Over 3% rise in sales as Domino’s Pizza report continued growth in operations

Domino’s Pizza has noted continued growth in its Irish operations, with like-for-like sales rising by over 3% here in the first half of the year.

In its interim results, published yesterday, Domino’s Pizza Group — which oversees the international quick-service restaurant chain’s operations in Britain, Ireland, Germany and Switzerland — reported an overall first-half group pre-tax profit of £24.5m (€31m); up by just over 10% on a year-on-year basis.

Overall system sales grew by 15% on the same period last year, to £375m, and operating profit, excluding the operations in Germany and Switzerland, rose by 15.3% to £24.3m. Basic earnings per share amounted to 11.6p, up by 7.4% on the same period last year.