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Greene King has reported a 2%
increase in pre-tax profit to ?142m on sales up 5% at
?960.5m for the year to 4 May.
The brewer said its own brands had performed especially
strongly in the take-home market, with Old Speckled Hen
growing 28% in volume in supermarkets and its share of
the category growing by two full percentage points to
11.9%.
Own-brewed volume rose 6%, with Greene King IPA, Old
Speckled Hen and Abbot Ale growing 4%, 9% and 12%
respectively.
?The economy is not likely to improve in the short term,
and we are not immune to the difficulties this presents
for our market, but we are better placed than many
others, thanks to the resilience and flexibility of our
business and our team,? added Greene King CEO Rooney
Anand.
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