Greene King plc announced sales results for the 49 weeks to April 8, 2018. For the period, the company reported Pub Company like-for-like (LFL) sales were -1.8%. The weather over the last 12 weeks impacted trading, particularly in its destination food-led pubs, and on an underlying basis, excluding the impact of snow, LFL sales in the year-to-date were -1.2%. Both drink and accommodation LFL sales were ahead of last year.

The company expects full year profit before tax and exceptionals to be in the range of £240 million to £245 million.