Mitchells & Butlers has claimed to be outperforming the market in like-for-like (lfl) sales and expects its annual results to be at the top end of its forecasts.
Pub group Mitchells & Butlers said on Wednesday that its full-year results were set to be at the top end of consensus expectations as it reported a rise in first-half profit.
Overall cost inflation, which had slowed the recovery pace for pubs in the UK after the pandemic, had abated further, Mitchells & Butlers said on Wednesday.
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