Domino’s delivers recession-beating rise in pizza sales February 16, 2010 DOMINO’S yesterday delivered a 27.8 per cent jump in pre-tax profit as it vowed to continue its aggressive expansion. It made £29.9m on sales of £406.9m. The pizza seller reported an 8.4 per cent increase in like-for-like sales. Diluted earnings per share were 13.49p, up 26 per cent. The firm says it benefited from the [...]
Domino’s delivers profit uplift February 15, 2010 Domino’s Pizza, the takeaway company, is forecast to produce a 55 per cent rise in pre-tax profits tomorrow after benefitting from consumers cutting back on restaurant meals and eating at home. Analysts expect group turnover to increase 15 per cent to £157m, with internet sales tipped to account for around a quarter of orders. Domino’s [...]
THE TIPSTER PROFIT FROM THE SELL-OFF AND BUY CHEAP February 14, 2010 A STRONGER dollar and concerns about the global economic outlook have caused a pullback in commodity prices in recent weeks. This has put downward pressure on the shares of oil majors such as BP and Shell, which have both fallen 10 per cent since 12 January. By buying these at current levels, you are getting [...]
Bain Capital takes a slice of Japanese pizza market with Domino’s acquisition January 25, 2010 US PRIVATE equity firm Bain Capital said on Monday it would acquire the Japan franchisee of Domino’s Pizza as it sees opportunities in the country’s niche pizza delivery market. Bain Capital said in a statement that it would buy Japanese firm Higa Industries from Duskin, Daiwa SMBC Capital and Ernest Higa, the founder of Higa. [...]
From Russia with love – and money January 24, 2010 THE OLIGARCH’S WIFE By ANNA BLUNDY Preface, £12.99 Anna Blundy, an impossibly glamorous-looking journalist and daughter of the late foreign correspondent Peter Blundy, knows her subject well. A graduate of a Russian at Oxford, she lived in Russia first as a translator, then a blues singer and then as foreign correspondent for a national newspaper. [...]
Cold weather helps to boost Domino’s January 6, 2010 DOMINO’S PIZZA said yesterday people staying in because of the cold weather helped its sales beat City forecasts. The fast food delivery chain, which has 608 stores in the UK and Ireland, said in a fourth quarter trading update like-for-like sales rose 8.6 per cent in the 13 weeks to 27 December, despite the downturn [...]
Supermarkets and food staples have a family feel November 24, 2009 BrandIndex asks general questions about brands, but sometimes it’s useful to look at more specific qualities. YouGov recently conducted research on the associations between brands and family values. The recent Family Brands report, conducted for advertising agency Isobel, suggests that association with family values is a useful differential by which we can measure different types [...]
Domino’s Pizza ramps up share buyback plans November 16, 2009 Domino’s Pizza yesterday said it would return £19m to shareholders by buying back 6m shares at 317p and issued another upbeat trading statement reporting it was on track to beat market expectations for the full year. Since June 2004, the take-away fast food chain has returned approximately £31.7m of cash to shareholders through the purchase [...]
SLICE OF THE ACTION October 1, 2009 BRITAIN’S biggest pizza delivery chain, Domino’s, yesterday said it was on track to beat full-year expectations after strong trading in the third quarter, sending its shares to an all-time high. Chief executive Chris Moore (above) reported like-for-like sales rose 10.8 per cent in the 13 weeks to 27 September.
SLICE OF THE ACTION October 1, 2009 BRITAIN’S biggest pizza delivery chain, Domino’s, yesterday said it was on track to beat full-year expectations after strong trading in the third quarter, sending its shares to an all-time high. Chief executive Chris Moore (above) reported like-for-like sales rose 10.8 per cent in the 13 weeks to 27 September.