Wetherspoons ups target to open new pubs November 6, 2013 PUB OPERATOR JD Wetherspoons yesterday raised its target for new pub openings in 2014 and said like-for-like sales were up 3.7 per cent during the first quarter to 27 October. Wetherspoons plans to open between 40 and 50 new pubs this year, it said in an interim management statement yesterday, up from its earlier target of [...]