Wet weather fails to dampen Marston's - Scotsman.com Business

DESPITE the wettest ever July, pub and brewery group Marston's, which owns the Pitcher & Piano chain, said it remains on track to meet expectations for the current financial year.

Trading across all three of its divisions - managed pubs, tenanted and leased pubs, and brewing - is said to be improving.Pub operators throughout the UK have struggled through the recession during the past two years as weaker consumer confidence and low-price offers from the supermarkets have convinced many drinkers to stay at home.

via business.scotsman.com

Marston's said it remained on course to meet its target to add 60 large managed pub-restaurants within three years, with 15 expected to open by the end of the financial year.

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