Summer shines on Young's half-year sales
The summer sun has helped operator Young’s increase its half-year sales.
The summer sunshine that was warmly welcomed by the UK's pubs and bars has helped operator Young's increase its half-year sales.
The operator of pubs and bedrooms saw like-for-like sales up 5.6% and total sales up 5.3% for the 24 weeks ended 15 September.
It shared the update with Pub & Bar ahead of its Capital Markets Day on 18 September 2025.
Young's says this performance reflects healthy demand for premium, individual and well invested pubs, supported by the ongoing sunny weather as customers continued to enjoy pub gardens, riverside locations and outdoor spaces.
"It is fantastic to be reporting another strong trading period for Young’s," says Simon Dodd, CEO of Young’s. "This performance is all thanks to our brilliant teams who continue to delight our customers across our well invested pubs, against a backdrop of prolonged warm weather in the UK.
"We enter the autumn in a strong position and expect to maintain the momentum into the all-important Christmas trading period, giving us
confidence in the remainder of the year."
Investments during the period included several former City Pub sites such as Daly’s Wine Bar, Bow Street Tavern and the Old Firehouse, all
completed ahead of the autumn and busy festive periods.
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