Wetherspoon sales jump amid Guinness boom and ale recovery

Wetherspoon sales lifted over the past three months as it hailed strong demand for Guinness (Victoria Jones/PA)

JD Wetherspoon has said soaring demand for Guinness from younger punters and recovering demand for ale helped the pub chain to higher sales over the past three months.

As a result, the company’s founder and chairman Tim Martin said the firm expects annual profits to be “towards the top of market expectations”.