for the company also noted that Marstons has substantial long-term contracts covering wheat and barley and is largely protected from the recent price spike. ...

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