The robust half-year profit was the result of ‘strong core operations’, according to a company release, that saw Domino’s achieve same store sales growth of 9.1% above the same corresponding period last year.
The ANZ market experienced double-digit SSS growth of 10.9% for the first half of the 2011 financial year, with Australia achieving its strongest SSS in the last eight years.
Domino’s European market also recorded solid SSS growth of 4.7% compared to the first half last year.
An increase in the dividend payout ratio to 70% will result in the company paying shareholders an interim fully franked dividend of 10.4 cents per share, up 73.3% on the dividend paid in the corresponding period last year.
The interim dividend will be paid on 14 March 2011 with a record date of 28 February 2011.
Source: Domino’s Pizza Enterprises
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