Domino’s Pizza Group plc, the leading pizza company in UK and Ireland, announces its results for the 52 weeks ended 27 December 2015.
Revenue for the company totalled £877.2m, a rise of 15.8% when compared to like-for-likes of £757.8m. UK like-for-like sales stood at 11.7%, slightly up from the previous year's figure of 11.3%. Operating profit rose by 16% to £73.2m from £62.8m in the previous year.
The UK saw a record new store opening programme with 61 new outlets (2014: 40) opened in the year. The new store average weekly unit sales were 15% ahead of last year.
The UK's trading for the first nine weeks of 2016 trading shows like-for-like sales of 10.5%, and year-to-date of 16.1%.
CEO David Wild said, “2015 was a terrific year for Domino’s Pizza Group; the UK performance was outstanding, reflecting continued investment in our e-commerce platform. This underpins both our like-for-like results and the success of our new store programme. Digital continues to be at the heart of our business, driving more customers and higher frequency of orders.
'Our cash conversion is strong and we have today announced that we are ready to resume share buy backs alongside a dividend that is up 18.6%. We have made an encouraging start to 2016, although we are conscious of increasingly tough comparatives through the rest of the year.
'I would like to thank the DPG team for their hard work. I also want to pay tribute to our franchisees whose tireless endeavours ensure that our customers continue to enjoy great pizzas at great prices every day – whether ordered online or by phone, delivered to the door or collected in store.”