Marston's said yesterday there has been no dramatic change in punter sales at the pub chain since the cost of living crisis. In a trading update for the 42 weeks to 23 July 2022, the pub chain acknowledged sales were two per cent below 2019 levels. However, the pub chain put this down to the impact of the government's reintroduction of work-from-home messaging. Marston's said it had seen little impact on consumer spending from historic levels of inflation.

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