date:Mar 18, 2013
The firm said it expected tax and input costs to continue to rise, but that the firm was aiming for a reasonable outcome for the full-year. Like-for-like sales were up 7.3 percent in the six weeks to March 10.
The group has long called for tax parity between pubs and supermarkets, who pay virtually no value added tax on food, allowing them to sell alcohol at much cheaper prices.
Rather than introduce a minimum pricing legislation on alcohol, an idea being considered in Britain, the company sai