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Marstons

January 2015

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  • Epic Code:
  • MARS
  • Price:
  • 143p
The unexpected vote to scrap the beer tie, under which pub tenants must buy their beer from their landlord rather than the open market but in return receive perks such as discounted rent and help refurbishing fixtures and fittings, did not mangle Marstons’ share price. The reason is that it is now six years through a strategy to reconfigure its business towards faster-growing food-led managed pubs as well as converting most of its tenanted pubs to a retail-led franchise system. These two sources now comprise 75% of its profits and will keep rising.This reconfiguration has led to one-off losses in its final results of £117m related to losses on disposal of 388 pubs, reorganisation costs and recognition of onerous lease p ...

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