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the pain. HIC

ETI BLUE.GKN GREEN.JDW RED.MAB BLACK.MARS ORANGE.

BEER gone up again 10p. last week in jdw.

lets get drinking down to the pub now.

PUBS UP AGAIN

So their coffee saved themhave you tasted it.fu*k metinted milk.

TRY THE REAL ALE

It may not be gas pressured out of a kegbut I doubt whether it passes all the necessary requirements to be called genuine real aleWife had chlorine in her Cokeexchanged for hot milksorry coffee! and my real ale? was warm on our last visitwhich will be our last visit!Sorry XSTEFFX run by students.for studentshave you seen their flats? What do you reckon the beer cellars are like? A place to give the swerve!

WHATS THE PUB CALLED AND WHERE IS IT, CHEERS.

XSTEFFX.Maidstone High Street if I remember right.when I see JD walking down the streetI tend to cry.. each time I meet.I just walk on by......walk on by!!!

Sales in JD Wetherspoon declines - MoneyAm

Pubs operator JD Wetherspoon, which has nearly 700 pubs in the UK, this morning reported an 11% tumble in full-year pretax profit, in-line with the consensus forecast, as the smoking ban and slowdown in consumer spending impacted sales.

The group made an adjusted pretax profit of 55m in the year to July 27th, in line with the consensus forecast.

UK pubs have been hit hard by last year's smoking ban, rising costs, declining consumer spending, and cheap alcohol offers in supermarkets, with the difficult trading environment exacerbated by poor summer weather.

Since the smoking ban came into force on July 1st last year, Wetherspoon has seen strong growth in food sales and a decline in bar sales. Nearly a third of revenues now come from food, with a further third coming from drinks ordered alongside food.

Total sales increased by 2.1% to 907.5m during the year. Like-for-like food sales rose by 7.9%, while comparable bar sales were down 4.3%, resulting in an overall like-for-like sales decline of 1.1%.

In the five weeks to August 31st, like-for-like sales increased by 1.1%.

Chairman and founder Tim Martin said that, in common with many pub and restaurant businesses, the company is expecting a considerable increase in energy, food, labour, and tax costs in the current year.

He said Wetherspoon will need a like-for-like sales increase of about 3% this year to offset that.

Martin has called for beer duty to be held at current levels for the next five years to encourage drinkers back into Britain's beleaguered pubs.

He also demanded that legislation granting bar staff increased statutory holiday entitlements be scrapped.

'We've already got the highest excise duty in Europe for beer. I want a moratorium for five years,' Martin said in a telephone interview.

'No more tax increases until we're on a par with other countries and no more self regulation that passes costs onto business like the 5m we're paying this year for extra holidays which not one of my staff has ever asked for,' he added.

Martin said the pub industry, in common with many other businesses, has been strongly affected by increases in tax and regulation in recent years.

In the current year, he reckons increases in excise duty on alcoholic drinks, minimum wage related costs and the increased statutory holiday entitlements will cost Wetherspoon an extra 16m in costs.

NICE DAY FOR A DRINK

Sell at 315p now.

GOOD CALL

WHAT DO YOU THINK

Ironically enough probably one of the best recovery stocks.

next trading update on 20th January 2009.

XMAS DINNER SALES UP BEST EVERY.