29th Jan 2007 07:01
Greene King PLC29 January 2007 29 January 2007 GREENE KING plc 36 WEEK TRADING STATEMENT Greene King is pleased to report that trading for the 36 weeks to 7 January2007, including the Christmas period, has been in line with expectations. Pub Company total like-for-like sales were up 3.4% over the 36 week period,while like-for-like turnover in Pub Partners was up 1.3%. Brewing Company'sown-brewed volume was in line with last year and total beer sales growthremained strong. In this first winter of the Scottish smoking ban, high street pubs, and thosewith outside areas, have continued to do well; food has grown strongly, whilstliquor sales are down. Overall, Belhaven retail sales were 2.8% below last year,which remains better than our estimates at the time of the acquisition. Belhaven Best volume was up 4.7%. Integration of the Hardys & Hansons business, which we acquired in September, iscomplete, with synergy capture well on track. For further information:Greene King plc Rooney Anand, Chief Executive Tel: 01284 763222 Ian Bull, Group Finance Director Financial Dynamics Ben Foster / Charlie Watenphul Tel: 020 7831 3113 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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