Chief executive Alan Parker said: “Costa delivered another excellent performance. Total sales were up 28% and like-for-likes rose by 8.3%, with product innovation in drinks and food driving strong transaction growth.
“Membership of the Costa Coffee Club has exceeded our expectations and now stands at over 3m since its launch in March, with over 40% of customers using the card.
“Total system sales were up 33.5%. International Costa franchise store sales were up by 25.6% to £48.6m and total UK franchise store sales were up by 55.1% to£77.2m.
“We have opened a net total of 98 stores in the year to date, including 54 company operated stores (28 in the UK and 26 internationally) and 44 franchise stores (27 in the UK and 17 internationally). Coffeeheaven’s integration continues according to plan.”
Source: Whitbread
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