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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/marstons-enjoys-bumper-christmas.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Pubs chain Marston's said like-for-like revenues between December 23 and January 3 were up 11.2 per cent" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/min-marstons-enjoys-bumper-christmas.jpg" alt="Pubs chain Marston's said like-for-like revenues between December 23 and January 3 were up 11.2 per cent"/></a></p>
<p>Pubs chain Marston&#8217;s offered more evidence that Britons deserted the kitchen in favour of eating out over Christmas and new year.</p>
<p>The owner of Tavern Table and Pitcher &#038; Piano joined Harvester and All Bar One chain Mitchells &#038; Butlers in reporting bumper sales over the festive period.</p>
<p>Marton&#8217;s said like-for-like revenues between December 23 and January 3 were up 11.2% and offset the impact of snow disruption earlier in December.</p>
<p>Across the six weeks to January 8, like-for-like sales at its managed 485-strong managed pubs division were flat on a year earlier while the figure for the 16 weeks to last weekend showed an improvement of 2.1%.</p>
<p>Like M&#038;B, which reported strong sales figures on Thursday, Marston&#8217;s said eating-out demand drove the recent improvement as food sales lifted 4.4% and drink revenues grew 1.2% over the 16 week period.</p>
<p>The company has benefited from its F-Plan strategy, which has seen it focus on &#8220;food, families, females and forty/fifty somethings&#8221;.</p>
<p>It is also capitalising on longer term trends towards more eating out, as food sales now account for around 38% of its revenues, up from 27% in 2004.</p>
<p>The Wolverhampton-based company added that profit trends in its tenanted and leased pubs division continued to improve, helped by the roll-out of new agreements that have given landlords more incentives to grow their business.</p>
<p>The division&#8217;s like-for-like profits are estimated to be around 1% lower than last year, compared with a 4% decline in the most recent financial year.</p>
<p>Sales of Marston&#8217;s-brewed beer, which includes Pedigree, Hobgoblin and Brakspear, were up 6% in the 16 weeks as the company pushed local and premium cask ales and saw a 20% surge in sales of bottled products.</p>
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