date:Jan 14, 2014
British pub and breweries group Greene King posted a 5 percent rise in underlying sales at its core managed pubs business, helped by record food sales on Christmas day.
Greene King, which operates the Hungry Horse, Old English Inns, Eating Inn and Loch Fyne restaurants, on Monday said like-for-like retail sales were up 5 percent in the last six weeks, driven by a 5.8 percent rise in food sales.
Underlying sales for the first 36 weeks of the year were up 3.8 percent, the firm said, ahead of 3.5