Pub chain’s food and drink sales still well below pre-pandemic levels despite lockdown easing
JD Wetherspoon is seeking debt waivers from its lenders for the year ahead, with food and drink sales in its pub chain still well below pre-pandemic levels despite recent lockdown easing and the Euro 2021 tournament.
The company, which has all but 10 of its 860 pubs open, said it expected to make a loss for the year to 25 July. This will be only the company’s second annual loss in its history, coming after it slipped £105m into the red in the previous year.