Matt Strabuck

Hi everyone,

Wow so we’re already well into the second half of the year!

It’s great to see another packed edition of Pint Sized with lots of great news from across our business.

We know that we continue to operate in a challenging market with consumers choosing very carefully how they spend across hospitality and leisure, but I’m incredibly proud to see that we continue to work hard at taking the opportunities where we can and helping them enjoy the big events across the summer and beyond. Highlights for me include the big milestone for our premium beer’s portfolio, with Hazy Day moving into over 1,000 pubs, news on the success of phase one of the Cost to Serve project, and to witnessing how lots of smaller projects across our operations are contributing to driving more efficient ways of working and operational excellence.

We have also just been out to see all of you as part of our summer roadshow series which was another brilliant success and an invaluable experience for us as a leadership team. With seven different sessions held, we had some great conversations with many of you and once again it was great to see the energy, ideas and engagement in the room.

I’m looking forward to seeing what the second half of the year brings and thanks as always for your continued hard work.