Wetherspoon’s enjoys record sales as people turn to cheaper pubs

Pub chain reports highest Easter week sales and busiest-ever Saturday

The pub chain JD Wetherspoon has reported its highest Easter week sales and busiest-ever Saturday, with cash-conscious drinkers searching out cheaper options amid the cost of living crisis.

Wetherspoon's, which runs more than 830 branches across the UK and Ireland, said it had benefited from a rise in sales in the past two weeks, both of which included bank holiday weekends.