It has been announced that Domino’s Pizza has seen its system sales increase 11.5% to £237 million in its third quarter as the company continue to invest in its store opening programme and its digital platform.
Domino’s said it had faced tough comparators in the UK in the second half of the year, with UK like-for-like sales in the third quarter of 2015 at 14.9% compared to 3.9% in the same period in 2016.
Domino’s said over 81% of delivered sales in the year to date have been online, with 64% placed through its mobile website or app.
Ireland’s like-for-like sales rose by 7.6% as the company profited from the increasing trend towards digital ordering.
In Switzerland, total sales increased by 16.7% although like-for-like sales were flat after the company wasn’t able to offer a carry-out service due to a local licensing issue in two stores.
Norway and Iceland continued to perform strongly with system sales growth of 17.5% and 124.8% respectively. Domino’s expects to open its first Swedish store before the end of the year.
Chief executive of Domino’s Pizza, David Wild said: "The business continues to trade well with a strong sales uplift across the group during the period. As highlighted at our interim results in July, we face tough comparatives in the second half of the year, but our continued investment in e-commerce, our international expansion and the launch of our new Italiano range taking us to new customers, will help to drive performance for the remainder of the year. Our new store programme provides a strong platform for future growth.”
