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BUZZ-Whitbread: weak Q4 sparks sell-off

** Whitbread -2.7%, 2nd-top FTSE 100 faller in volume

** Premier Inn: Q4 RevPAR growth of 0.4% v Barclays (LSE: BARC.L - news) 1% forecast (and consensus flagged by broker 2%); LfL sales 2.2% (v cons c3%, broker says) - Barclays rated at 5 stars for recommendation accuracy on Whitbread (LSE: WTB.L - news) , StarMine shows

** Costa Coffee: LfL sales growth 0.5%, blames unusually warm winter (v Barclays 3.5% est, cons supplied by broker 3%)

(RM (LSE: RM.L - news) : tricia.wright1.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)