Top Four Pub Groups Now Control More Than 25% of U.K. Pub Market

A study of the pub market in the United Kingdom by accounting firm Gerald Edelman shows that thanks to mergers and acquisitions, the four largest pub groups in the U.K.—JD Wetherspoon, Mitchell & Butlers, Greene King and Stonegate Pub Co.—now control 25.5% of the market. And the numbers do not include Stonegate’s pending acquisition of…