UK pub chain JD Wetherspoon posted a 3% rise in full-year profit and said it expected a "reasonable" outcome for the current year after seeing an improvement in like-for-like sales in the first six weeks.
The firm has grown to over 900 pubs on demand for promotions like curry clubs and 'beer and a burger' bargains.
It said its adjusted pretax profit for the year to 27 July was £79.4m, just beating market expectations of £77.3m, according to Thomson Reuters data.
Initiatives such as menu improvements and longer opening hours, as well as new openings, helped revenue grow 10% to £1.4 billion, with sales at pubs open over a year up 5.5%.
Like-for-like sales in the six weeks to September 7 increased by 6.3%, it said.
Wetherspoon opened its first pubs in Ireland this year.
