A cool end to the summer cast a chill over Mitchells & Butlers, owner of the All Bar One, Harvester and Toby Carvery pub chains.
Like-for-like drink sales fell 1.2% in the eight weeks to September 16 in a sharp reversal of the 3.8% rise in the previous ten weeks.
The group blamed the poor weather in August and so far this month, although it claimed to have outperformed the market.
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