JD Wetherspoon hopes to soon open its 1,000th pub in the UK after reporting another leap in profits.
The chain currently has more than 800 branches but says its “best estimate” is the potential for around 200 more in the coming years.
It comes as the pub giant revealed that its pre-tax profits soared to £36m in the six months to the end of January – up eightfold from the £4.6m it made during the same period the year before.
Bar sales increased by 11.6%, while food sales grew by 7.6%.
The total number of Wetherspoon pubs peaked at 955