date:Apr 25, 2014
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Revenue rose 3.8 percent to 406 million pounds ($681 million) in the six months ended March 1 from a year earlier.
Like-for-like net sales at managed pubs rose 4.8 percent in the first half, with food sales outpacing drinks sales.
Numis Securities said Spirit Pub's outperformance in like-for-like sales against data compiled by the Peach Tracker - the sales monitor for the UK pub and restaurant industry - had increased to more than 3 percent during the last eight weeks.
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