J D Wetherspoon plc announced sales results for the 11 weeks and 50 weeks ended July 9, 2017. For the 11 weeks, like-for-like sales increased by 5.3% and total sales increased by 3.6%.

In the year to date like-for-like sales increased by 3.9% and total sales increased by 1.9%.

For the fiscal 2017, the company expects net debt to be around £715 million. The company anticipates that like-for-like sales of about 3 to 4% will be required to maintain profits at this year's levels in its next financial year.