225,000 Xmas dinners

reVeLLerS consumed 225,000 Christmas dinners at pubs and bars owned by Mitchells & Butlers during the festive period.

Sales of drinks and food served up at venues such as All Bar one and o’Neill’s increased 1.6pc in the seven weeks to January 6.

The group has also opened two pubs and converted 114 sites over the past year, with ambitions to remodel another 156 over the next nine months or so.