Every Saturday we round up the best writing about beer from the past week. This time, we’ve got more links than usual with an emphasis on shorter pieces and pubs. First, an update from the Wetherspoon chain which, as Tim Hampson observes in his report for CAMRA’s What’s Brewing, is “often seen as a bellwether for the value end of the UK pub market”: Pubco JD Wetherspoon has warned profits could come in slightly below expectations after a fresh surge in costs hit the pub giant, despite continued growth in sales… The group, which operates 794 managed pubs and 21 franchise sites across the UK, said it had experienced “substantial increases in costs” in recent months, putting pressure on margins even as trading remained broadly resilient… This strikes us as Wetherspoon trying to signal to shareholders that, actually, everything is mostly fine – don’t panic! – while also signalling to the Government that changes to National Insurance and minimum wage are a problem. But this is probably…
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